Note 105 — INTRODUCTORY

Count Cassini, the present Russian Ambassador at Washington, wrote, in the North American Review for May, 1904: “... But let us suppose for argument’s sake that Russia, triumphant in this war, finds herself dominant in Manchuria. Japan, her enemy, could look for no favors; she could not expect to find encouragement for the importation of her manufactures” (p. 688).