But this war affords an opportunity for an experiment which I hope will be tried--the establishment of a real Japanese control in China, in the reconquered province of South Manchuria. Let the Japanese prove there that they are not only warriors, but of a race capable of raising the eastern people to their own level, able to instil new ideals, to imbue others with self-respect. Let them establish in their midst courts of justice, and schools such as exist in Japan. In the country they have won let them govern. In China as in Japan let there be only one law, applicable both to natives and foreigners; let there be fostered a respect for justice and for authority; let there be a beginning made with the real work of regenerating China, and the work done where the Peking official will be powerless to interfere with its development, to check its growth, or to stamp it out and reduce Manchuria to the level of the China of to-day. If this be the outcome of the war, then Japan, as a true civilizing force, will not have expended her strength and her treasure in vain. Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London. The Russo-Japanese Conflict Its Causes and Issues By K. ASAKAWA, PH.D. _Lecturer on the Civilization and History of East Asia at Dartmouth College; Author of the “Early Institutional Life of Japan” etc._ With an Introduction by FREDERICK WELLS WILLIAMS _Assistant Professor of Modern Oriental History in Yale University._ Large Crown 8vo. xvi. + 384 pages _With 10 Full-age Illustrations and a Map._ Price 7/6 net This book is an attempt to present in a verifiable form some of the issues and the historical causes of the war between Russia and Japan. The work is neither a plea for one side nor a condemnation of the other, but is an attempt to give a clear view of the conflict of imperative interests and of inherited instincts underlying the clash of arms. No one else has, so far as we are aware, attempted a detailed exposition of this kind in this impartial spirit. After an introduction discussing the economic issues and showing the vital necessity that Japan should have opportunity for expansion, the Author reviews the historical and diplomatic events of the last fifty years as they affect Japan, China, Korea, Manchuria, and Russia, and threshes out for us the questions of Chinese neutrality and Korean integrity. The book is written with vigour and clearness and is illustrated with portraits of leading diplomats on either side. A Russo-Chinese Empire Translated from the French of A. ULAR. Ex. Crown 8vo. Price 7/6