A SECOND RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12532, 29 June 1906, Page 7

A SECOND RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

A tablo message yesterday r-tatc! that General Rennokamp considers that 0 a war of revenge against Japan is immir.pnt. Jn view of this it « interesting to note that I'cncrA Uasdieuow, of tlm Russian I'tnoral Staff, recently wrote a short memorial on the probability of a second war in the near future between Russia a:uj Japan. "The second war between Japan and Russia cannot bo postponed lor mdre than six years, , ' lie said, "the islanders being unlikely to wait till u-u. when Russia will have gathered • now army. Japan will utilise to the utmost Great Britain's obligations towards h C r to force Russia's hand, her ami being to destroy Muscovite influence in tho basin of the Pacific, and to strengthen tho position she lir.i acquired in Korea and Manchuria. Tho l°?£? °f Portsmouth ie, therefore, nothing but an indefinite truce tt tho close of which Russia will have to faco two adversaries. She is bound to ! Ji at J east two-thirds of her army / *?, V lO /ar East in order to assuro Sγ 11 rooting remains to her there, remains ono clear duty for Kiwsia to perform, namely, to "fortify nprself in the Far East against £.11 con- - n^"cics ' l - a "J notwithstanding the Bloats ?f the Japanese. A strong fleet, with \ladirostock ns its base, is an absolute necessity. Orders should £c placed et once with shipbuilders all oror tho world and premiums offered nri do ;i rer y l>pfore contract date, in oraer that we may l>e in possession of a naval arm as soon as possible. A

second line is indispensable on the Trans-Siberian Railway as far as iVladivostock, as well as on tho Ussiri route, while Kamtschatka should be kept in telegraphic touch with the mainland. Tho second Japanese war is not far away behind the mountains; it is already upon our shoulders, and if we bo not prepared this time, tho enemy will drive us over the Balkans."