rue, Resturse Pactrc:"—By Nicholas Bas Seotisia New York: Messrs.
Pharles "Scrfuner'y Sons, Prive, Gaia S08.
Mr, Roosevelt, who is an editorial writer on foreign affairs for the incidentally, a nephew of President Roosevelt, travelled through the East a few yenrs ago at a leisurely pace, but by no means vacationing; for he was the most diligent and persistent inquirer that has come" to this country within the reviewer's memory. The result is that while his book is not exclusively devoted to China and the problems which the state of China puts before the world, the generous portion of it which' has (0 do with' this country based upon facts and. realities, not hopes and fancies, and is there: fore worth reading.
Mr. Roosevelt's book is dedicated to the memory of Admiral Mahan, now regarded as_an international authority on naval history; and, at frequent intervals in the course of his argument, the author takes pains to show how events have justified Admiral Mahan's far-Seeing and hard-headed surveys of Pacific problems. Mr. Roosevelt naturally views the Pacific and the Jands on this side of it from America and writes to make Pacitie affairs and their growing impoxtance dar to his own countrymen. At the same time, the reviewer beever that he deals with British, Japanese and Dutch interests in the Pacific with a great deal more sympathy and understanding than 49, common. to American writers upon Oriental affairs, and certain Jy with more sympathy than the average non-American authority extends to the American outlook upon Eastern questions.
Indeed, if the book has a purpose, it would appear to be that of breaking down the conventional attitude of the American people towards the Orient which, when not provincial. Jy indifferent, runs to extremes of sentiment or prejudice, and to put before them a few of the realities of the Pacific situation so that they may have a more intelligent grasp of the motives behind British, Japanese, Dutch and Red Russian Paticies, as these manifest them-
Mr. Roosevelt agrees, with many other authorities, that' the Pacific ig fast becoming: the one great theatre of world events nnd. that it will not be longe before it also be the most important field n commercial endea our. This he demonstrates with charts an i. The inevit-and all the more dangerous.
The themselves skilful in profiting from all. these Sifferences of opinion..-.-n the United States they mobilized friends (0 support the pol ister however extreme, ie. tubmimion to the {nto pro-Chinese.setion. which would produce a break between the, powers avmatier of fet) thee She Pmert "remarkable examples of Wmboosting' propaganda that has spokesmen and Friends presented 2 picture of China signed to further, 215.)
No Chinese haa yet been able to explain in what manner the abolition fof the "unequal" treaties would imhrrove internal. conditions in China, Dine "of the Chinese tea remark that. it was quite. possible that if the treaties were revised the fuse of Chinese unity would cele Tnpse, as anticforeignisin alone held the different. factions " together. (Pagen 216-17.) time the Chinese leade montures, "Contrary to.
Fepeated. assertions of Chinese "na Tlonalise" propagandists, the. special privileges enjoyed by the foreigners Ju Chinn' do not hinder the establish: iment rer desirable Pay be ment of am orderly, effective wovern-
the revision of the treaties, there is no reason why the. foreign powers Thould"nbandon heir ughes before China has vahown sat Toast a sign that she la capable nf" tulsiiing obligations "which vu civilized state assumes towards aliens according to the nerepted practices of internation law, (Pape 225) Of the effects of President Wilson's doctrine of "self-determination" upon the Asiatic mind, Mr. Roosevelt writes several pages which, in the estimation of the reviewer's "die- associates should be cut very deep and large in bronze, Here are some selec Secretary of State Lanse ing had rightly foreseen, at the time, which Bast alone Li would be a matter of Only. foea! concern. "The "Orientals fire. prob 0 bring upon Short of disastrous. The Inevitable of channels and. Americ of clives. und able argument is that it behoves the American people ta awake to a clear understanding of the international polities of the Far East. On American ideali a solving the problem of permanent peace in the "restless Pacific" he writes as follows In spite of the conflicting tendent cies of the nations la the Pacific, tone fact. stands out supreme: that to. the interest of, the. itritish Empire—or at Tease the Deminione—and of Holland und the United Staten fo. see the this entice area elective ie' eableme of th Pace must be. viewed. Tealistical Finent of lenient eooperu which "has "Leen thelt policy during th last few decanes If, uch 4s the present tele ved by these Asiatic countries tu the bust hess of the world in determined host exclusively by white aupervis 4nd. protection, the removal of the Small" but powerful group of "Butopean. officials and "business men would cripple their. production and The white san is the Emcee an ded by" sentimentality. and. ignor: Rave seherished illusions with' surprising. obtuseness and. tone Bert, "We have complacently assim that our fiat could remake the Sorld!and that vee had a mbasion te "reform the Our tasks ree in and our ideals ere unfulfilled. The" problem. which wwe face ie how to muke thave Heals effective.
A Prank see the work of tone. (Pages 2 leid Covered Mr, Roosevelt covers such a very wide field and reaches interesting conclusions of his own upon so many interesting problems that is impossible here to give wlequate surrey of With China tr, Roorevelt has certainly dealt much tic cenlear himself to the too
Kuo In general, he says f the country what most of ne say. when we are frank. By way of Mustrat ce the following ex. eerpts, quoted at random from Various chapters: ales Hn Indiay. tu the: Doteh Nor is unrest confined to China
East Indies, even in' the Philippines, resentment against foreign govern: mental control la increasing. The new nationalist forces are primarily Aestractive them there doesn't seem tobe safictent unity to" make possible the. effective ree
ower now exercised by. foreigners: Blacement by" native contract of that BUEineforees are: mane the' less routees, trade prospects ries, colonial administrations, characteristics and. capabill Tack of them, of every quarter of the Pacific. And since Mr. Rocsevelt has opinions and exproeses them, and dors not pretend to that Judicial detachment which too often means that an author does not know his subject well enough to. venture an opinion, every chapter in the book is stimulating. Again at random, let me select a few opinions, Ve agrees with Admiral Mahan that "one of the functions of force
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