Show JAPAN IN aar c IN E S T pushing fashing the annexation protesto protest WILL IT LEAD LE ad TO WAR WAK sonic ol of the newspapers seem to so marquis ito to in paris pans NEW july 27 A sri special ecial to tha herald from paris says the figaro fiaai o bubl ashes an article bearing on the relations relation 2 between the united states end and japen uis his importance it by the indications indication q j it bears of bem iL iu for only oay those hoes in the inner circles of japanese affairs could possibly have given figaro aay id idra a ot of the object which chii n liss has caused marquis ito to lo come to 6 aars ars at thie ihie pa particular nicular juncture the article ari icle which is IB headed the voyage of marq marque aib ito is 13 as maiquis ito has been in par e P since sunday and ja is stopping at the HMO continental where his apartments have been reserved uy the pars paris legation this astute diplomatist is now busy dealing with the delicate situation created in japan by bv the pretensions of the united in the matter matier of the em an vexation of toe the sandwith S ih islands it appears appear i he ha has baa come to europe to protest tes most energetically in the name ot of his hia government po nal what be calls a usurpation beset with dangers and he declares to his hia friends that japan which has ta tai ial I al I to against great difficulties at the time ot of the war with china will go to the end with the united states plates we must not therefore be ba sur bur prided if out ona of these dat das s we have to announce anno a dupure of the relations between these two countries in caff the annexation projects are mi lata ned this would not probably mean a declaration of war but be the beginning of more or less leea open the result of which would be harm barm ul nl and which might have in store surprises auro suro rises of all kinds for thirty thousand japanese almost all veteran are already living hying in the hawaiian islands and the satire native of the tha country hardly number as many the object of the marquis aitos journey is to point out to europe rather tco neglect mL according to him the peril of annexation to which the vigorous vgo rous japanese pe ocile still euil under the spell of its victories is ed to to tile the utmost in any case this journey and the complications fort foreseen seen by tha ito hirai gely confirm the fears already expressed in america by thoughtful men LONDON july 27 the st james gazette commenting upon japans protest in the hagai hawai an matter says saya according to european usage it amounts to a threat to resist the transfer of the archipelago by bj force and its ita equivalent to warning the united states that they must five up thir their views as to hawaii or prepare for war it does mean jost so mush in the mouth of japan though the americans do not seem to 10 think so eo but they have such odd ideas of diplomatic 1811 language guage that they are no great authorities the pall mall G efte says s iya we have said from the first that it is no concern of 0 great britain whether the united states anneris hawaii or not bat japans protest should give the american j nabea eom mm ething to think asb about otlE it remains remain to be seen whether american opinion will ratify the au negation policy it it does the matter will become important for japan has a powerful nay na v and if it does not secretary shirman and at any rate president mckinley will think twice before inviting the aranove Japan i pe davv to do the mischief it undoubtedly could the Glo beai ter referring ref etring to the tha cynical insolence ot the american minister says bays should it be our to engage in a quarrel with our kin beyond the aea we must seize hawaii immediately but the state of nf things thines against ag which it is necessary to take precautions is the by no means remote contingency of a war between the united states ana ada a european power able to take hawaii which would become a strate gc c point of great im importance against ourselves if japan abdicates 0 or commatee r cona mutes her berris rights hta it is the clear duty of this country to interfere even at the risk riek of another abusive dispatch rom sherman |