New-York tribune., 1908-03-07
Mr TeoEe's Specuiafions on the
Future of the East.

=. 49,, ..,,.s,;o, that when broke out
.,,1een Russia and Japan sehn"ie"' Va '"N
.s on the whole in favor Of the
and continued so long as the war
,.a5 That the English people felt as we o'o
= indicated hy tho Angl"-Japanese alhSnSe'
-,-,.r mas first concluded in January. l9o- ana
W. IA ,,odi,ed and extended at the close
r. .he war in August. 1900 II can scaroelF DC
O - .nat in the last year or two there has
-, some change of feeling in TINS country anu
:, England Barely a quarter OF the ire
-, .r;snce has slipped by. and increasing
,te-s of English writer's are beginning 10
=. -he wisdom of the treaty Trained
-, o4,serx-ers long resident in the East are
- with much fulness of detail the man.
,,;cb Japan is carrying out in Corea her
.,tea Of equal opportunities for the COM
.oa ana industry of all nations The oppor-
..;as are indeed eQual-to all but japanese
-. .o,ts the same tale. The open door
-. entrance is easier for Japanese than
- one else. Why has Japan thus Jeop-
- che sympathy OF the two great nations
...,r-aI,v attached to her? What is her OBJ
% what is she aiming at? Where will she
: ,o15 vhen the treaty expires? VIII China
- inert mass OF assert herself one
8 -,a greatest of the great powers before then
- rox about ourselves VIII the Panama
he finished IN t4idA Adbtl III TSt1A
-, s-5 = hundred like them are the prob
=. ...- divide the East to-day. The world Is
g, cbsssboard and most Of the nations are
,a,s And the devise-s of books and con-
., ,evspapers determine the gambt. in
=. tho r1,Ies watch every move and fore
- "a. outcome An indefatigable and perse-
,5nr expounder Of Oriental destinies is MI
r--naro Weale who gives the title of The
Corning struggle in Eastern Asia TO the fourth
and last of 8 series of books dealing with events
i-oa the great war. The preceding volume
THE Truce in the East and Its Aftermath,
noticed last month, pointed out the temporary
nature of the settlement Of the Eastern proc
len by the peace Of Portsmouth and the pres
.nt volume carries the discussion still furtheT'
Indicating some of the difficulties confronting
Great Britain and speculating upon various pos
sihle solutions OF the present condition OF great
unrest. The author first conducts his readers 10
ylsdivostok and through Russian Manchuria,
and takes up the political aspects Of his subject
from the Russian point of view He finds only
d few foreigners doing business in the Russian
port and those are accounted for by exceptional
circumstances The foreigner has not been
wanted. he says, by the Russian government or
bv Russian officials and the situation is far
from promising for aliens No new foreign
banking agencies may now be established. and
of foreign oonsuls there is no trace. Here there
* room for early and emphatic diplomatic sc-
Hon on the part Of England and America in the
Interest Of equal opportunities for all. Mean
while d-vdock capable of accommodating the
greatest Of bafrieships is nearing completion,
and ether facilities OF high class naval port
ere already in existence These and other mill
tsrv preparations turn the popular mind 10
thoughts OF war. and a new and violent anti
japanese newspaper wins instant favor by
cenlorins loudly that the contest with Japan
mas only been postponed until the most con-
venient season
An interesting sideiigl1f is thrown on the stu
srion BY the action Of the Coreans who are
moving b. thousands northward into Russian
territory TO escape the rigor of japanese rule.
and no one. ne are told. who has seen the kind
and coresterate treatment of these Corean set
ters a. the hands Of the Russians can help con-
trssting il with the treatment accorded to
Coreans IN their own territory by the japanese
The Coreans are q peculiar people, cr1nging and
dovntrodden and dispirited at present. but
under good treatment. free from governmental
Interference. are ca pa bic Of 50 much rugged
maniness that il is confidently asserted that
five years Of Anglo-Saxon rule would re-olu-
tionize the country. Their unhappy land has
always been a bone OF contention, and If the
peninsula could only have been dropped into
me DEPTHS or the Pacific Far Eastern wars
would have disturbed the world during the last
fifteen yesrs- Where these Coreans come into
direct competition with Russians, as in agri-
culture, The latter give way, and it is curious
10 note the heIp!essness and dependence of the
Russian agricultural classes Crowds OF able
bodied and needy men are seen besieging the
Government Offices and demanding as their right
t@t they should be taken care Of at once and
- home The srandInOtheriy system of the
Russian government is pronounced d necessity
and the abolition of il would result in chaos.
II is needless 10 follow the authors specula-
aons as - the change OF Russia's policy in the
Far East. when after the sale of Alaska she
consolidated her hold ;be northern coast Of
Asia, but. being dissatisfied with her strong
Position. moved southwark 20 Corea and the
SHORES facing the Sea of Japan. Then the movs-
ment began which ended only in her uncondi
nonal retreat But allowing for her biunders.
Ter errors of leadership end for racial sluggish
less the Eitaiify Of ner armed forces and their
"o-a'F - resist disease and 10 take punishment
." - pronounced and her reserves Of men and
material and Of persistence are 50 imitIess that
ier futUr" is a matter OF concern TO all the
""Tla IN , nutshell the Russian behenoth Is
-1S' as un"cnquerable as II ever vas and Asia
goes no' contain in all its hundreds of millions
more than fraction Of tho vital force necessar ~
- subdVe :. Indeed. the recuperative power oS
ne Russian army after Noukden was so Won
'FTfully manifested that General Linievitch was
'hoorbtedly justified in the confidence he dis
flaEed throughout the term Of the Portsmouth
cgnferepce.
~ so man seeing the setting of the great battle
~ vas never fought, but for which eTeryt hing
-. oeen prepared. hesitate say that the
u cs, generals were something more than mere
e,ce-uols not 10 risk another engagement OF even