New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

cial and diplomatic professions Of friend
ship toward the United States reaching
Washington from the government at
Toxic were sincere. Lord Kitchener de-
clared his conviction that the Mikado
and his ministers were perfectly genuine
in their protestations OF desire for a
peaceful policy toward this country.
then drawing his attention 20 the dis
sonance between these amicabe official
utteranCes and the antagonistic attitude
o. the japanese people as voiced in all
their principal organs of the press, put
10 him what appeared TO me at the time,
and still seems to me at the present mo-
ment, the most important of my ques-
tons namely, as 10 whether the Jap
anese government was able to resist
popular sentiment by having the situa-
ton thoroughly in hand. He paused for
few moments and then replied, slowly
and thoughtfully: For the present yes
With regard to the future it is impOs-
sible to say"
A SIGNIFICANT DISTINCTION.
That is a point of which people here
always lose sight when discussing the
relations between Japan and the United
States. Time and again the japanese
people. and even minor officials give
evidence Of pronounced iii will toward
things American, which naturally causes
lhe public here 10 receive with some
hlng more than suspicion the profess
hons Of friendship OF the Emperor and
MS government. But it is unfair to
ehargc either the ruler Of Dai Nippon or
ss ministers and Elder Statesmen with
inconsistency. They are to-day, as Lord
Kitchener said Of them in New York
TWO years ago. perfectly sincere i'm their
otsire 10 enjoy Uncle Sans friendship.
ana the latter will undoubtedly endure
as long as the Toxic government re-
MANS strong enough to prevent its hand
~lng forced by public sentiment
me power Of the will Of the people. as
me aH-impCrtant factor in determining
uhe policy Of the nation is increasing by
ieaps and bounds in Japan. as in coun-
ules nearer home. Its growth Is per-
aaps even more phenomenal i'm Japan
wan anywhere else, owing TO the fact
eat the autccrscy which ushered in the
s.isn Of the present Emperor was COM
"hed with a theocracy, and that the
japanese accorded TO their ruler not
merely temporal but also spiritual
aAesiance Of so completely submissive a
,hsfacter that they did not even dare 10
'ooN upon his face. while the mere men,
Noh OF his name was avoided as an act
y sacrilege To-day all is changed. and
"Nuces are actually posted in the prlhci-
rsi thoroughfares of Toxic calling upon
'ae people to get out of the way and to
''0" him the most ordinary tokens OF
''Speet when he drives through the
Sueets; while socialism. imported from
europe and America by native students
making rapid progress in every direc-
MN despite the efforts of the auth0ri-
D'S 10 suppress II. When once popular
''h'iineht IN Japan becomes strong
e"oust TO bend the. throne and the gov
s'hhent To ns will then il will be
Ns'esaary fer the United states to iool,
alter its dcfcnces
call attention to this just al the
resent juncture fl Is because the public
Goes not appear 10 have realized
extent TO which the entire situation
ue orient has been changed In tha
ieH months by Great Britains most
revision Of her treaty OF alli-
with japan. England sacrificed 50
economic and political adyan-
80 winch she enjoyed under that
~" Win the afo~cd object Of pro
Rs nor friend hip with the United
- to lesPe II without any value
s,Sos'er to either Of tire contracting
-Nsa. ln fact It Was entirely