Show V V 1 ITO VITO ITOi V VV t V i Japanese advices say that the star of f Count Ito Is again in the I I and that he is likely soon to resume his sway over eyer the new I i Japan which he created The nation needs his genius enius in this crisis it r life has baan that of many many other masterly minds who will be immortal in rt rf 1 history but ut who perhaps died examples of a nations fickleness or Ingrati Ingratitude V jt 4 tude or of 0 relentless fate f t tH V H I Caesar was stabbed to death but he had a satisfaction denied Napoleon V V that of oC dying at the height of his glory Within the present century Cal Calhoun CalV V j V houn honn Clay and Webster have been examples of disappointed ambition the V 1 brilliant Blaine Blame died of a broken heart Lord Durham reconstructed Canada rd nd made It the peaceful prosperous land that it is only to die a victim vi tim of i public censure in England for this very deed Gladstone left public life de defeated defeated I in his supreme and final effort while Bismarck built an empire and I was tossed aside like a 8 squeezed lemon by a stripling who but for him would have been merely king of Prussia instead of f emperor of f Germany V I V Japan never before reached such heights h of glory Prosperity is smiling V I on I n her het Education has permeated her innermost recesses and she is becoming j a beehive of profitable industry in directed along modern lines Her navy is one on V of the best in the world and the dispatches from China have rehearsed daily dally he the t prowess s of her army It I t was the Japanese who led In the attack on Tien TienI i I i Tsin sin who stormed the gates and first entered the city It was the Japanese t I who were in the van at Pel Pei T ThanK at Ho Li Wu and at Yang Tsun Tzun and andI I it ft was the Japanese who bore the brunt at Pekin And again it was the I f I f little yellow men refrained from looting amid a wild rush ruah ru h to steal show t I rig ing in throughout a discipline that is the marvel of the military world I j For alt all this one man i is almost entirely responsible That man Is Ito Ho He Hei i awoke Japan from its slumber of ages overthrew the old military V lacy ricy formed a constitutional monarchy and turned the energy and ability t j I i of or the people into profitable channels yet Ito has been thrice hurled from fromI J I 1 J I power r He is now over 60 00 years of or age and it would be scant justice If he hep heI p I i could coull be returned to the premiership pr at least long enough to die in an official I l position t 9 of I recognized honor and dignity at the zenith of his career For F will ill compare favorably with that of any statesman of Europe II Gladstone leavened a vast va t domain and ana solidified it with human kindness ss Ismark used u ed the granite granke of provinces es and ad the cement of blood to erect a Ai i y 7 empire while Ito put a new Dew and vital fluid into a failing nations V t j veir vir dr and made the decrepit ge Je a brilliant lusty youth V |