The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-19
The STRINGS in Asia.

Nobody knows how the map of Eu
rope will be changed by this war. But
in Asia there will be one allimportant
result that one may predict with conf
dence. Few people imagined when Ser
Wan conspirators killed an Austrian
archduke that one OF the direct results
of the act would be to make japanese
influence dominant in Asiatic affairs Yet
that is what is happening, and the world
will see it plainly enough when the war
clouds have rolled away and the ma
lions sit down to bind up their wounds.
England, ever since she crowded the
French out of India. more than CEN
fury ago, has been dominant in Asiatic
affairs financial and military From
the Suez canal along the Persian gulf,
the Bay of Bengal and the China sea,
through the East India islands. and up
the east coast, the flag of England has
been raised at one place and then an
other-and it has staid there. Other ma
tons have tried TO supplant English
power, but have made rather sorry
mess of the attempts. France won
few colonies but very limited influence
on the continent, as whole Russia had
ambitions southwark and eastward
England checked its southwark march.
and Japan hurled it back from the.
shores of the Pacific. Germany, coming
late, but with great ambitions, made
out of Kiauchau not only powerfully
fortified port, but the place of all others
IN the far east most suitable for men of
the west TO live in. Now Japan is pro-
ceeding deliberately to wipe Germany
of the map of Asia.
And in this, Japan is giving the world
in general, and particularly its ally
England, something 10 think about. The
progress of Japan during the past gen.
Grafton has been one OF the wonders OF
the worlds history. In 1894 Japan made
the world take notice by its defeat of
China. II not only won Formosa and
established itself firmly in Korea, but
It demonstrated that the Chinese are not
a fighting race. and that China would
not be the great Asiatc power. Ten
years later Japan again amazed the
world by putting Russia TO rout. An.
'ther 10 years have passed and Japan is
putting an end to Germans
prospects in Asia
II matters little that England as
ents TO this Japan is doing il far moro /
or its own sake than TO oblige an ally |
NTH Germany out Of the way. .Iapan |
sill only have friendly England between /
{ and dominance OF Asiatic affairs. And |
Japan > on the ground without other
rons in the fire, while England has Can.
da. Australia and many other colonies
md possessions TO absorb It's thoughts
nd energies, its capital and its men.
his does not mean that Japan plots. or
) ever hkIy 10 plot. control OF India.
nat in China and all up and down the
astern half Of Asia the influence Of
apan - proceeding apace. The Japan
- arc infesting China already. and
hina complacently sends it, Young men
b Japan 10 be cducated.
For the United States the situation
ossesses an interest The more Japan
~ 10 attend 20 in Asia the less likely
cod that Japan viii look for trouble in
his direction. And as 10 "the control
the Pacific about which many fool.
h thnps are said who has TIE con
-oi 81 the Atlantic Certainly not this
luutry. a. 80 the future policy Of
span u j. not AZ az unlikely that II
ii ests blish q Monroe doctrine Of lie
En in Asia, and IN the light Of the his
~ Of the last twenty years the ma
.-Rost0n Hersld