| Show I I i S t The Genesis and Motive of Territorial Policy Ideals of Peter Teter eier the Great and Their Modern Evolution I 0 o gain an intelligent appreciation of ot Rus Run RusIas I das policy lit In n tar far U II cast euI which Is 11 the solo jI cause of ot the war 1111 with Japan It Is lo necessary to look 1001 at things thing from the jhc Russian Russ Inn point ot of w neM It IL Is essential also to recognize hI K h fact bet that the advance Into litto Manchu V tu tJ u Ii but bull a step on an Incident In a 1 per er followed To or ar ori i i 4 tt the genesis of ot this i uret a look Into history Into Inlo i t religion and Into the Ideals of at the tho siv Sv people B K of at all nil things Russian stands lh I ii t I tnt figure of Peter tho the Great Ho lb IJ ii I I il a that Ihal created ll the modern Rus nus RusI Hut Ji I III empire tm He Ito outlined Its volley policy t r direction to Its energy awakened 1 i III II a national Ideal There Is somo n us oft to 10 tho tue authenticity of ot tho the Peter leter Is said to have left lert r I th guid of his successors t n it no 00 doubt as liS to Its s been f I I 1 Mated Ita tell by an on enemy of Rus nus Hi st the he in Ii I id It I down Ilon by b Peter IB Is as ns to 10 he be on ott u ii I war Ilg to 10 k p up P jealousies In Poland i i a 1 I II to 10 Interference 1111 In her nf at ath wi h and an conquest to rob M i of n a much territory na ou au possie Mi he e and snI Rn s make U it appear that Jen Is the thu aggressor to acquire t and Lapland to ci advance to t r to filly illy herself with t Austria and Franco against Germany o S press toward the Persian gulf suit and f i Mia In Ia When Wen It Is remembered that this re lIkable man lived nearly n three cen con tune ago lbs Iho prophetic Insight ho Ills dis llred and Iho t he with l which hie hili 1 n have bl carried put out scorn alike lands have havo been wan latin Poland h s been absorbed and u tat Ihl by the exact process outlined I great have hare been lJ n cut from front Tur Turkeys Turkeys keys territory and Constantinople would have been captured In III 1878 had hod hadIt hadIt It not been for tor tho ho Interference of ot Great Britain substantial advances havo huva been made nade lit Itt tho the direction of the tho Persian gulf gult and India nod and both bolh would have havo been reached long ore ere this had hadnot not hot this sums sms Great Britain blocked the way The Tho Invasion of ot Manchuria was not In the of ot Peter It evidently came camo ilK us brought about by the tho partial failure to reach rench a n warm water wates outlet through tho iso Mediterranean neon nean ea en 1 anti and the tho Indian ocean This his struggle tar for an Ice free Crea port Is the lie excuse now given b by Russia for Cor her tier policy She In is like 11 u man with 11 it great greut farm arm she sho says s who hiss has no means of or reaching the iso main rod road except by get got getting Getting ting a not nol friendly neighbors permission sion to Jump over oer his fence and then making a arid roundabout circuit through u IL lane laue File fIla Is frozen up LIP neatly nearly half halt tho thu year the Iho Caspian Is IH nf of course cour utterly useless tho tie Black Dlack lieu Hen Is almost as ps bad blI for fot thu tho porto wIlt will not hot give his hla permission ton to go IJO through the Dardanelles bolstered till tip tho thu decaying kingdom of or Persia and thus Ihus the th benevolent Intentions ot of the tile heat bear to 10 gather In that ancient und land mid and with It control of the Persian gulf Hulf Thus the czars gay gov government fO emment still according to Its own vcr Vel er alon WaS forced to build a n lOll and expensive railroad through Siberia and tILl Manchuria and to 10 lease lelo from from China Chum the thu two warm ot of Port llort Ar AT Arthur Arhut hut thur and Ani now new because tills this last outlet had ho been taken ally oil Japan la is kicking up u a 0 disturbance d Out of or the tho present situation looms up UI another very Important fact filet not nol fore foreseen seen by h Peter Ho lie an nn I with Austria nM nR ln 1 Ger OCI Germany I nInnY many Now lio foe foo no Is no hO I longer lon ol Germany but England Tho l 11 L I 8 Wt iw A Ao f I 4 I 1 o s a 4 Y 1 1 I ifil p e T C I I i I IJ J i I cL I 1 7 I 1 fr fri i YZ w I I V c O o o a IF c d N J THE ESE WAR GAME Muscovite bear has haa iia pushed his hla advance In lii directions each time limo to 10 be h greeted by 12 b II u warning snarl from tue Iho h lion Ibis Then rhen his tIti hh stopped In Iii this connection tho the examination of ot n It map of ot Asia lIla sla reveals an IllS Inter Interesting esting condition At one ono point tho ever I advancing Russian frontier Is 11 less Hum mIles train from IndIa Afghan stun Is tho the little buffer burrer land lond lying be bej between j tween and when huLl had her heri i hands till full with other mutters matters the tho Cos Co Cossacks Coi Cossacks i sacks Innocently begun to crowd down i upon tho thin Afghani until the ho government nt at London grew Hrell uneasy uni culled called a n ahalt ahalt I halt It 11 may hiItt 1111 bo ho added that lying where III In the Iho lie archives at it Kt HI 1 Petersburg IH Is It a IL I veil well elaborated plan for Cor nt tho ho lava of India I 11 tiLl ell in II the Ih author u itt hor of ot which ich Is III no noless less u II man I flit a than General 2 en 1 t Ii in intile tho tile present commander 1111 II dl III In chief of or the tho ho land forces In ill tho ho far In III the event tha hour gets gels the he hotter bettor of the tho nimble Jap Jup It Is IN not nol that t sonic somo day Ib will have to 10 reckon reckons with s I t ii this thin hi is plan iti II or 0 r so omu similar iti lit I it r title one for tor Russia hits has old alit snores scores to 10 settle B the Iho Muscovite lut l may lisny mn conclude that ho lie wants other warm water ports port nuLl Incidentally the lie land thereto therelo up tsp 1 pertaining I AH As 11 1 L matter of ot fact tho lie motive for Cor rv Russian aggression lies lien much deeper V g than a 1 mere desIre for i 1 open opeti sea 01 V t outlet This Is Iii the lie Im un not tho the v h Nor In the tho of ot hL dos oloa v Y Ye e Ft students of oC the tie Slavic SIll vie character and Ideals Is land hunger the tho only reason tot for the lie Russian advance To 0 get nt at the underlying motive It Is IB necessary to hour It train from the lIps of the tho Russian people themselves They freely freel talk of ot It the tho Muscovite dream of or controlling T l Tall lall all nil Asia sIa At heart the tho Russian Is deep deeply i iI ly I 1 and anI fervently religious Ho believes i tho the Greek church Is the simon pure puro of ot Christianity To fo con COlt flurr nil Asia silL for tor or holy Russia and for or t ther her religion tn convert China Chinn to drive I from tho tim face tuco of tho thu earth curtis and to restore the tue cross crocs In III Pal Pul online nothing less than tush this Is tho the secretly cherished motive of the tho he nUng minus minds nf ot the lie empire for forIn forin f In the land of oC the tise Slav church and state ulato l arc ale The ho czar cans Is the tho nominal head of or both bolh nut Hut ut the tue real hood head of the tho church Is III just Junt now nn able lion ion of ot priest pi and known as tie II If It one OliO would the tho thereal real reul ninths motive buck Juck of things Russian ho iso I could find It II bettor In the tho mind nf ot thin ti limn hints tunis than by Interviewing either czar car j jor or cabinet The Is always gregarious Ho i j Intermingles readily with other peoples f their their customs ou i makes onu with himself If It ho ha e tight light them he strikes lIml giving Ino i ino no ill expecting none Hut i when hell vur Is II ended In he h Is hearty III kindly I Jovial JOhll Ioro More than oil ull II Im Ito understands II 11 11 e 18 la mill J tho Iho Asiatic r It Is these i tIles which ha ye helped him hIm to 10 Mn tIu In his hili J j 11 In iii the eust It Is III by b these Hies it Ics that lint ho In to 1 1 I China hi tin and ii till nil A s la Ia his ii 1 own OhI I lI MURRAY QUI TIN V |
