The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-08-09
SYNDICATE OF POWERS
Agreement Is Result of Visit
Of Prince katsura to
st. Petersburg.
PLAN \ corr IN CHINA
Two Bic Nations Will step In
should the New Republic
BE- a Failure.

,r,c,r' 'dbjc Despc,rh 70 Tus ST.
~ PETERSBURG. Avg. S.--Japan and
';issa arc joining hands ana pooling
'a'"rosts llcnccforth they may be
u'kCd upon and must be dealt with as
'u" Political syndicate of the Pacific
Troy intend to regulate The dcstinies Of
Far Eastern nations in harmony with
'l".r own special interests in the first
pace and as far as possible with the
a'crcsts of third parties afterward
That is the true meaning of the visit
+ Prince Katsura and Baron Goto to
"a" Russian capital.
The story published broadcast in Eng
and and in other parts of the world
tNdt these two statesmen came hithcr
:" conclude treaty Of alliance with
Russia Is a clumsy invention. No such
attention WAS ever harborcd. | am per-
snuaily and well acquainted with all the
Iranatis pcrsone and | can vouch for
81 that no treaty is or was in contcm-
patton by them. Prince Iiatsura and
lis colleague were eager TO make the
acquaintance If Russian Statesmen and
80 discuss with them the outlook in tho
FAR East with.a view to arranging for
l'.nt action. M treaty was proposed
'r desired by either side. and II "A diplo-
matte agreement of that kind had en-
tered into the programme it would have
boon initiated quite differently. Baron
MJtonr. tho japanese Ambassador here.
the official who would have ncgo-
iatcd tho matter and signed the treaty.
TIC task would never have been con-
id,d 20 q man who. like Katsura. how
ever richly endowed with insight and
foresight, is utterly deficient in know.-
DIG uf things Russian. Moreover. the
japanese are not given To treat trusty
fficials like Baron Motono in that off.
hand manner.
\ Treaty Not Necessary.
know tho facts Of the case thor
ghly and ! affirm that since the
tussu-Japan-s war there has been but
nee a question of a treaty, offensive
and defensive. between the two em-
urcs, When and where and how. | am
rot at liberty to state. But the pro-
posal was not entertained and speedily
'"'l through. To-day 1t would be made
ali accepted IL it were necessary. But
% is not. The aims and objects Of an
-'iance can and will be secured by a
c'hal exchange of views without the
1rowbacks which are inscparable from
q formal compact. The basic fact of
Rl, sa's political relations with Japan
that the interests Of the two nations
n IN" Far East run parallel and can be
!Irthcrcd only II their action, diplo-
matte and military. be harmonized and
0nmbined. Their motto is United we
sand. divided we fall" What Germany
AMI Austria are to each other in Eu-
rope, that Russia and Japan will be
tonccforth in the Far East. Such IL
no outcome OF the convictions OF the
'wo Governments. The conversations
which took place between Prince Kat
sra and Baron Go,o on the one side
md NM. kokovtscff and Sazonoff on
he other side merely confirmed them
20 their conclusions. The Japanese
eadcrs arc IN grim earnest. What
hey say they mean. and what they
rrom,se the empire OF which they are
'No spokesmen will surely perform.
THIS statement sounds as though they
lad been despatched by their Govern
.'i' IL 'lll u IllSSIDH. IDut WOdib pS a
mistake to draw this inference. They
'aye come on their own initiative. pre-
''gs to taking ONCE in Toxic. At the
'amc time the results OF their converse
''1ns will he accepted by their country
Non and will serve as solid basis FOR
'N" policy OF Japan. What they wanted
, VAS - feel that the ground under their
'"'' IS solid, that they can be quite sure
''"y viii not be left in the lurch. The
'Hspokcn question to which they sought
A answer was. Can We rely upon
fls IA? Is she In earnest In her prot
's'1'lons of solidarity with Japan or Is
playing fast and loose?' Her Gov
"nmont is friendly enough in deed as
N''l as In word. But her influential
'r'ss IS bitterly hostile stlll to the foe
: ''oi-oi. The most widely circulated
Journals Of ST. Petersburg and Moscow
''.i" as though the war of revenge
~'r" = dead certainty. And they have
N" grounds for this statement
Russia Prepared for War.
snort while ago the Russian
q 'uu"nt itself looked upon Japan
Hu 'nomy with whom 1t would have
r~ issues this very year. And the
"'r Minister avowedly adjusted his
.lDr to- this end. The reorganization
'i'. navy. too, received actually from
respective. Foreign policy like
'. far as II could bc Influenced
'' irc~s, was directed with view
'. Crntuality. Alone the Sccre-
80 state for Foreign Affairs. NJ.
g, Offered from his colleagues
rrrcciation Of the political con