The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01

l Washington Special to N Y. Globe, z That the movement of the battieship | fleet to the Pacific is a part of great | program of the world politics in which | inc United States is vitaiiy interested and | at the same time is closely related to Am
 erican internal politics in ways that have | been almost wholly overlooked. are facts that are coming to be more ana more clearly understood.
 | Generally the view has been taken that | the order for the fleet to go to the Pacific | was directly related to the differences wth | Japan over the subject of excluson of cool les. While this is true and while the two matters cannot be seperated. there IS no doubt that this Government has acted on the battleship transfer with much larger problem in mind than the mere subject or Japanese exclusion This larger problem IS whether the United States Is to continue to exercise a potent influence in far east ern matters and have a iaree nAno in ,r, tn far eastern trade. or whether 1t IS to sink
 into a nonantity so far as affairs In the
 Orient are concerned. leaving the field to
 Japan. .ho
 pac,fIc since the close of the war with
 Russia Is well understood She has been un-
 dermining American trade m Manon ,.'I..
 and in China generally. Even britisn
 trade though Great Britain is an any or
 Iara1 has suffered under the insiduous
 and intelligent attacks of the Japanese
 and the English Foreign ofhce us he@ins
 from it daily in vigorous complaints.
 IanAneSe
 chinese institutions of learning. and Chin
 ese students are numerous Tn Japanese
 schools. ,,A...
 nearing the close of her life. there nave
 been signs that the breaking up Of the
 Chinese Empire was impending
 Along with these have gone reports or
 large increases in the Japanese army ana
 nlans for putting the Japanese on stiii
 higher plane of efficiency Many thought
 ful persons have seen in these preparations
 a determination on the part Of Japanese
 statesmen to be fully ready when the oay
 of Chinese dismembermeut arrives These
 facts have been clearly discerned in Wash-
 ington as well in London. Berlin anu
 other capitols More than this. the United
 states has seen it's trade gradually being
 impaired in the Far East It has seen ex-
 ports to China growing smaller and has
 been apprised of the increasing restlessness of the Filpinos. Japanese prestige among the Asiatics has been in the ascendant; the tendency of American prestige of European nations. has been downward. On top of this situation came the com plications between the United States and Japan over the exclusion of coolies from this country. Negotiations toward evelu- sion were opened and came to 8 stone wall Japanese jinEoism unleashed itself and threatened the United States with war Under the circumstances the question arose whether it would not be wise to strengthen the Pacific fleet. and 1t then be- came necessary to learn how Japan and other nations WoulQ LOOK on the move. It was in this connection that the United States came into close relations with Ger | many through Ambassador won SternburR. owing to the extremely close relations be- tween President Roosevelt and him and his good relations with Secretary Root. it was easy 10 talk matters over. h the first place 1t became plain the Kaiser anxious to have the American fleet in the Pacific. He l Is aware hts hold Shantung is none too firm,-and he fears Japanese aggression and Japanese influence over China. With him ! 1t Is anything to hold In check the yellow | peril" he tas often called it. The Pres | ident assured that Germany was sym | pathetic Possibly it found that the ! Kaiser was willing to give assurances that no German finance for Japan need be look 1 ed for to prosecute war against America. l There are iutimatons of something of tn Is 1 sort. 1t vas learned England did not rel 1 ish havinE Ter own trade undermined in | the Far East and did not want Japanese ! dolnination over China. Like Germany, | England quite willing to maintain | things in the Far East about as they are. | She has alliance with Japan. but her | own inter. sts ceme hefore that alliance. | Through SternburG first and Bryce second 1 this Government became satisfied that | there need be no apprehension about send | ing the fleet to the Pacific; that there | would be no war with Japan: that Japan
 need not look to the great money conters
 Of Europe to get financial support in a war against America. In view of the reason l that have prompted sending the fleet 1t is | widsly believed 1t will remain in the Pa | cific indefinately and that it will pay l friendly visit to tks Asiatic coast eventu- ally.