The Washington herald., 1907-04-28
TRUCE IN FAR EAST
Putnam Weale's Views on the
Recent War.
RUSSIA THE UNBEATEN POWER
Jupan's yICtory, over Hussis Was
Hollow ore, and Really Settled
Nothiug-Authority on FAR Eastern
Question Relieves the struggle VIII
Continue before Many Years.

Some three years before The outbreak
OF the Russo-Japaueso war, that event
was predicted, together with the course
IL would take, by Mr p. L. putaau.
WeaIe. In volume entitled "Manchu and
Muscovlte." At the wars conclusion. Mr..
WeaIe made Els appearance with another
volume. 1.-THE Be-ShapinE of the Far
East and be follows this now with "a
massive work. entitled. -Tha Truce in
the East ana It's Aftermath" Mr. Wulo
IS an Eug.ishmau. VINO has lived long IN
the Orient He knows Manchuria as few
white men do, for Sis knowledge of the
veruaeular and OF native character has
enabled him 90 travel far from the beaten
path. Anything Dee writes. therefore, on
thus subject Is worthy OF serious consid-
Grafton. ana his present book is a vdlu-
able and Informative work. dealing with
tiie questions which stH confront the
jealous nations of tbs FAR East
SIR Weale af the outset makes il plain
that he considers that the Russo-Japauese
war has settled practically nothing. For
one instance, ne points 10 the Manch8-
rian question. which Die says Is just SIS
it has ever been before ami that the
germs of great future trouble over this
question are already to be dlscerned. Sim
iiarly Dee finds that the position in Ko-
rea is stu highly unsatisfactory. while
I IN China very great new obstacles To bs
I overcome have already grown up. Il,
says:
The H7s % japan as a military mu0uollsa
+ power, which Lad been iu rar assisted bg III,
I udis.cs action Of the British government may 81
/ TIME become most serious matter f0- Chim
since careful inquiries tend 70 show that final sue
cess csu attend che islsud eEii-e 81 the Eas
only D. tAe partial extinction Of existing haunlaH
I lines and interests vhich mag therefore uiti
mstGlg clme o. ba ~ ffst-cllss importance. 81
I the moment q writing .t,e volume IS dated. Clua
/ august. 1885, ~rythiug tends to cauhua tH
( opinion that only ten years' truce has set in. 4
4 VIII. accordingly Dc one Of the greatest c0astguc
! ti7s victories OF diplomacy IT, during the nin
I years Of the Augi5Jaua-eze alliance which haY
/ s.l % claTs-, q permanent lar Eastem peace .
Z evolved. Such O. pace can 0HiT Re ~ecfre4 R.
{ che steady .rasth II the NCu China. 70 j. % o
I hoped therefore that attention Wll continue 10 b
I as strongly directed tasa-d the far East as
was during the war. there ere. I'D truth. srea
things in the making as the present time, sn
---r- Nl-N A--p tAN-- N1A7 A'l--t f-A4 t-- ~a----
ward.
In his first chapter. The Coming o
! Peace" Mr.. Weale gives his readers al
intimate and instructive view of the Jap
anese people waiting for the results of tn
negotiations az Portsmouth, ana OF tn
intense disgust over the terms OF peac
when they were made public There wa
wild cutlery: why had Japan entere
into this Titanic struggle. which had COS
her at least 1O0C0 victims. If only t
achieve almost negative results?' TIL
native newspapers in6amed the minds @
the people and there followed riots &
Tokyo and elsewhere in which both tn
police aud the soIdiery were badly han
died by the poDulaoe. Tie explain thes
riots. Mr.. Weale gives "a chapter on 18Th
japanese Government and the Japanes
People" in which he explains how tn
government maintains its standing
spite of the clamor OF popular opinion
He shows how the government has be-
/ come great monopolist and explains "a
these at length;
Tie position az the Japeresc government in d
nestle matters should u0E be ciesE. IL is essel
people for their particular duties With the create
I care 1t takes ever direct control or private
E1ptrTises. whenever il can promote is special j
tercsts by 50 doing; il is, in The words Of u
Asahf newspaper almost 0nnlp0tent- The genr
p CT elder statesmen who have done their share
I this work end have become too old for active Sc
vice supervise ard guide the younger men now
the helm Genre ard ministers are devoted 20
special government system which Is being slow
built mp And the people. The people refo
s0metimes when they ere displeased. as they did
the csse Of the Tokyo riots; hut in such cases the
actions are weTcalcllated protests or waun
notes rather than more unreasoninS delnons,rstio
E prompted ay rage
Mr. Weale thinks that it was q gre'
e mistake to take the Korean custom
service out Of the hands of Mr. NJ. Leay
Brown. the Britisher who had run Il
thing so well. but Downing street did n
/ protest against the removal, and Koro
e was thus given 10 understand that 50 f
e as Great Britain was concerned. Japf
: might have free hand in Korea. Tn,
e came the other visit Of Marquis Ito duTiI
, which the driveling old Korean emper
was practically forced into the sisniI
8 of a treaty which abrogated, PRACTICAL
4 all reigning rights in Korea in favor
the japanese.
l. What is the result Of all this? The
0 has been juggling with the currenc
{. there has been confiscation Of land
: there is a policy of exploiting Korea f