. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. , my present friendships with num-bers of her sons I prize very highly, but I cannot blind myselfto the fact that she is apparently drunk with sight of powerin the Orient. As conditions are to-day, the reason for giving primary atten-tion to Japans position in Manchuria rather than Russiasmust be self-evident. In the first place, the territory embracedin her sphere of influence is more important and contains twothirds the population. The
. Where half the world is waking up; the old and the new in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, reported with especial reference to American conditions. , my present friendships with num-bers of her sons I prize very highly, but I cannot blind myselfto the fact that she is apparently drunk with sight of powerin the Orient. As conditions are to-day, the reason for giving primary atten-tion to Japans position in Manchuria rather than Russiasmust be self-evident. In the first place, the territory embracedin her sphere of influence is more important and contains twothirds the population. Then again: Northern Manchuriabeing cold and inhospitable, Japans sphere not only coversthe fairer and more favored section agriculturally, but from thestandpoint of military strategy (as a mighty war taught allthe world) Japan is vastly better placed. With Port Arthurin her possession, and the new broad-gauge line from Antungand Mukden enabling her to rush troops across the Sea ofJapan and through Korea to Manchuria without once gettinginto foreign waters or on foreign soil, she could ask nothingbetter. And finally and most significant of all, Russia has.
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