. Review of reviews and world's work. ars, although theactual warfare may not last longer than twoyears. The raison detre of the declaration ofwar on the part of Japan, he asserts, is directlythe maintenance of peace in the far East, and,indirectly, in the world at large. Accusing thebelligerent conservatives of Russia of being theleading disturbers of the worlds peace, he says : Except for the antiquated conservatives&f the lius-sijin Empire, there is no instrumentality that assists indisturbing the peace of the far East. The traditionalpolicy of England and America in the East is to promotet
. Review of reviews and world's work. ars, although theactual warfare may not last longer than twoyears. The raison detre of the declaration ofwar on the part of Japan, he asserts, is directlythe maintenance of peace in the far East, and,indirectly, in the world at large. Accusing thebelligerent conservatives of Russia of being theleading disturbers of the worlds peace, he says : Except for the antiquated conservatives&f the lius-sijin Empire, there is no instrumentality that assists indisturbing the peace of the far East. The traditionalpolicy of England and America in the East is to promotetheir commercial and industrial interests. The Frenchenterprise in southern China and the German coloniza-tion in eastern (hina are at bot toin nothing but a means of establishing commercial predominance in the Orient. It is, consequently, natural that these powers are anx-ious to maintain peace, avoiding warfare as much aspossible. The rulers and statesmen of France and Ger many, it is true, are more frequently apt to be warlike,. HON. SAIHUO SIUMA11A, OK Ill!. JAPANESE PARLIAMENT. LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH. 93 a^ compared with those of England and America. Buteven in these Continental countries public opinion isbecoming so powerful that the belligerent ambition oftheir rulers and statesmen is often checkmated. Theonly power where public opinion cannot likewise moveits ruler is the Russian Empire. To be sure, there arenot wanting, in Russia, those foreseeing men who fearto see their country involved in international the existing political condition of Russia disre-gards the wise advice of these thoughtful men. If, asi In- outcome of the present war, Russia should becomedestitute of naval base in the Oriental seas and deprivedof strategic points in eastern Asia, the main cause ofdisturbance to the peace of the far East would be re-moved. RESTRICTION OF RUSSIAS ARMAMENT. Following a precedent established by Euro-pean powers which restricted Russias armamenton the
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