Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-31
AMERICAS EASTERN POLICY
Cosmopolitan, London Opinion
That 1t Is Mistaken.
Secretary Knox. II Thinks, Cnd"l! In
huenced mt First by American Dip
1omnts Who Have Lost Their
Sense of Proportion.

n A$oiiuol correspondent OF tne -''W
York Evening Post, writes as follows
Here In cosmopolitan London, better per
maps IMAM anywhere else. one can take an
impartial and unprecedented view OF Am
erican-Japanese relations. for London Is
full OF specialists on every part of the
earth. Its East Asia, China, Japan.
straits settlements, and innumerable 9th
or Associations are composed Of men who
have sometimes lived forty years in tho
particular portion OF the globe with which
the society deals, sometimes as merchant
princes. sometimes even as governors. In
these outlandsh associations. the most
remote and little-known languages are
spoken with accuracy and hucncy: but
narrowness Of outlet is rendered mpossi-
bic by the moderating and broadening
influence of London. In this modern
Babylon I have met In one day Mr. Ayl-
mer Maude. the bioCrapher of Tolstoy
and the greatest translator Of that Rus
sian sage; Mr. Archer. nm expert in Nor
wegian literature; MIR. Moore, an Austria
Ian premier; as well as experts on the
subjects Of Hungary, Japan, Ahyssina.
South Africa, British North Borneo, the
Sudan. Greece. and Asia Minor.
| This expert opinion is seldom Chauvln-
istic, owing to the fact that it draws some
Of It's inspiration from non English
sources. OF India. for example, you get a
| better and juster view here than you
would get In Calcutta, because in Cal
cutta tho rulers and the ruled keep
severely to themselves and can no more
mix than oil and water. while in some
of the London clubs you md Indian stu
dents hobnohbing with Indian civil ser
wants. or Ottoman Turks calmly compar-
ing notes with Armenians.
I say this by way of preface to an as
sertion that in London the best-infor1ned
people on American Japanese relations
are convinced that America is making a
| mistake in her present policy in the Far
East.
Mr.. Knox evidently knows little Of China
and Japan. He is new hand and unfor-
tunately he has hardly entered on his du-
ties before he falls under the influence Of
two young American diplomatic officials,
who have been a long time In the Far
East and who are consequently obsessed
by the idea that Toxic is the hub of the
universe. This exaggerated Importance
which some foreigners resident in the Far
East give to Far Eastern politics Is a
recognized complaint. generally known on
the spot as Toxic head" The symptoms
are ID unceasing talk about the Yellow
PERIL (1) voluminous letters and articles
about Japan's commercial policy In Nam
churia, the construction Of the Chang
CHOW line. the BAMBOO case 'ne hii'cno"-
Aigun railway. etc. In Japan or China
this talk Is bad enough but 1t attains
the status Of a recognized public nuisance
when the talker not only keeps II up al
} home but makes ~ more technical' VOL
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