Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-25
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
FEARs INTERNATIONAL COM.
PLicATioNs.
RUSSIA AND JAPAN
HAVE EYES ON MANcHURlA
Grab Expected Similar 60 ltaly's ssix-
urs Of TripoIi-Aetion Would Cause
Friction and Bring About Grave Sit.
ation-chinsss Revolution Admit.
teddy Real.
Especial Correspondence

| Washington, Oct. Z5.-U nder the sur
face Of official calm in " ashington
With respect to the situation in China
caused by the revolution there, there is
apprehension that amounts to anxiety
! over the possibilities of grave interna-
tionai complications.
F.! The thing most feared here is an
attempt to grab Manch uria. Press re-
ports telling oil great naval activity
and miAlary actlAty on the part OF
Japan nave not gone unnotlced In
W asnlngton.
| At the state department. the Off
cial allltuoe is to maze light of this
reputed activity. Howe. er, there Is
known to be under the SURFACE mucn
speculation about what these reports
, mean. The fact that Japan may DC
getting ready to taAe over and annex
Southern Manchuria while Russia an
nexes Northern A1anch.ria is not ao-
sent II 10 not talked openly in Off
cial quarters because too grave mat
ter 20 be openly discussed.
Move 10 Antiei patsd.
In we'll informed quarters 1t IL the
belief that Japan and Russia are get
ting In readiness for the proper psy-
Geological moment and that when that
moment comes Manchuria will be goo
bled up. 1t will apparently be repe-
titlon Of the performance OF Italy with
reference to Tripoli. When the move
comes. 1t will come suddenly and there
Will proba bly, be no stopping 1t.
The facts are that the United States
has made but poor showing in the
diplomacy of the far east Its procia-
nation OF the open door in Manchuria
Is worthless except on paper. 1t Is
little more than a memory. The in
nuences in Manchuria are Japenese and
Russian. They are IN the ascendant
II these two powers take over Man
churia, 1t will amount to the perfecting
Of process Of control that has been
under way for many months, in fact
since the end of the war in the far
east.
Revolution 10 Real.
The belief generally entertained here
by the men best informed on Chinese
affairs 10 that the present revelation
10 q real one and that it is likely to
result in a change in the government
All the advices here indicate the seri-
GUS nature Of it. One thing that has
attracted attention here is the fact that
1t IL apparently well organized and di-
ricted by strong men. 1t is in no sense
like the Boxer revolt Of a decade ago.
It would not be at all surprising r..
in the present upheasal. Japan and
Russia saw their opportunity. That
this government Is apprehensive about
the possibilities Of an attempt to dis
member China liz shown by the
strength of the naval force gathered in
Chinese waters This force is much
more than adequate to protect Ameri-
can interests and lives. As a matter
Of fact. these are not likely to be great.
ly endangered except in occasional In
stances.
Will Cause Grave Friction.
A few years ago, talk that Japan
and Russia were plotting to seize Man.
churia would have caused war cloud
to loom up over the Pacific. And II
the plan is attempted, 1t will undoubt-
eddy cause grave friction. But it Will
not draw the United States into war In
all reasonable likelihood. The country
would not sustain an administration
in going to war on account Of Man.
churia. England would be found back
ing Japan in the partition Of Man.
cluria and probably France also. The
United States and Germany would pro-
test vigorously but. as 1t looks now.
there would be no lighting. II would
not, however, be without great uneasi-
ness that the United States would see
Japan thus going ahead to strength
en- her grip on the region about the
Pacific.