Show III The True rue Inwardness r of the Russo Japanese J W War W r c I I I 1 I JAPANESE MAN CAVALRY CAVALRYMAN A fl ARTILLERY ARTILLERYMAN VIm nation ashen has lias a n mission nt al least In InDie Inthe the Die th opinion of t that Mutt nation 1111 tI The Ih evident 4 mission of ot Russia Is IB Isto Isto to spread nil over orr overl l the th world and con convert convert vert verI everything to the tho temporal t dominion of ot tho Iho czar and the spiritual dominion of at tho the Greek church Tho Thu declared mission nil 11 I 1111 Ion of ot Jn Ja Japan pan pall IB Is to carry western civilization to tho Iho orient to be III the tho leader of ot the Hie far lar cast In tho tiro murch march of at modern progress In III the tho th course a of ot events eventa these two to mis r along collided The Tho result Is la war warIn wari In following his Ills destiny the tho great i bear Lear has crowded over and lain down on everything that did not offer olTer too strenuous a Il resistance In this manner man mali manner ner neI he smashed mingled 11 nit nil tho the national life lIro out of ot smothered find ami crushed When not too busy In other qua len of ot his domains he hI lumbered down to the Caspian sea and wrestled with the Turk Tho Moslem 4 enjoyed bear fighting for lor awhile 1 but hut the tho usual windup of ot each wres wrestling lung match was that the antagonist took look to 10 his heels left Idt bruin n a strip of ot territory Then tho the bear that i walks walk like n a man ambled over oer Into central Asia and scared the wits out of ot tho the folks talks In Turkestan and nOlI tome Borne other provinces with tho the result that he hc secured their lands land also After A fter this its his underwent n a metamorphosis pho ls and became n a Russian diplomat The rho change of ot his skin however did not alter his appetite or characteristics tics Ho still had the of or moving Into uny national domicile that he ho I found temporarily unoccupied and anti I holding It by mere mero force torce of at possession po The fhe latest International squatter sov sovereignty sovereIgnty net of ot this was waR In Man Mal There have havo been ninny conquerors In Inthe Inthe Inthe the history of ot the tho world mid the tho land grabbing habit has been strong In 11 oil nil of ot them Sooner Hooner or later however each cach cachat of at these met Ills his David The CIO case that thai was most mo t nearly nearl n a parallel to the present one ono was that of ot Persia Cyrus Crus had taken pretty much all of or Asia and annexed It II and 1111 ono one of ot hl his hili successors got ambitious and concluded ed id to gather In Greece It looked easy casy for lor or Greece was small only consisting of ot n a few Islands like Japan by y tho the way but the till upshot was such auch ns as should have proved n a 1 lesson ICHson to over oer overgrown overgrown grown men and nations with the theland I lard land mania In III nil ages agos Unfortunately It did 1 hi not JAPANESE INFANTRY SKIRMISHING There have been other similar cases but they all nil ended In pretty much the 1 wine way There Is III one distinct lilt dif between the other conquerors and the Muscovite however They earned what they got by b good hard hurd lighting while he has not done dono very much In that line Ine When the tho historian comes conies to write of or ortho the tho cause of at tho the war after tho the passions engendered by b the tho conflict have cooled anti and tho the truth has hall como uppermost he ho will bo be forced by bythe U Utho bythe the tho very ver logic of ot facts to ascribe It Il to Russian cupidity and amI duplicity The entire record of ot Slavic aggrandizement Is III filled tilled with these two elements clements Especially Es Especially II were they thc In evidence In 11 the dismemberment of ot Poland Japan how however however however ever knows little Ittle of ot that thal melancholy event nor 1101 Is she aha concerned with It She need not go to so distant n a scene or time limo to witness the aggrandizement find double dealing peculiar to the tho I Muscovite She Shie has only anI to look to lu I Manchuria and nIl the course of at the She he St Petersburg Pet government since the Iho close cloie of ot the war In ii 1 1895 Wo When the little Island empire to the sui surprise prise of DC tho the entire entin world had hall whipped whip ped overgrown China and anti In III a n fair fight tight had hul won wen title to Formosa Korea and find Manchuria Russia stepped In and by h diplomacy stole much of or what Ja In Japan Japan pan had earned by b fighting She did this In III the pretended Interest of ot the tho Integrity of ot China Hut But when tho the Rus Russian Russian sian alan took Port Arthur for tor his own when he built a n city at nt Dilny Dalny Dahl when he broke promise after atter promise prom Iso nn as to withdrawing his troops from Manchu Manchuria ria when ho began to settle on the Ko Io Korean rean Hide oldo of ot tho the river and to ns us the right of 01 having n voice olce In Inthe the lie settlement of ot Korean affairs the hollowness of at his Ills pretended friendship for far China became apparent to nil 1111 the tho world and It WAS wen seen that ho he had hall been acting only for tor or himself and that his ultimate Intention was to take Manchuria Korea and possibly other Chinese provinces province for lor his own After Alter what Xo No o one knew Possibly then he hu would strike nt at the rest of ot China Chinn and ant at nt Japan herself herselt At any rate his course In tho the far Ilir east cast was a menace not nol only to Japan but to 10 the tho open opell door policy the tho civilization of ot tho the orient Herein Is the cause of at the tho present conflict Russia Hussla may ma seek neck to shift the tho t he burden on a n technicality but hut tho the facts are known mown to nil all nations There Is IH scarcely one of at them their to which she sho has hn not nol lied fled In the matter nutter of oC re removing removing moving her army from Crom Manchuria In Inthis this thin matter she silo has been tried In the tho A COSSACK SCOUT court of ot mankind and the tho verdict Is made up UI The Tho actual steps leading up to the war mo alo well worthy of at a 1 disinterested review When JUlian Japan fresh tresh from rom her wonderful victory over Chinn China offered terms NO so magnanimous that tho the Chi Chinese ChInese nese liege government would have been glad to 10 accept Russia suddenly took n II pa paternal paternal Interest In keeping the Chinese empire Intact and even oven hoodwinked the theother theother theother other powers lowers Into supporting her position posItion position tion AH As 8 n result the government govern overn government ment got sot only the tho Island of ot Formosa for lor Ha Its pains Korea Koren became judo Inde Independent pendent and Manchuria was ns nominally I returned to Then Russia be begun gun gout to play piny her the line hand It la is assert asserted ed ell and generally believed by those most familiar with Chinese affairs that the Boxer uprising was wan Instigated and abetted by Russia to furnish her an 01 excuse for tor overrunning Manchuria the province most affected with her troops At 1 any ln rate rute silo she seized upon the tho event Instantly and rushed nn n army of ot Into the tho province About tho the same time she Rho leased Port fort Arthur the thc very vory stronghold that Ja Ju Japan Japan pan had taken by b a n great victory anti and began fortifying It Sine She then assum assumed assumed ed el the tho government of ot Manchuria though hough leaving It nominally In Chi RUSSIAN FIELD ARTILLERY RUSSIAN R DRAGOON DA 1 nese neso hands When other nations In Insisted on her withdrawing her troops according to tho the understanding when silo she ho entered the province there thero was at first evasion hut but Dually finally n promise fix ix fixing lug ing a n date for tal evacuation That date long since passed No troops were 1110 withdrawn anti no move was made In that direction Then Theil the tho great bear began hegan to over 01 toward Korea Bores I orell Ho lie claimed rights In III the port Jort of ot Yon greater than Korea Bald said she sho had granted On n a timber cutting i contract ho he rushed settlers Into Inlo the I northern part of ot Korea and begun began for fortifying fortifying lie He hinted nt lit landing hailing In Mn tta Ia a port In ht the tho extreme south Hauth southern ern end of at the tho peninsula When Whon Japan began Insisting on an ll tho the of 01 Manchuria the Russian replied with n a counter proposition concerning Korea Koren Korena a 1 country over which ho lie had no more inure shadow of ot n a right of at control than America has hall over oer Madagascar From rom the time of at move In robbing Japan of thou tho th fruits of oC her tier vic vie victory victory tory over oer China Chinn the Laud of the Rising fusing RisingSun Sun had been preparing for tor war IM Oth Other er powers iio vcrs might bo ho deceived In regard to attitude altitude She Sho was not She know knew kno that tho the only way to beat back the tho was to light him him Some of or her people were for lor lighting fighting Just then but the I CU I M r 7 anti and wiser minds ruled The Tho oM odds cm too m much h against her at that thit tin she he would wall wait mind prepare The course cour e of at I III hs been bren u t frank and open as ns tint then ut lit Russia hi hu his been shifty and Jn r The rho has hns made no of ot lire tha fact that she mini Intel I H 11 t to j g t when tile the time limo came She Sho he has no root not hidden her hand hund Be use e of ot tui lh frankness the till world will ia bo Le all nil the tn more ready read to credit her ler when slue site says that she does not want wurt II lilt China lot for she only wants her own Oln m na Integrity she Fhe he wants ref ter sphere of ot Influence recognized In Ko Ho Co Corem rem surd site she warts wants to drive Russia out ut of 01 Manchuria Over find beyond Leond al aU these she ahe warts wants to bring western cv to the oriental world In other words Japan stands for tor iM the Ih open dour door In the tho tar far east RU stands for lor the close closel door Japan Jal Jalanta wants anta China Manchuria anti and Korea for tor civilization i Russia wants them for r r Russia Japan seeks necks to let III In the u west Iut western t tern ern world Russia seeks Reeks to let In II only herself Japan Is lighting the baths batlle of t progress and of ot liberty Russia nUSI h i lighting the tho battle battlo of ot conquest and t c I despotism ADAM ADA I P WHEELOCK WIlE |