Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-27

undermine preparations for national defense Events
nobody dares predict what not happen One Of the
to se saSs fns pdso Of
and consequent loss to the would be followed by
Manifesy the Kaiser did not dream how avaanches
he might when he helped institute the ncipent
sian forces the German front to que nsurrecton at
home The real revolution which put an end to Russian alb
received outside of German revolution We have how
pses Father than w o G g
to real and the cutting up Of the large landed
throwing their governments liable to become contagious
Even to-day the German socialists making trouble for
autocracy to Suppress socialism In ali human probability the
German socialists will appeal to the Russian socialists and
then will follow another cataclysm with going by the
The overthrow of absoutism and the Reign of socialism
sian revolution Another probable result is the starting Of
s sh anS t of Siberia
Manesy the only why Japan has sought to
s
the supremacy Of Se yellow follow
and Japanese through the dissolution Of the great Rus
sian empire into it's varied a Of nationality Japan and
vast territory open yellow colonization This outlet would
afford relief for congesed population in Japan and China for
It is easy to understand how the Kaiser might to
the Japs at this time You take Siberia provided the
Russia need for of imperial expansion and
military protection and naval outlets It is equally easy to
One would naturally object at this point that the Kaiser
be sSH peril
in his empires direction. That does follow however
to of the Kaiser protng in his world ambition from
their courses in succong so long Turkey the Sck Man of
Europe"
The unspeakable Kaiser would hesitate to turn
the yellow peril on an enemy than he hesitaed incte holy
the Kaiser necessity recognizes law religion
than of nations humanity itself The Kaiser
would hesitate at step to put himself at the head of the
European African and American continents leaving all Asia
But somebody object that Japan already joined
hands with the United States in way that will permit of
Ss1 @ n ~ss s
qre was in of at secret meetings Of the
ton Atlantic City Dr. jeremiah W. jerks member Of the
National Council OF Defense and financial adviser of China
Washington which declared Japan infringing the
ment:
that at the very time that Viscount shi making his
most eloquent addresses in this country asserting with
reaching nations and that Japan invariably kept her
f
to those skfu negoiators to close loan for the
Ths agreement said involve practically the handing
over the Chinese arsenas japanese and the
These provisions substantially the of those
IN the noted Group of the wenyone demands of 1915 which
of Chinese sovereignty and which the of pub
lie opinion influenced the japanese to drop at that time
were urged upon the Chinese officials
MANY of the friends of China questioned the USE
funess of the Lansing agreement because they
doubted the sincerity of Japan in carrying out the provisions
Private letters from both Chinese and foreigners empha-
size the strength of the drive for advantage that Japan
making in China with apparently the full intent
of securing for themselves great advantages that
be difficult at the negotiations for the allies
any terms for the maintenance of the
open door.
New effort is being made also to secure Japanese ad-
vantage in the exploitation of the remaining iron mines of
China of which Japan has not yet secured the control just
Germany has sought control of Belgian and French
iron and Roumanian oil and Russian wheat. So urgent is
this effort and apparently contrary the spirit of the
snglsh agreement and to the policy of the open that
is reported that DR. Reinsch the American minister has
made definite protest to the Chinese against the
making OF such that proposed by Japan
the ground that would be violation of that policy
All OF this occurred reports true while eloquent
scoun was assuring us OF the sincerity of japanese prosa
tons of friendship and of apans unchangng policy honor
ably standing ding by her promises and agreements:
The publication OF the secret of ago
tween Russia and Japan regarding China had sensational
lines aimed apparently against Great Britain the United
States The articles themselves however, to make no
threats against any other nation that follows tn. open
policy 1t is not clear from the agreement whether or NOT
Japan and Russia intending violate that policy Thev