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Show "HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN!" The long and anxiously mooted encounrrT tween the Kussian and Japanese n;ivi. ,i; . came to pass ! It proved a signal a speetaeu!i)r : victory for the "little brown devils" the cv-..i,;i, contemned heathens of the Celestial Kmy.-i n. ; how spectacular a gaping world is scarcely ? realize, even after the lapse of several da.v-. The humiliation of the great White ( ,-,,,. .,p j his myriad of subjects is complet", .m.rwii. !.,;. ;.. complete ! And great, is now the Mikado! far ; the esteem of an astounded world fhau ;: ,.-.. ,. i view of his valiant achievements would .ii--;- Iff ason, in abundance, have the ,;.y-Japs ,;.y-Japs for gratification and pride iu tie- i-Mi-war; for that this sanguinary conflict pr.,. - , . ended with this battle upon the water- ti,. , be no reasonable doubt. The marvel of it all is that the little .!. ,,. little tis individuals and as a people--van,, n.,,, ,i I the big Russians popularly reputed to 1,. . r : :H1, the most formidable world-power since tin j , ; , . Rome, in her most halcyon period. And the skill and prowess exhibited by h. '-:. . foe in this momentous naval conflict! To pn,.,, ally annihilate a navy, with a force deemed - ..: its match, ami to sustain, in the encoiiie r. i ,i, mes in every mu-c insignificant---!- j: n, , tacle to excite the envy of the god.-f But, has Japan actually vanquished K;:,.'.i : 1 Most assuredly. No! If the Czar now abandons the conte,; t, ;-prrmaey ;-prrmaey in Manchuria, it must be due to eh-p, 'boosing to relinquish the prize lath'r than ' a tupcndou-Iy disproportionate price for it- n virion: vi-rion: a choice, perhaps, forced upon hivi t'l-,. pressure within his own dissension-torn realm, but not a necessity due to the superior strength ;:n() prowess of Japan. It must, however, be ungrudgingly adrn ;:?, that the valiant Mikado and his more valiant troops on land and sea. arc entitled to the admiration admira-tion and applause of the world. What th..u:;i their victories on land were due. perhaps. chiVtlv, to superior numbers on the ground, and the:- J naval victory seemed, for various reasons, a:; ;,!-rno.it, ;,!-rno.it, foregone eoneluion : the imparalelb-d decisiveness de-cisiveness of the latter, as well as the pluck and sagacity manifested in entering upon the contra, in the first instance, and the military pluck and prowess exhibited throughout its progress, cr-v. tainly challenges the admiration of all unbiased f lookers- on. f And what of the future, as a consequence of j this disastrous defeat on the part of Kussia. an 1 most signal victory on behalf of Japan i f ' We are not ambitious to pose as a prophet, in ; this instance, but we shall rest tranquilly assured that the event has no vital significance, one wav or ! mother, for the world at large. Should Japan wax - ; intollerably arrogant in consequence. of her valiant !- achievement, there can be but little doubt that an ; internally tranquilizcd and judiciously recuperated j Iiussia will be only too glad, as well as abundantly : able, in the course of a year or two. to administer j ; to her whilom foe a wholesome rebuke, and to ef- ' fectually put a quietus upon any "yellow peril"' I that may aggressively and abnoxiously. manifest, ' ; itseK. j Kussia would hardly await the behest of the na- j tions to pursue this course, but will probably do so j : in pursuance of a hankering for retalliation, i whenever (if ever) Japan shall become so arrogantly arrogant-ly aggressive as to render herself obnoxious to tho civilized world as a whole. With the implied moral support of such a state of affairs, the little yellow race would be no match for a united Kussia -as, ; in fact, she is not today. The "outside" world, let us repeat, need not be j unduly concerned about the victory of Japan and i the defeat of Kussia. In the course of his comments on an adverse- criticism, directed against the government's poliey in reference to the schools in the Yukon Terri- tory, ex-Commissioner F. T. Congdon spoke as fol- i lows r "However much any Yukonor may dissent from the doctrines of the Catholic Church, however much he may disapprove of some of the practices of tha : Church, and however much he may even despise her ceremonials, so long as the memory of Father S Judge and his associates lingers in the Yukon, so long will even the staunchest Protestant among u- cherish some tenderness for that ancient and venerable ven-erable Church." Most tenderly, indeed, will be cherished the memory of the saintly Father William Judge. S. J., by all who had the blessed privilege of meeting and knowing him. The writer's intercourse with this lovable character will ever continue to be one I of the fondest recollections of his life. There has been published a life of Father Judge, under the title of "An American Mis sionary." It ? is an interesting, entertaining and edifying volume, and might well be accorded an honored place in every Catholic library. It was written and published pub-lished by a Sulpician Father of St. Charles College, lilicott City, Maryland, who intimately knew and " loved Father Judge, and contains a preface by Hi Eminence, Cardinal (libbons, who pays a loving tribute to one who was personally known to and ardently esteemed by him. Still another resolution against tainted money. This time it was the general association of Congregational Con-gregational churches, and it is the following sane, incisive and eminently just and rational terms in which they give expression to their convictions: con-victions: "Kcsolved, That our Congregational churched and their representatives in their dealing with persons per-sons whoso character and business methods are in serious question, should have due consideration for , the effect of such action on public morals and on the efficiency of tho church as a moral and spiritual leader." It is the effect that the implied approbation, by a religious organization, of reprehensible methods of acquisition, may have upon the influence exer- cised by religious institutions on the whole that . is of primary importance in this much-mooted proposition. 5 |