New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-05
ANrRICA AND THE WORLD.


,,rR,cAN PUBLIC OPINION. II, By ~ Z Hi 3.
Davenport WnelpieS' W.
i Distton & Go.
Mr.. whelpley's book serves ss, SIS us
foreseen purpose-tneV Oh ,es which
70 80. - the European nations hHNe
ny 1's,, broucht in our interest IN iU.
tiLe'e Ssesirs Many Of the 9ues'!ou;iII
w Mems with which h. deans VIZ VIZ
auu - 10 taken up again at the pOam ,'
- American public opIn ~
.a thorn for the moment ~ mi
.1bapoot of hostilities; Others W.
SueDie e. no carried on with V@lueSS
HeS sb;fted or transformers ar nt
tolai ;.,etions and conditions as ~
~ .h.os will have to be met d ,t"lt,
~ There is our "OvertaXeo MetV
We De De- - for instance. Whet VIII .n'
~ - ~ this war bring 20 II! ~
CLOS ~ oSestion of undesirables. lne
- '.;,,ors where the flower OF Ihe no
$50. RS been destroyed, or Vill th ~
S'1ie,,- IN ia wake q shortage Oh Vne
-S,;,,o5 labor without which we s,, can
'at eaTrv on our days wotE3 lnet me-
III. Iii certainly be room IN rulheu
E ~, for the residue that ESCAPES
TS;s volume consists Of numoei "
10 i,s of foreign affairs from the
Rr,eTican viewpoint contributed Dy 49, ny
.Sar during the last year 70 ne
Tsoo~t,,jobtlv Review" and "The century
9to,,s-;ne5 Some Of them have peeh
,,,r;tten with the purpose OF interpIeet
mo TO British public OPINION @
American interest in and the Amerit tSa
altitude toward these aha,rs' u;o .m
otbers serve to interpret Amerl N.A.,
npblie opinion to itself. ne ShapYJ4
on 0The Land of the OptlTisI Is
most exclusively addressed TO Dsl' tSa
readers as an Interpretation OF WY
boadlong enthusiasm with Whlch
have been rushed into REFORMS CIV
their attendant blows to the 1us 'e go
interests Of the country Vhat va
american Diplomats" is Na iI,' az
ON an all too familiar theme u WI, A..
present administration. gun l,,it
Whclpley is probably READY 70 "u ..;,,c.
,bot American diplomacy IS seF'ins
the country admirably VIZ IA
present crisis at home and aOVoAG'
A. ecknowledged authority on our
f,~ai,,n affairs. he is here, and at the
s-.Yosa,t iuncture, most interesting
IA of most service, in his chapters
Jae1;nC with Far Eastern aHalrs'
9 Ill., is food for thought, for IN
stSnce in the idea, suggested rati9I
tbon expressed, that Japan is seeking
"a. nlav in Asia the role ascrloea 70
German ambitions IN Europe, WIN
Cb;na threatening to become to the
Island Empire the obstacle when nus
SO Is destined to become to Germany
81 not in this war, then at some future
- The author scouts the idea OF
5sncsr of war between Japan ana TINS
couStrv however serious the Aslatle
;romioTation tangle may SEEM AN
economist of authority, as IS witnessed
~ bis work on "The Trade OF the
World" he enters deeply into the un-
favorable financial and Industrial con-
Jition of Japan, and here, as IN pom
tics. he proves that Imperial amOI NO
,,,,st look to China, not to the West
AZ p manufacturer and trader Japan
can Sompete with America and Europe
in Asia. but wherever quality IS pre-
ferred to cheapness she fails. AS TO
the general situation, he says
That East is East and West IS
weet has always been fully recog-
nized bv those who know, but IN
tbe popular mind it has been
difference of customs and mentaL
outlook rather than real DIVISION
of the world in its modernized en-
ergieg. 1t is now necessary 70 re-
wise our attitude toward this an
ference as we have long conceived q.
il to be. The Far Eastern peoples
have grouped themselves into
Power which intends TO hold 1oT
itself dominion over its own; and
Japan stands to-day as the over
shadowing figure in this group
Such Western ideas and methods
as may be adopted are not Tor the
purpose Of bringing about closer
relations with the West; they are
for the purpose Of maintaining ana
emphasizing the new line OF cleaV-
ace which has been created by the
developing ambitions and powers
Of a people well able not only to
govern itself, but to resent inter-
ference from alien sources
Here enters the question Of Russia's
stains. whether, in Kipling's words, she
= tbe most Eastern of the Western
mowers. or the most Western Of the
1etions of the East. OF still more in
terest. in view of the new situation
that will emerge from this war, are the
dficulties Of Englands alliance with
japan, to which Mr.. Whelpley devotes
some pages rich in suggestion for
American public opinion.
The chapter on America and the BAL
kans is worth reading for future rel
erence: that on the Monroe Doctrine
contains the striking suggestion, well
worked out. that under other names
q has its place in the foreign policy Of
every other nation" There is also a
review OF our diplomacy in Mexico dur
ing the recent crisis that will refresh
our memories.
Altogether this is a richly suggestive