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Show CASSINI' VINDICATES JAPAN. Count Casslnl'u article In regard to the unpreparcdness of Russia for war is a strong vindication of the position of Japan. Rusyla was holding Manchuria In an iron grip, was treating the people as Russian subjects, and was advancing advanc-ing her control over Korea In every possible way, even to occupancy of Korean Ko-rean territory. She had- violated all her pledges for the evacuation of -Manchuria; on tho contrary, sho was evidently establishing herself Uiero for permanent control; the pledge to evacuate was more and moro being- treated as a pleasant pleas-ant flctloni And her dcrlgn to gradually gradual-ly possess Korea In the same way, was manifest At this stage Japan, seeing In Russian Rus-sian occupancy of Korea a direct threat at her naUonal existence, opened nego-tiaUons nego-tiaUons with a viewi of. ascertaining Russia's real intcntiona In so far as theso negotiations related) to Manchuria, Japan wag in fact doing precisely what all tho nations of tho earth wanted dono; they all wanted to know what Russia's game was, and why she persistently per-sistently violated her pledges nnd showed stich unmistakable signs of ag-gressivo ag-gressivo and permanent occupation. In placo of tho promised withdrawal. Japan was entitled to the support of all of them In this negotiation, and especially es-pecially to the aupport of Great Britain, by virtue of tho treaty 'which had been concluded between these two powers, apparently ' for tho very contingency which thus arose-. But all stood aloof, and Japan had to proceed alone. Korea was necessarily brought into tho negotlaUonsj by tho Russian aggressions; The negotiations proceeded at much length, Japan replying reply-ing courteously and prompUy at every stago of their progress, and Russia taking an unconscionable length of time always to make her replies. Tho Japanese Japan-ese finally concluded that Uio protracted protract-ed time thu9 taken was used merely for tho purpose of strengthening Russia's military poBiUon, and that when Russia felt herself strong enough iii hie Far East, she would Uirow off the mask, tell Japan to go to tho devil, or- words to that effect, and go on with her relentless relent-less strengthening of her position In Manchuria, and advance into Korea. Delay, therefore, while advantageous to Russia, was distiucUy hurtful to Japaiu, It was, then, quite in order to bring the negotiations to a peremptory peremp-tory close, as she did. The fact that Russia had not completed- her war preparations prep-arations was a clear vindication nnd JustlflcaUon of Japan, for It was certainly cer-tainly not to be expected that she would await the convenience of her great enemy before beginning Uie war. Count Casslnl, w,hlle not meaning It, of course, has completely vindicated Japan. |