New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-26
CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Our Great Problem in World Politics he
United States, China and the Powers
Mr.. Millard's Informing Book.

! tween her teeth and pushed forward,
both openly and insidiously. Pretend
/ ing 10 take the German colony 20 re-
store Chinese integrity, she soon ad-
n.itted that il was doubtful II she would
ever relinouish IL; and she made II a
base for steadily advancing, CONNER
cially and politically, toward DONNA
/ ton Of China. She dissuaded China
/ from looking TO America for aid or
counsel. She went far beyond what
/ her British ally wanted her to do;
/ but the British hands were tied by the
war, and Japan improved her oppor-
/ tunity. The famous twenty de-
mands which were made upon China,
and which Japan attempted at first
\ TO conceal and then TO disclaim, but IN
vain, were the most extraordinary ever
made upon an independent nation, and
were calculated TO make China mere
protectorate of Japan. II was charac-
/ teristic of the Wilson Administration
/ that il ignored this monstrous pro
| posal 10 Dust America from China until
an appeal was made TO Mr.. Bryan by
missionaries. The religious plea was
effective whore diplomatic and patriotic
considerations failed. and our gov
eminent declared that II would not
assent to any abrogation OF America
treaty rights. Yet at the very same
time, with unspeakable fatulty. 1t
strove 70 scuttle out of and abandon
the Philippines and thus deprive tins
country of the best point of vantage
it has from which practically to main
tain those rights. Epigrammatlcally,
the Administration was for our rights
but against their enforcement.
The fourth and latest phase then
came in the japanese intrigues of Sun
Yat-sen and others and the death Of
Yuan Shh-kai In this phase Japan
is aiming TO secure the heEemony Of
Eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean
and TO open the way for Japanese
colonization of America. That empire
considers itself destined to "irrepres-
sible expansion" and il sees the line
of least resistance running across the
Pacific. The present Japanese policy
is shrewd and suave Note Baron
Shibusawa's memorable visit 10 this
country last fall. Practically, he pro
posed that we should provide the
money and Japan should BOSS the job
in exploiting China. American sus-
capabilities and suspicious are allayed,
while Japan pushes on lneXorabiy'
sometimes openly. sometimes in secret
What is the moral Of 10 all? That
the United States should put itself IN n
condition of complete and instant pre-
paredness for armed defence, and
that it should adopt and resolutely
maintain a positive, practical ana
worthy American policy in the Far LAS,
in support of the Hay Doctrine and
American rights. To that end our pos
session Of the Philippines is of incalcu-
liable importance. The author believes,
naturally and rightly, that we should
permanently hold those islands; but
that in any event it is supremely deslr-
able. for our own sake and for that OF
the islands. that we should retain strong
military control of them. Talk of IN
dependence" has a good sound, 10 some;
but "to turn the millions Of Christian
Filipinos over to be ruled and exploited
by a non-C Christian power has an ugly
sound, and this phase Of the question
is kept in the background by the advo-
Gates Of abandonment" That such would
be the fate of the islands, # made IN
/ dependent" is, of course, as certain as
anything in the world can be. For the
Philippines TO take a place similar 20
/ Corea and Formosa, TO be in all re-
spects inferior to their (Asiatic) over
! lords, would hardly satisfy the aspira.
tons Of Filipinos, or the conscience OF
America
A voluminous appendix, veritable
cyclopadia Of texts of treaties and
other documents, some Of the most i'm
portant Of them not hitherto readily
accessible if even known to the world
at large, makes the work singularly
masterful and complete, save in one
respect. That is, the lack Of an analyti-
cal index That is want which we
hope to see supplied in the second edi-
ton, which we assume will soon be
forthcoming For this is q work which
should be read and which needs 20 be
read by every American who takes a
thoughtful and far-seeing interest IN
the future welfare Of America in the
islands and on the shores Of the Ocean
of the Future" and who desires the
maintenance not only Of the Hay Doc
trine in China, but also of the Monroe
Doctrine in America.