The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-01
TROUBLE ANTICIPATED
FROM The new TREATY

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she must eventually find It din.
cult to reconcile her interests in the
Far East with those of Russia and
Japan. A considerable section OF
British opinion has been opposed to
the treaty with Japan from the start
and the recent reports that the treaty
will not be renewed are an indication
of the growing dislike with which it is
regarded. England's difficulties, as the
result of entanging alliances, are only
beginning since the London papers are
already drawing attention to the fact,
which we in France are aware of, but
are naturally going out of our way to
lay stress upon. The Daily News,
for example, had an article which has
not passed unperceived in France,
though the Paris press has said no
thing about it."
The article in question pointed out
that by the treaty of Portsmouth, Rus
STA and Japan engaged to exploit their
respective railways in Manchuria ex-
clusively for commercial and industri-
al purposes, and in no way for stra-
tegical purposes, and asked if this
clause had not been interpreted in
practice since 1906 to grind Chinese
sovereignty in Manchuria to powder.
The Daily News article continued:
'The absorption of Manchuria by
Russia and Japan would lead inevita-
bly, to the closing of the open door in
that vast province that concerns Great
Britain as a great commercial ma
ton, and in a sense more directly con
Germs the United States, as the Amer
leans are the staunchest protagonists
of equal commercial opportunity in
China. American suspicious are.
therefore, most likely to be aroused
by the new agreement, and it is a mat
ter of notoriety that the edge of that
agreement is really turned against
the United States.
"A convention which pretty definite
ly places Russia and Japan in opposi-
ton to the United States cannot be a
matter of indifference to England. On
one hand we have certain treaty rela-
tons with Russia and Japan, and on
the other hand it is an object of Brit
ish policy, and certainly a demand Of
British sentiment, that we should be
on most cordial, intimate terms with
the United States. The Russo-Japan-
csc agreement posts questions as to
whether some day, not necessarily a
very early day, we may not have to
make our choice between these two
opposing parties and the Far Eastern
policy which each stands for"
So far as France is concerned, it is
noteworthy that the new Russo-Japa-
nese treaty is generally accepted as
direct answer to Secretary Knox's pro-
posals relative to Manchurian rail
roads. The Journal DIES Detats in
leading article, says:
"Japan's object is to have her hands
free in the Far East in order to en-
joy the security and credit favorable
to economic development and absoI-
utely necessary to the maintenance
of that power which is Japanese pol-
Icy to make felt. 1t is evident that
the agreement with Russia over north
ern Manchuria, where the Japanese
have no desire to pursue the Russians.
would be more likely to aid Japan to
attain this object than would vague
diplomatic adventures in other conn
tries. Such an understanding could
not fail to knock the props from nm
der the Chinese policy, which found
its most remarkable and bungling ex
pressions in Knox's proposals. AS on
their side, the Russians only wanted
to be tranquil in the Far East. and
consolidate what they preserved by
the treaty of Portsmouth, the agree
ment now concluded must prevail
against any combination that may en-
anate either from certain European
cabinets or from that of Washington"
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