Against the possibility of Japan! being drawn into the East European combination, thinks the writer, the Western European nations, "and! Jespecially Great Britain," will move fneaven and earth. Even to-day, according to him, the neutral Jattitude of Zapan is the greatest obstacle to Great Britain proceeding, -Jagainst Moscow. "As the struggle between Great Britain and Russia fin China really is only an express sion of the larger struggle between Western Europe and Eastern Europe, says, "the participation the Eastern Eurovean the Western Europ which will do everything! rorsible to prevent Japan. from taking such a line or in impeding! her movements."
The writer thinks that "the feelers the British press at home and in the British press in China for a of the Anglo-Sapanese in some form or another,' is with the obvious object of detach-jing Japan from joining the Eastern. European camp and combining with Germany and Russia. He further thinks that the crusade started by! Britain's break with Russia and the Jgrowing bitterness of France and Belgium, all Western European Powers. towards Moscow are proofs that the Western European camp bent on ree barbarous, with'
'The writer then declares that. from the Teutonic point of view, the: East European' combination is of essential and the West European combination of only secondary importance to" Gecmang, angeing' ations da not want to associate, "in order to make Japan ashamed: lof her friendly relations with]
Of course," he admits, "Germany could be © uty the Wastern
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