THE FUTURE OF JAPAN IN ASIA.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11253, 11 May 1904, Page 4

THE FUTURE OF JAPAN IN ASIA.

Ms Henet.Noßman's recent anhou^mfjkj,' of Russia's], determination ito .emerge^Vic'rtorious, froin' the striiggle'with Ja|)«n'at • all costs 'should be read in "eonnectipn'7?ltH that ( gentleman,'a . article ' in tiLe .? i^teß. : . number, of. -the Worki,- jfe^^'maintains .that, peace': ought, toliaVeftlii^ft preserved between Japan" and Russia, -Jlffljfc' would have" been had England'Kad'^JEQreign Minister as far-sighted, as .ing^iufi^s, as tenacious as the United ; States TWiniSf tet, Mr Hay.- Mr Norman's idea, j^fth^^',] it would • hive •- bo§n, gpgaijale .^fpr^.|S^^p^ and the United- States to hare' affivtsd.'Ajfc^ an understanding : to have informed i*jjss that Manchuria was. not her . affair,: bijtf ikb . . world's; to have informed Russia' :,^'^it - Korea was to remain independent .^thin the sphere of Japanese influence, and^fi|a'ir' then there would-have been no wwf. "^^b^ ' Great, Britain - and - the ' United. St&telß^^iy;, ' the same thing, . and are, tcady to^.^i^^. } tt; -with deeds,' and' that thing can beUeci^ed' f upon the sea-^-it is going' to happen." Mr - < Norman does not regard the posfeit^V'tt'iumph of Japan with any degree ; q| \aaj;i|s- . faction. He, points , out that.ior ,th«^fiifflt, tfane in modern- history- an Asiatic '^iice would have- conquered a Western ChrisliATft race, and the .victory would ' be"^ aU:\t|ie more remarkable in., that; it • h&d. 'chiefly, occurred- upon the. sea-^-the -great fiei<|iV«f ' Western power..' ThuB s 'the prestige.^pfj^e . West as against, the 'East" would, be,. brokfa> ■ and every Oriental nation woulii at -onde feel 'that a new 1 era for th'em,'hfl[d; damned. - With the immense . prestige which the f^fe- J feat of Russia had conferred , uppn^ffi^,'! Japan 'would- turn ' to .China/; and/iriolilar ' the Chinese nation, to .net will. ': JSniUtwer '' fostering care and. wise guidance of'jajmL there- would • grow up- a • Chinese^ci^lvil.^- •>' vice arid a reformed Chinese . Gov^rilme^,' ' ; whilst iaw and.tsducatiori atoi fip^nj^foja^t " take oii' iiew aß|iect . : . Tnpn .woiiltf fottojnr. ayChinese/nayy, ,ahd arply alsd^oiltroHai; - by Japanese^-iniSuence^'by^wMcii^l^e^l^' k Western Powers/ grbwihy ttlie^By^^OttWl: commence protesting. ■ ;And'. : 3itl\Npf^u,^ holds that it' will not.bo.attVitivitin^lwkl' to" coerce, Japan ■• into ceasing*' to*- V ediie'ate..China^ "You . encouraged^tue [ i to.^aSid^t Wefetem .ideas," 'Japan/, would - >d^clsj!« ; "why should not China Jbejallowjed -tp^ipi&e ■• progress also?" ; Then,'-Bo'Mr-NoiSnanyi»f^-' diets, woufd^awise t^e "cryi-ao Jong^pttj^- . Bied~an.d[.so-ibuch dreaded 'of VASia^io^nß Asiatics,";- besides ', which ihe^Wjijle s^^. 1 '- ■ ■ tralia clamour :wouM sink "into'a^a^ljit't^ insignificance.^V;'! r " '-<*•';'>;({■ "