Show on n in I rn THE VIEWS w W OF f A DIPLOMAT J 2 2 cj 2 The Political of or the nu War Wor 5 nIP n n n u UlU liU U u u u u u u u u Special Correspondent TT r Jan recent capture of ot Tort Jort Ar yV by the J marka th the nil nd of th r t year Rr of oC the Ru Wilt war Kor the thAI latt 11 months ni na val event have been following each other In Tim Jap Japa have a d nil all their military movement with rapidity and ami fIlially Dually have all previous by h capturing the it port In III tiLt world In the space of ot one your Indeed one of the most mOil prom prominent I nent of tile the li II the rapidity of ot Its movement Thin principle of or Ilono given A I partial tun of or unexpected mice How over fIer thin In not the only soldierly quo QUill Ity It which h a arroy It 11 In III al alIa o brave beyond well drilled and It ha nt officer Moreover Iti It Bold havo the of or knowing thu they the ate lighting for the of country anil homo bomel and thai they are lite nut 1101 merely engaged In III a 1 campaign of or AH A a IL whole 1111 ole campaign nf ot tile the nr nan been Ifen decidedly In III Japans fa favor r vor VOl Her Iler na nay y wan Willi tho tut 1111 to 10 demon II ra II II 1111 over OVI the ron and In lu 18 than a II th I til n fleet In pastern witter was Willi annihilated havo 1110 undoubted control of or Ih Itt it and though their have hae pout cOlli several their MV In III nil Itil enough to 10 maintain It relent y of M the war la Ie e liiK 1111 to the government bo 00 the control or th the He wU wW hoe ve ven n 1 Influence on the final outcome of tI Will war Ihl military Hp of ot he Japan Japanese ese fe will nhe their country an RII Immense Immensely ly I Increased I Even r en u u u u ww w though the of the ir ar 1 hI undetermined i im l li II much more mOM than It wai wal at It the outbreak or ur In 11 tm ties tie Then he w waN allowed tr I re rethe the family of lit nation on art mi it of or h hr r excellent In tier her war China Chinn In n c lilt mt now nhi Mhp h I 1111 rn ability to 10 n m m her of the control of If n fl ini In If 1 II much bettor I li lily ly Iy than aonie of or the tho Ki cri of or thu Iho dm with ln mull and uncertain lI d all fu tu turn In the i Jn n n will II not lIot occupy the or of a 0 ni nf i u un n lIer r but ehe will bo ho il mORt powerful Influence In lr o J a great deal of thin politic al In Will be due IllIf in IJ her nil but UK origin dma not no make the t H It In I a II well known of or 1 that H I foreign trel war WI sll wH noil unite all of ot the In III onY In III lort of or the thin filet fact In l 95 Ihn th Ih by a ill fl trou Jill WAX WAil glad to 1 In WAt with China Chinn to 0 as all to 10 divert it tendon of the t ht people from a n denser I oui Internal to tn a IL mOl mine i I lar 1111 The rune Uc cl l i x I 1 Y and nt III the mime Hume time i n 1 he from a II war The h iH also al o had a 1 on on In Japan where willm the H I Hi II wa by lIy the lant meeting f the Imperial diet In Novem Noem November ber hr when th lint nf of the tho sen lon WUN to PRAll n a revolution cum com mending the army and the tho navy nn their In lion to appropriating an all Immense mini of or money foi rOl the of fir the r 1111 tilt Uhl of or To Togo go gl and Vice Admiral to To 10 Itlo Ido to receive rt the thanks of or tho cm nn ita a veritable of ot trl In to 10 thin IN II tho pic pIcture I ture n re of nodal conditions In III where Id III general Disorder often occurs In III th larICe her herthe the heel of the czar la 18 moat painful The miserable of the campaign In the thi ILM mud till the more than thull h hi win WIll lx fore the begin and the h H largely the growth of II Ih II A while 1110 u II chief of ot In III one olle of the th provinces In in dead ami attempts hIVe have even been mill on HI the tho lift of thu czar ciar Of Ot of ot fort IK III carefully ed end If It It doe It HII wa lU Into I or III It Is promptly and I denied However the fact rael that at the present pre time li I to tu u IL dormant vol volcano 01 cano ann but bUI with the exception that Hu lIu HuHla Hla IH III more uncertain and quite nB dun hili The Tho effect of at the tho Will war on tho II lion In III problematic How ex ever er It will wll Undoubtedly undoubted the of or somo power loller nt nl the of nt n ml there la a II r ol tint that I the of lit power will b be shifted Hut It II In fur more that tho present political situation will only be lie On o of Lh mont Important effect ot war will willbe b be UK Its of lit the Integration of thilla h not u II strict neutrality during the and Inti both bolh of Ihu power ire 1111 to lu luf f the Integrity of at I China ha a during the latt lul M VI Ild y yea r neen Ileen not nol by b her own national vigor IlIr but by lIy the combined o of l and Whether th thele e two powers will b able to prevent thu th I II ern bel merit of China nt the end of the I haull mi nil nrc 1111 too for rOI colon leA to tl allow such a II rich prUe us China to tn escape theli thell l tho for tor a II i rt of china bewail In UK they the have been hi M In check by hy l and Amerl i a 11 for tor China Chinn mid thu pence of or the hulo world she Willi mi t c I 1111 II succumb ucC to the colon 1111 of the powers and pres cut Int Indicate n 1 I of nt the thc cele In all affairs and are close Then an Lommon and poll I II I II I are also practically tho sumo Conne ly I Hussla II lIel 11 II II Ill they thc will also hao ft 1 on un tho eastern possessions of or l If It Is 18 lually do the of or will bo be beI ly on the other I tho Iho ultimate success of III also lift Fraud to tho Iho of I II I eminence At Al the tho co of or France In III China Chinn nr and nut not val al from Crum a 1 commercial point of or view but they th arc to tu form torm a IL nu 1111 nucleus cleus hu of a IL larger empire nt future time They lire ure located In southern China In the tho neighborhood of nr Tonkin which li III a n grow Ins business center No matter what the outcome of or tho WIll may Inny he It will have hlo no effect on Oil the possessions In Ocr Oer many has observed oh nil 11 the re of ot and hUll has taken to maintain Its ItH friendship with Alth both In Tn 1897 or William 1 seized the port of ot a n part of or the peninsula where all the German Interest now cen centers Only recently German lerman were appointed to tho Chinese the tho German pow power er In China Is 1 rapidly II and when the partition occurs she will bo ho found to control tJI one of at the richest lila of ot China The position of ot 1 In Chinese territory depends largely on the victor Ictor victorIn In the tho present lIre sent nr If It comes out of ot the th suri Ih In Ish of ot will bi 11 t ally mi 1111 tin i hUlid If It the Ih Jupani J I III 11 i O her hor i ll will be hI lIh Im 1111 Improved proved I rl I The l Is in III th 1 part nf ot China alum tint lilt ot the and It IH III In III by h the French l holdings In lIOn II I and by IJ the In III the north Till position hall haa ng Q in n I of ot the Integrity ty t If f China and alII with the ii of ot America she hl ban for till the last Ilist 10 euia misted on the of ot China l lu II a R nation Central Asia Allin neemi 1111 to b 1 he a conter COli tel of ot Interest when wim Willi busy hUI with her war In n Manchuila till Eng sent a II under Col Youn to Tibet to 10 reestablish the former friendly between Unit Illat country and India and Incidentally nt to counteract the HussUn In III Tl fl bt ht Hut the arn t tO K firmly In trenched tr In III central Asia to be h driven out by b one olle small military mission Al 1 leady ly the crar has haR a rl practical over ana I fla In but Tibet Is debatable In ml Mongolia the larKe province of ot Is IH under the nominal control of or orthe the thu hut but It will bo hI como property as nil coon an lI tho thoc c zar eMr fit Ot to take talO Thin activity In central Asia means that Is IR preparing for the tho conquest of India This Thill Ins hilA been tile the dream of for tor years It finally that It will toon oon 11 an nil fact Already Tins sin readied the tl mountain passes pallCA at lit atthe I Ithe the north the 1111 northeast the lI h lire are watch watchIng Ing In the advance and will nat naturally do everything In their power to toi i plain their Indian empire This Is IR the tho present tendency of political even In hilt but the course of ot politics does not run smooth other situations like likely ly Iy to arK which may mil delay and pos pOll possibly sibly prevent tho Iho comment of or India A Ar |