6th September, Tue August number of the journal may be called a miscellaneous one, for there is no subject which takes a prominent position in it, Mr. Foord's first note in his "Current Comment" refers to the pence negotiations, which were then expected to be opened in " few days, Like most of us, Mr. Foord regarded the payment of an indemnity sufficient toreimburse Japan for the cost of the war, as part of the irreducible minimum of the Japanese terms. It is beginning to be realised now that with such solid oclranteges as Japan has gained, much exceeding in value the objects for which Japan stated she went to war, she was wise to waive the indemnity altogether when on her doing that depended the conclusion of pence. As the Berlin telegram this morning points out, Japan's exceeding moderation after an unbroken series of victories will go far to prevent Russia nursing the idea of " war of revenge in the future.
Mr. Foord next notices "the salutary effects of the protest lodged against the oppressive administration of the Chinese Exclusion laws," and he acknowledges that the hands of the: Executive Committee of the A.A. "have been greatly strengthened by the assurances of sympathy and support which they have received in their work of trying to secure fair treatment for the exempt classes of Chinese" visiting the U.S. The professional Labour agitators, however, are unconvinced, and Mr. fT. V. Powderly, who is also a Commissioner of Immigration, holds that President Roosevelt is being deceived in this matter, "Mr, Powderly's theory is that the Chinese are go resourceftil_ and unscrupulous that it will not answer, in the name of liberality to high-class Chinese, to let down the bars at our ports, unless the country is prepared for a flood of coolies." "Happily it is learnt on good authority from Washington that Congress is likely to be less disposed in the future to bow the knee to organised labour than it
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