The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-10-18
The HAGUE CONFERENCE
SUCH IS THEORY OF A NOTED
HOLLANDER
Gives His Views ON the Result of The
Hague Conference.

Gives His Views on the Result of The
Hague Conference.
The following from the pen of a
competent and noted politician of
Holland IN the outcome of . The
Hague conference may be of interest
to many of our readers in view of
the recent Japanese a rumors. 1t
is reprinted from the Omaha World
Herald Of recent date having been
originally published in the Gazette
Won Thielt:
The conference in The Hague is
not satisfactory. 1t is true, some
questions have been discussed and
settled, in which Belgium came in
flor it's share, buk kwo important
points of a court of arbitration, in
Guiding the obligation to submit to
it all disputes of a certain nature,
have not been cleared up SO far, al
though there is little chance yet.
Then you have the Moroccan ques-
ton, which is certainly an important
point in politics and we do not know
yet what may turn up there near Gil
braltar. ~
AS to The Hague and Its peace
conferences, one, more or less OF Il
political nature, the other of a strict
ly secret nature seems to me to be a
little that way. Do you remember
when the Coreans came to The
Hague? Three gentlemen, one of
them a prince VIC. sent by the en-
peror of Korea ID enter a double
complaint to til members of the
Peace conference. They also COM
planned because ] lea had been al
most incorporated by Japan.
And, indeed, it was so. Korea,
without any more ado, had been in
corporated by the Japs. But the new
masters, who are of modern makeup,
know how to give such a good, such
a nice name to their thievish act,
they call it protect Korea"
The distinguished Koreans were
not welcomed at The Hague. They
were not admitted to the meetings
of the conference; they were not
even received by the presiding officer;
complaints. and all, or almost all,
turned their backs on them.
Now, take what happened in The
Hague, and compare it with what
happened about the same time in
Korea and in the capitol of Seoul,
and ask yourselves: Does it not
just look as if there had not been
held a secret conference in the Dutch
cisive than the public. one; a con-
ference to decide on the lot of Ko-
rea? And to be honest about it, l
do not like that secret conference. l
do not admire the way of acting of
The Hague conference towards these
three delegates of Korea, who had a
right to come to The Hague and al
SO had a right to complain. They
should have been listened to, and,
more than this, a secret conference
was held in The Hague to dish up
the Korean question. and then, to
cover it with the lid of oblivion.
In that conference the lamb was
Korea, the shearer was Japan, that
kept the poor animal for herself and
divided its fleece among the three
European powers, Russia, England
and France. This secret conference
did not present many difficulties and
few were it's meetings. Japan, with.
in the last forty years, rose from
nothing OF half barbarism to a Ger.
tain amount of civilization and be.
came a power. Up to the present
day Japan is in a state of dizziness
If you like a state of political drunk
enness, carried off, as it u.s. on &C
count of it's recent victories love
Russia. Much is lacking, though
to this power, still Japan is a rea
power, especially when you take int,
consideration its home there in tn,
far east. Even there she is a grea
power. 1t is with this great powe
that Russia now was in conferenc,
as to the territorial inviolability o
China and the trade with Manchuria
England negotiated also with tina
great power, Japan, to protect 1t
extensive colonies there; and SO di
France negotiate with Japan as 70
its sphere of interest there round In
do-China. And for Japan, the pric
of an those negotiations was Korea
she got it.
Japan is now in~possession OF II
rea and will not let 1t slip away. Fo
a limited time Korea will retain
semblance of self government, bl
hundreds of thousands Of laps wi
, alight on Korean ground. Everythin
will be organized as In Japan, to tai
after a few years an entire Japanes
face. Korea will rise.it is true, hl
j the Japs will utilize all the henef'
OF Its fertile SOIL.
Japan counts now a. 5O,00O,OC
of inhabitants on It's islands, many
(which are nothing but pieces Of ros
-She will be able to send to Korea
I few OF her millions, that viii fI
athere = new home. It will not Ia
long, though, before she will not
) BatisAed with Korea. And whel
then Will she direct herself? To u
s Phihppine Islands the islands SOU
of Japan, IN the great oceans. Tn,
Il Japan would make her covetol