Excerpt from The Far Eastern Question Dear Mr. Walter, I am indebted to you both for the opportunity of studying the Far Eastern question on the spot at a moment of exceptional interest, and for permission to make the fullest use of the letters which I have lately written on the subject for the Times. It is therefore only a debt of sincere gratitude which I am attempting very inadequately to discharge in asking you to accept the dedication of this small volume. I can put forward no other plea to recommend it than an earnest desire to draw public attention to a question which, for good or for evil, must eventually affect the most vital interests of the British Empire - commercial, industrial, and political. The war between China and Japan has inaugurated a new drama in the world's history, of which only the first act has so far been played. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.