Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-19
Itinerary OF Atlantic Fleet
Ignores Existence of Mika-
dos Empire
JAP AGGRESSION is STOPPED
Nipponese Wake Up to Realization of
Fact That China Has Strong Friends
in Great Britain and Uncle Sam
Yellow Peril Assumes Less Alarming
Aspect.

Especial Washington Correspondehce.|
Washington, March l9.-HoW COM
pletely Japan has been surrounded and
hedged about by the suspicion bred
alliances of western nations, has been
illustrated in the development of the
fact that Great Britain is bound by
some sort of diplomatic understands
ing to guarantee China against unfair
aggressions Of any other power. lhe
fact has been made public in rather
vague form as an incident to the re-
kin over the Tatsu Maru incident.
The worlds diplomacy talks less
about the yellow peril than 1t did a
few years ago for one reason. ana the
chief one. because the phrase is dis
agreeable to a powerful and quick
nation: but diplomats point
out with some satisfaction that one
reason why there Is less of the yellow
peril is that western nations have pref
ty we'll organized themselves against
It's menace.
Japan's alliance with Britain was
All the time it was renewed
two years ago as a square defensive
and offensive undertaking, to assure
the place of Japan as rather more than
an independent member of the group
of first powers. But Japan's ambitions,
IL she has them. for a career of ex-
pansion arc none the less clrcuin-
seribed by various conditions.
When there was reason to fear that
relations between the United States
aud Japan might be strained to the
breaking point. it developed very
promptly that Germany was prepared
to lend her sympathy to this nation in
case of trouble. The kaiser has long
been the most seriously concerned of
all western rulers about the menace
of oriental competition for world
dominion. Then when Japan turned
owarL her ally, England, she found
the tie of relationship so strong be-
tween the two branches of the Anglo
Saxon race that 1t menaced even her
II
iered to the Pacific in disregard OF
Japanese susceptibilities. tho with the
assurance that the visit was one of
and being in the Pacific. 1t
has been ordered home by way OF the
Tar east--but with Japan left out OF the
inc of progress. 1t is nothing less than
L snub to Japan, so dainty THAI 1t can't
we'll be resented: and it is still more;
Il is the notification that between the
United States and the British empire
relations are so good that the visit OF
friendship is to be made to far away
colony of Britain in preference to Jap
an.
Now comes the development of an
by which Britain is
bound to take sides with China in case
the latter is the object Of aggression.
This situation apparently forecloses
possibility of serious aggression by
Japan in China, a field which without
much doubt, as diplomats view 1t,
Japan has had in mind to exploit fully.
But there will be no clash of arms
over the Tatsu incident. and English
influence is we'll understood to have
it.
In short Japan is being isolated In
fashion which seems to cut off her OPP
por;nn'ty to reap much of the benefit
IF the advances she has recently made.
Even Russia has entered into col
vention with England which seems
certain to remove the possibilities OF
serious friction in Tibet, Afghanistan
and Persia. The arrangement, indeed,
has been subjected to serious criticism
in England, but on the whole 1t is re-
garded by diplomats as guarantee
Of long term of comfortable rela-
tons. The peace pacts of the east APP
pear directed to the business of iso-
ating Japan, Just as those of Europe
in recent years. under the slSillful dip
!nmacy of Edward have been aimed at
the disarming of Germany. Japan and
Germany are regarded as the two
prime menaces to world-peace; and
in each case Britain is credited with