The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-26

London Dispatch in Philadelphia Public
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 From my fairly intimate knowledge of as war broke out they would join in driving the Germans out of Kiauchau,f said Sir Valentine Chirol in statement on the situation tonight.
 Sir Valentine has been the foreign edi- tor of the London Times for many years and has travelled extensively. He has written much on the far eastern ques- ton and is looked upon as an authority whose words carry weight in all the chan celleries of Europe.
 sThe Japanese he continued, prob ably would have done it even if there had been no Anglo-Japanese treaty, and even if the Japanese government had tried to hold back. popular feling would have insisted. The share which Germany took with Russia and France in compel ling the Japanese to evacuate Port Ar thur in 1895. after their victories over China, never has been forgotten or for given.
 q was in Japan then and in the course VI n conversation Wlif1 lff1cc llb, lildl great statesman, usually so reticent and reserved, brought his fist down on the table and exclaimed. Germany we shall never forgive. Russia looks upon us as future rival in the far east France is, of course, her ally, and has important pos sessions and ancient interests in eastern Asia; we can understand their action
 But for Germany. who always pro- fessed such genuine friendship, and has no special interests in these regions to join hands with them and stab us in the back-her intervention was odious and gratuitous.'
 Moreover, Japan believed. I really think, that Germany instigated Russia. Count Okuma, the present premier, says so in his book, Fifty Years of Modern Japan, and l have no doubt it is so for right up to the Russo-Japanese war it was part of the German Emperor's world policy to encourage Russia in all her Asiatic adventures, in order to weaken her position in Europe and intensity An glo-Russian antagonism."
 Compare. too, the text of Japans uti- matum to Germany with the text of the ultimatum addressed by Germany in 1S95. It is nearly a direct paraphrase. The curious expression that the Japanese government believes 1t to be it's duty to give advice to the imperial German gov ernment to withdraw from Kiauchau, Is borrowed almost textualy from the 1895 ultimatum, which may be described as advice given to Japan to renounce pos session of Lian-Fung peninsula in new proof of sincere friendship
 Japan has given a definite understand ing, not only that the sovereign rights of China over the territory leased by her to Germany shall not be curtailed, but that the territory itself eventually shall be restored to her Thanks also to the Anglo-Japanese alliance, Japan is ready to confine her operations to a limited area within the China seas
 All Japan wants Is to eliminate from China the root of German influence, and am perfectly we'll aware that any action which would estrange public opin- ion in the United States or the domin- ions is incomparable with the Anglo-Jap- anese alliance, which was specially re- vised only three years ago, so as to ex- clude such possibilities, and positive as- surances have been given all neutral pow CTS having possessions in the far east.
 Japan, no doubt, wishes to secure her seat in the council of the powers when the war ends and also to increase her prestige with China. But as far as the people of Japan are concerned. it is mem ories of past injuries, rather than dreams of future ambitions, which at present fill their minds"