The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-08-01

a strong belief Is I'm existence here.
says a late Paris despatch, that the
formal annexation of Korea by the
! Mikado's Government. which is gen.
orally expected will be the most i'm.
mediate tangible outcome Of the Rus.
so-Japanese treaty announced this
week. will in course of time, be dwarf
ed in Importance by the effects which
! this sequel to the treaty of Portsmouth
will have upon the politics of the
world. It was only to be expected that
the announcement of the treaty. which
gives Russia a freer hand in Europe,
would be approved by Russia's ally,
France 1t is also suggested here that
the Berlin Foreign Office has been ex-
erting its influence to keep the Ger
man press from expressing its full
opinion of the treaty, and this despite
the fact that there has been unmis-
taxable evidence of Teutonic dissatis-
faction
In both Berlin and Vienna the point
has been raised as to what effect the
treaty will have upon the policy of the
open door in Manchuria, but Paris af-
fects to doubt the sincerity of the APP
prehensions expressed upon this score.
and suggests that the real motive is
found in the desire to see Washington
and London engaged in a course of
! joint action, which must weaken the
| British understandings with France
and Russia. According to the Wen
nese view, Japan had no right, accord
ing to the terms of the Anglo-Japan-
ese treaty of 1905, to conclude a defen.
sive alliance with another power, eX-
cept with the consent of England.
If England has approved the Russo
Japanese treaty, she has entered upon
a policy directly contrary to that of
the United States. The Vienese sug-
gestion is that the cabinet at London
was not asked for it's approval or else
has been hoodwinked into accept
ing a policy which is in direct contra
diction with its own declaration in
support of the open. door. British
opinion in this respect has been close
ly noted here, and reservations have
been made by the London press in its
expressions of approval of the new
treaty which have not failed to attract
attention, though they have called
forth no printed comment.
French interest in the policy of an
| open door in Manchuria is platonic
and altogether subservient to ques-
tons of interests nearer home. French
satisfaction with the new treaty,
which frees Russia from all preoccu-
! patton in the Far East for long peri
cd, and which is expected to release
| a greater portion of the troops she is
maintaining in Manchuria for possible
use in Europe, is, therefore, without
alloy. 1t is recognized here that Great
Britain's case is a more difficult one
and in the words of one French stud.
ent of foreign affairs:
THE era of British predicaments Is
approaching. England's alliances and
understandings were entered upon for
the single purpose of defense against
GERMANY but whereas Frances inter
ests are clearly defined and safeguard
ed by her alliance with Russia and her
understanding with England, in the
| case of Great Britain the situation is
a far more complex one France can
view the arrangement between Russia
and Japan with entire satisfaction,
for it conflicts with no interest mater
ial to her. That is not so with Eng
land. The British press may, as the
London Times does, hail the Russo
Japanese treaty as establishing the
peace of the extreme Orient on
stable, lasting basis, and creating am
other bond between herself, France,
Russia and Japan, but there are other
considerations which England will be
forced to take into account sooner or
later.
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