The Sunday Oregonian., April 05, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Image 37

SECTION FOUR
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DRAMATIC
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VOL. XXVII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, ArRIL 5, 1908.
NO. 14.
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Room Must Be Found for Mil
. lions of . Mikado's
' Subjects.
WILL IT BE PEACE OR WAR?
Empire's Extraordinary Expendi
tures for Military Purposes In
dicate Nation's Determination
to Maintain Its Standing.
By Frederick J. Haskfn.
TOKIO, March 21. (Special Correspond
encesJapan is making the most extra
ordinary expenditures on Its araiy and
navy ever undertaken by any nation of
Uke resources in time of peace. The
United States is sending to the Pacific
Ocean the moat powerful armada in the
history of navies. Despite the assurances
from Washing-ton and Toklo that there
Is no serious quarrel between the two
powers, these are concrete facts, for the
acceptance of which it Is not necessary to
take anyone's word. Does this mean war?
The investigator will encounter many
people willing to assure him that trouble
between the two countries is inevitable,
and just as many more who protest that
all this talk of a clash Is mere moonshine.
At such a time one must go beyond the
assurances of diplomatists, because it is
their business to preserve amity by the
subtleties of fine speech and friendly rep
resentation. One must also disregard the
belligerent mouthlngs of the jingoes, for
their utterances of rancor and wild alarm
are as unwarranted and dangerous as
they are undignified.
Japan's Record in War.
Since Japan determined to put aside its
old civilization and take up the ways of
the Occident, it has fought two wars.
The first was with China, the most popu
lous and second greatest in contiguous
area of the nations of the world; and
the next was with Russia, the greatest
in area and the second most populous of
all the nations. In each of these con
flicts Japan was the victor, not alone by
the bravery of its magnificent fighting
men, but by its preparedness before each
war began. In the year before the war
with Russia, Japan's- total' military and
naval expenses were $41,500,000.
Last year the Japanese government
spent (115,704,650 on Its war establishment.
and this year it will again spend nearly
as much. If it was prepared for the war'
with Russia, what will it -not be prepared
for now that it is. spending more than
twice as much annually as it did prior to
that conflict?.
fin th nthor hnnH a rlHfji 1 Ptaminn.
tion of Japan's national resources and
present financial status reveals such a
sorry condition ot affairs that even the
suggestion of war with, a power like the
United States seents to be the height oT
absurdity. No "matter how well Japan
may be prepared for war in a military
way, In other respects It is not at all pre
pared. Modern war means spending
money, and in order to spend money one
must have resources. m ' '
Japan is poverty-stricken and almost
bankrupt. Its total wealth is but one-
twentieth- of that of the united States
although Its population is more than half
as great. If every vestige of wealth in
Japan, could be turned into cash, the
whole- amount would not be enough to
buy the clothing and furniture used by
the people of the UnitedV States. The en
tire income of the Japanese government
Is not as great as that of the United
States Steel Corporation. The total an
nual expenditures for education in the
Japanese Empire not only. falls short of
that of many of our American states, but
Is less than the Gity of New York spent
on its public schools last year.
The Japanese peasant welcomes the op
portunity to hire himself for 12 months
for $16a sum earned by capable Amer
ican shop girls In one week. The Japan
ese bricklayer is one of the country's
highest paid artisans, his wages for a day
of 12 hours being 31 cents. Compare this
with the American bricklayer's pay of
$8 for eight hours' work, and one has a
striking Illustration of the vast difference
between the potential wealth of the two
countries.
Cause of. This Poverty.
This abject national poverty is the
result of the intense congestion of the
Japanese people. The entire empire of
the Mikado is no larger in area
than the state of California, and
only 13 per , cent of it Is suscepti
ble of cultivation. That portion of
Japan Which must support all its
population -is just half the size of
.the state of Ohio. ' This means L.at
if every man, woman and child within
tfee boundaries of the United States
and the Republic of -Mexico should
move into Ohio, the soil of that com
monwealth would have no greater task
to support them than that now im
posed upon the arable portion of Ja
pan. Japanese statesmen realize that if
their country is to retain Its rating as
a first-class power, some remedy for
this congestion must be devised. That
remedy, they think, is to be found only
In emigration and expansion. It is the
solution of this vexing problem that
raises the greatest issue In world poli
tics today. Streams of Japanese emi
grants were sent pouring into Hawaii,
the Philippines, Mexico, Canada and
the Pacific Coast States of the Union.
The result was trouble.
However, the, immigration question
In America now bids fair to be set
tled by peaceful diplomacy, as Japan
was qujck to recognize the difficult po
sition which it occupied, and set about
restricting emigration to those coun
tries where its -people were not wel
come, and where there was ' enough
strength to repel them. But whatever
course Japan took at the " dictates of
peaceful counsel, the fact remains that
this slight put upon its citizens has
wounded the pride of every subject of
the Mikado.
Therefore, the Japanese are all the
more set upon solving the problem of
the congestion of their people by the
other way expansion. Japan acquired
valuable territory from China after the
war with that country, but the great
powers forced a retrocession. The war
with Russia, caused by its occupation
of the very territory Japan had been
forced to give back to China, and by
Russian aggression in Corea and Man
churia, has placed Japan in a position
of predominant influence in those two
countries. In Corea, the sovereignty Is
virtually in the hands of the Japanese
Resident-General; and In Manchuria
the Japanese influence is being extend
ed rapidly.
Campaign fn China.
In China proper, -the Japanese are
making a campaign for commercial and
poiitlcal supremacy, the end of which
may be a world-shaking controversy.
Owing ro the necessity of providing
more territory for the support of their
people, it is feared that the Japanese
statesmen may insist upon a pro
gramme that will lead to grave inter
national complications.
It was manifestly the Russian purpose
to control over China and to exclude from
this vast territory the other nations of
the world. If this policy had triumphed,
Japan would have been forever dwarfed
and its commercial progress stopped.
While Japans interests were thus more
vital, the other great powers also looked
askance upon Russian aggressiveness.
Therefore, when Japan took up the gage
and gave battle, the rest of- tha world
looked on and applauded. The exhibition
of skill and valor by the Japanese army
and navy in that war was, indeed, mar
velous, but wonderful as it was. It did not
deserve the extravagant praise and ac
claim with which it waa received. If the
Japanese had their heads turned by the
success of their arms, the fault lies large
ly with those who flattered them and ex
aggerated their performances entirely out
of proportion to their real value.
When the war ended, the treaty between
Japan and Russia permitted Japan to ex
ercise control over Corea, but stipulated
that the civil authority in Manchuria
should be returned to the Chinese, In
whom it was rightfully vested, and that
the "open door" should be maintained.
Three years have passed since the war,
and now it is charged that Japan has
failed to abide by the spirit of its treaty
agreements, however it has kept to
the letter, and that Japanese aggres
sion in Manchuria, and even In China
proper, is of exactly the same nature as
that of the Russian.
It is charged that American commercial
It teres ts are more effectually shut out of
Manchuria now than during the era of
Russian domination, and that Japan Is
showing evidence of a disposition to shtit
up China to all of the other powers. This
is why the Japanese have suddenly ceased
to be the "pet children of the nations."
American Interest Peculiar.
The American interest in this question
is peculiar. The United States is the only
one of the . great powers which has not
been suspected of designs upon a portion
of- the territory of China. When the war
between Russia and Japan began, John
Hay, Secretary of State, addressed a note
to the two warring powers an4 obtained
their pledges that the fight would be con
fined to Manchuria and that other Chinese
territory should remain inviolate. Thus
the United States stands today in the at
titude of the chief champion of- the terri
torial integrity of the Chinase Empire.
The American Government la the only one
that any of the powers will trust in China,
and it Is also the only one in which the
Chinese have confidence.
Thus the theater of the drama of world
politics has been removed to the Orient.
In the cast of players there Is a new actor
of a different blood. - For the first time In
modern history, an Asiatic nation, emerg
lug from hermetic seclusion,- which had
bound it since the days when Alexander
the Great wrested the scepter of world
rule from Asia, has become a figure of
commanding interest.
The progress of Japan since It took on
Western ways is the most rapid in the
history of nations. But wonderful as it is,
it is not possible that in BO years it could
so change as to measure up to the stand
ards of the Occident, acquired through the
experience of 20 centuries of blood and
struggle.
Japan has adopted Occidental civlllza
tion as one puts on a cloak. Underneath
the white shirt-front of the Japanese
statesman still beats the heart of an Or!
ental. For this reason this newest and
greatest issue In world politics Is uncer
tain. Elver since civilization evolved a
code of international morals, all the great
powers have been Christian, have been of
the white race, and have had a more or
less common education. The Japanese
does not think as the Occidental thinks.
Clever as he may be in adopting Western
guns and Western dress, he is charged
with being unable to comprehend the
white man's code, or being incapable of
playing the game in the white man's way.
This is why the prediction is made that
he may unsettle the peace of the world.
BAD lil HIS DOWNFALL
JEALOUS LOVER'S WELL-LAID
PLANS ARE DEFEATED.
Frenchman Shoots Girl ire Loves,
After Forging Lettersto Prove
Her a Suicide,
PARIS, April 4. (Special.) It is not
advisable even for a would-be mur
derer to lay his plan too cleverly and
pretend that the victim wanted to be
killed. This was the strange idea of
a young man at E3nghien, who after
attempting to Kill a girl who had de
clined his attentions, put forward the
extraordinary story that It was by mu
tual consent that they had decided to
commit suicide.
The girl in question worked as a
dressmaker, and was returning home
in the evening, accompanied by her
mother, when the young man stopped
her at the gate to speak with her.
Barely had the mother crossed the
gar-den when, as she was about to open
the door of her house, she heard a
shot fired, and saw her daughter fall
to the ground. A police-inspector hap
pened to be near at hand, but when he
approached the young man the latter
fired a shot at himself, but missed. In
explanation of his act, he said that he
and the girl had resolved to commit
suicide together, and that she had at
various times made him swear to shoot
her first and then kill himself.
He related that they had gone to
the cemetery and sworn on her father's
grave to end their1 lives because the
girl's mother had refused to consent to
their marriage. In corroboration of his
story, he produced letters purporting
to have been written by the girl, and
. t evening a note from him reached
.tie Police Commissaire to tell him
about the Intended suicide. So cleverly
did he relate his story that the police
almost believed it, but unfortunately
for him the girl recovered sufficiently
after a day to give her version of the
case, from which it appears that the
alleged letters were forgeries. The
young man tried to kill her cut of
Jealousy because she had a preference
for another.
The young man, when t a of this in
prison, completely broke dowJ and ad
mitted its truth, adding that 'when he
fired at himself It was only a sham at
tempt, and that he never Intended to
take his life. The girl, meanwhile. Is
In a very dangerous condition in the
hospital with a bullet In her head.
SHOWS
GROWTH
OF SOCIALISM
Close Vote on Right-to-Work
Bill Alarms English
" Government. .
LIBERALS FEAR RESULTS
Look for Retaliation From Their
Constituents ?in Vorking Class.
Lord Rosebey Sounds Warning.
Protection Possible Remed y.
LONDON, April 4. Snecfal. No one
tries to disguise the truth that the debate
and th division on the bill for relief
of the unemployed mark the cleavage of
Liberalism from Socialism. The voting
list is, however. In one respect decept
ive. Only the very strongest ministerial
pressure and a "government whip kept
many Lfnerais faithful. -As 4t was, no
fewer than 288 members, mostly Liberals,
were absent from the House, Very many"
purposely abstained. The majorlt. of 149
votys really means nothing. Hai .ly a
Liberal who voted against the measure
felt comfortable in his mind.- . ,
Afterwards in the Lobby they expressed
the greatest uneasiness 1 as to the effect
of their action on their working-class con
stituents. It is, indeed, now becoming
known that In many artisan const! tuen--cies,
where the sitting Liberal is held to
be weak-kneed, he will find a labor man
put up against him or in his place at the
next election. As one well-known Liberal
member remarked, "The whole affair is
a sad mess, and has no redeeming fea
ture. If only the Prime Minister had been
here, I think he would have somehow got
us out of It."
The debate itself was on a very high
level, easily the best of the session. Mr.
Burns, by common admission, made an
admirable speech, and Mr. Grayson, de
spite his flamboyant Trafalgar-square
style, held and tconvinced the House of
his earnestness. Finally, Mr. Asquith's
brief oration was a polished, sympathetic
effort. The net result, regardVd dispas
sionately and impartially, is that far
more Liberals than most people believe
approximate in their aims and ideals to
the Labor party. Some day this will be
shown conclusively.
Provisions of the Bill.
The bill, which was Introduced by Mr.
P. W. Wilson, aimed at compelling local
authorities to find work for or keep all
the unemployed who applied. Compul
sory payment to the unemployed at trade
union rates of wages. Buildings and ma
chinery to be prepared at the expense of
the rates or the exchequer for the un
employed. Throughout the debate there
ran a deep sympathy with the genuine
workman anxious but unable to And work,
whose condition Is. one of the most de
plorable evils of the present system.
Lord Rosebery has no doubt about the
Imminence of the menace ot Socialism.
His speech was an Insistence on the ne
cessity of the recognition of the danger,
and he made an admirable point In warn
ing his hearers not to count too much
on the fact that Socialists are still In the
minority, because history Caches- that
revolutions are made by minorities. It
is possible to exaggerate the importance
of Lord Rosebery's speeches, since he is
in no sense a leader of a party. Despite
this, he remains the eloquent spokesman
of that large class, not attached to any
political party, who are sometimes spoken
of as the men in the street.
Lord Rosebery made another vastly Im
portant pronouncement. He admitted
that England might be driven to the
formidable option between protection and
Socialism, and In that case, he said, he
would have no hesitation in adopting pro
tection. Lord Rosebery summed up the situ
ation in these words: "Social reform is
of very little use unless It has protection
from without. It Is of no use converting
Great Britain Into a very Garden of
Eden If your fence lets in the wolves
that will ravage it."'
"Humbug," Their Cry.
John Burns, for the government, said
that the great fabrics built up by the
trade unions and the friendly societies
would be destroyed by the bill In two
years. "Humbug," shouted the Social
ists. The protectionist organs declare thRt
England Is hopelessly handicapped in the
modern commercial world from the absurd
system of allowing dumped goods to en
ter its markets. With a reformed tariff,
fhey claim, must come a large increase.
In employment for labor both skilled and
unskilled. This was a practical remedy
or least a certain palliative and there
was no other.
The Liberal papers admit that the ac
tion of the government will inevitably
alienate the labor vote, which has hither
to been generally at the service of the
party.
The rejection of the Scotch landholders'
bill by the House of Lords caused furious
Indignation In the labor and Socialist
camps. The measure was virtually the
same as that which the Ministry aban
doned last session rather than consent
to Its being mutilated beyond recognition.
The opposition peers' plan was to strike
out the parts setting up a land court
and extending the crofter system from '
the Highlands to the Lowlands, but the
government refused to allow this and
abandoned the measure. This session
they reintroduced it in the House of
Commons, and passed It quickly through
all its stages. The Lords rejected th
measure principally on the ground that
It was a bad bill.
All pf which indicates that the struggle
between the Democracy and the ruling
classes Is becoming more acute.
Woman's Wonderful Walk.
DUBLIN, April 4. (Special.) Mrs.
Annie Lenihan, of Mallow, -County
Cork, has just accomplished the feat
of walking from Dublin to Cork, a
distance of 161 miles. In 48 hours, 42
minutes. Mrs. Lenihan mado a wager
that she could accomplish the walk In
48 hours, and there is no doubt that
if the weather had been good she
would have done so. She declared
after her arrival at Cork that In good
weather she could do the walk in 46
hours. Mrs. Lenihan is about 35 years
old, and is small of stature. She has
already attained some distinction In
walking contests.