The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-24

Eezs has never failed TO keep its
praises
japan undoubtedly kSs i great in
rs-est in the impending crisis in the
domestic affairs OF Gina All the
other nations have expressed sceh az
interest because Of tie Importance OF
their trade IN Chinese territory, Dees
not Jzrzr have the sane right 70 in
-s-eS- itself II behalf Of rs commerce,
Indeed. Is ros IFS interest more vital
than that q ether nations when IL Is
remembered that JsrSns1e f.~to-iss
depend largely uron China both as
source q raw Material and as E>rkst
for the finished produets JSp&n hiss
welcomed Thousands Of Chinese s-u-
dents 20 its universities that thsy
might hsht tksi- lamps Of learning
fro1 the fame Of modern civilization
Have rot England xnd America Slso
welcomed these stuiezt<, II the 49,
dents who cone 70 Japan &C back 90
their homes feeling kindly toward their
Japanese teachers, and reSdy TO turn
trade n their direction Is the same
thing 20. trre OF the Chirsse who have
studied in ether eouutrses' When s
Chinese railroad engineer Who y IS edu-
Gated N America buys Supplies, he goes
70 America Il he obtained his profes-
siOz4l knowledge in ErSls1d, he buys
his materials IN EnElend Do the
Western nations consider this unfair
On their part, II not, then II Is uot
unfair for japan
Ire war with Russia, so far from
being the first blow strCek BY Japan
II lis purpose 70 estSolssh $ world
eo1qUernz Asi&tie eupirc, Was 8 blow
struck IN self-Gsferes 20 save itscIf
from humiliation by 3 E,-0 lean power
TIE aggression Of Russia IN kores snd
NznehUriS WAS such th@1 II threaten
Sd japanese national oxSb and ex-
IStszee- japanese surplus Fopulstior
and japanese trade extensions e-ald
not be directed toward Europe and
America for obvious reasons Russia
vas u2uifsstizz the intention Of shut
ting ont not only JapG1, but 81 other
countries, from tire territory inmsti-
4tsIy adjoining japan Ott,r nations
also recognize the danger Of the Ri.
sian advance, and England Srse-ed into
= treaty Of alliance with japan When
that var was N proErsS- the japanese
had the neral support Of most Of the
r2tiozS. especially CT England and the
United States When the victory was
won- what nation, placed IN Ike cir
eunstanes<, would have sbzrdoued The
territory involved 70 It's old inefficient
government, and thus lay opeu the way
for the sane Russian aggression which
hai,beeu rePsIei 81 sueh : cost OF
bI00J and treasurer
Japan realized that It's position II
Korea and AaEehUriz world invite
slose scrutiny and provoke uush eriti-
eisn- Il aIse realized that some mis-
takes would be uade, for, after al, the
japanese are hot the gods which Ell
5busizz-ie friends made then during
their late var They are merely bu-
nan beings But japan expects that
the scrutiny shall De honest and the
criticism fair II can ask 10 uors
than this. Il VII not be satisfied with
less.
But 70 the people Of japan the mast
painful Of pozt-beIlun happenings has
been the rise OF Al antiJzpa1ese ssn-
tiue1t II the United States Il Is 70
America that Japan owes It's present
power and position for the MeiF, the
Era OF EuIightenne1t, would not have
been possible but for Commodore Per
RS opening OF japan and the treaty
mzde then with the United States
Since japan entered the markets OF the
world, the United States has been is
hest customer The friendship Of japan
for America, the friendship OF the
great mass Of the people, Is : t-adi-
tioEzI feeling --zviag It's origin II tie
unique Circumstances Ehieb first
brought the Two countries = contact,
since strengthened 70 al CrlszzI de-
gree By the UuTzEymgly eonzideIete,
and Sometimes even zltr1isticzIly
friendly, attitude OF the United States.
Il i deeper and uore gerune feel
ing than that euztOmzrly expressed II
The hoaeysd PHRASES OF diplomatic IL
tereourse.
he attitude OF = eeItziu class Of
zIzruis-s II the United States came
70 the Jzpznese as blow II TIE face
from Z brosher- The JAPANESE people !
ezz10t believe that the masses Of the
Americans really understand what they
ara about, and they regret that sueh =
spirit sh0uld be eugsuIered which may
hing zbOut : rupture II tire Affection
ate relations which have existed for
fifty yszrz- Why should the Amen
cans eloze their orn door and then
talk 20 brzvsly about the open door II
TIE Ezsti
When japan frs cane into the IL