East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-25
Japan and Russia

Japan and Russia
One of these agencies is the disrltp-
tive force in peasant Russia, now felt
not only in Siberia, In Russian Turke-
stan and in the Transcaucasus, but
also in Persia The other, is Japan,
whose dominating desire, based on the
necessity for territorial expansion, has
resulted in penetration of China and
Eastern Siberia and the islands of the
Pacific north of the Equator
The estimated area of the Pacific
Ocean Is 67,S10,00O square miles and
is studded with islands the majority
of which are in such proximity that
they form groups OF arohipel9soos.
Each archipelago belongs to some for
eign power But within the rough out
line of almost all these archipelagoes
there are certain islands which do not
belong to the nation controlling the
archipelago Of which the "foreign
member" is, geographically speaking,
a part These foreign members of ar
chipelagocs naturally, therefore, have
become sore spots" The Island of
Yap is one of these. Samoa is another
1t so happens that often these very
foreign members are the most inn
portant of the entire group--commer.
cially and from Il naval and military
| STANDPOINT.
Archipelago Treasures
Just what are these archipelago
| treasures?
There are the Continental Islands
! Australia, New Zealand, Japan, thu
Malay Archipelago, the Philippine Ar
chipeago and New Caledonia. Borne'
might possibly be placed in this class.
The most northern oceanic group !
the Hawaiian Archipelago, or Sand
wich lHlands-consisting of eight larg
isands-the property of the Unite
States.
The three groups of the Bonn Is
lands, known as the Parry, Beeche
and Coffin groups-htgh, rocky islet
closp to Japan.
The Ladrones, or Mariana Island
just south Of the Bonin groups.
The Caroline Archipelago, 40 mile
south of the Ladrones.
The Marshall Islands, cast OF III
Carolincs, consisting Of two parall
chains and composed of fourteen an
seventeen groups, respectively.
The Gilbert Archipelago, on Il
Equatorial Line, containing sxtet
groups Of small coral islands, low al
barren, but densely populated.
In the South Pacific oceanic islam
are scattered with the greatest prof
sion. The northern part--that aroul
the Australian, New Zealand and 4
Malay Archipelago-is occupied by I
Solomon Islands, the New Hebrid'
the Fiji Islands, Samoa and I
Friendly Islands. Farther to the sou
there are the Society Islands, inclu
ing Tahiti.
The Marquesas, or Mendana Arcl
pelago, Is farther to the north agi
and more off the general line,
Southeast Of the Society Islands a
running parallel to them, is the II
motu Cor low Archipelago. r
group Is very extensive and cons'
of about eighty coral islands, or ate
The Galapagos Archipelago Is 81
ated under the equator at a distal
Of about six hundred miles from
west coast OF South America.
In the North Pacific the Sea
Okhotsk is cut off from Rchring
by the Peninsula Of Kamschatta. fr
the extremity Of which chain Of
lands extends to the borders Of
Ant-artic Ocean. This island ch
hangs in loops along the Asiatic COT
each loop including an almost la
4 locked sea. The Kurile islands
from Kamschatka to Japan, cutt
off the Sea of Okhotsk.
The great japanese Islands v
FormUsa TO the immediate south.
close the Sea Of Japan, leaving II
communication with the Sea
Okhotosk by the Channel Of Tart
and with the Paficio ocean by me
Of the Straits Of La Perouse and
gar and on the south by the Strait
Korea. The Yellow Sea runs into
Chinese coast and is divided from
X Sea of Japan by the Peninsula Of
rea. The China Sea. with the
great gulfs OF Tonquin and Sian
markad off from the Indian OepaI