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Show ' 111 II (From the New York Daily News of Saturday, B R I I 1 Feba ' 1904a) Bp i 1 1 I "JAPAN WILL REVEAL HER TACTICS IN B 5 II I BATTLE. BE SURE THAT THEY V ILL BE B fig ! THOSE NECESSARY TO INSURE VICTORY." IT j1 THIS WAS THE ANSWER OF FIELD MAR- J SHAL MARQUIS YAMAGATA WHEN ASKED I WHAT JAPAN'S FIELD TACTICS WOULD BE j IN THE EVENT OF WAR. 1 THIS WAS NOT THE SELF-CONFIDENCE J OF THE UNBEATEN WARRIOR, BUT THE EX-M EX-M PRESSION OF THE ONLY SPIRIT JAPAN I KNOWS, FOR SHE NEVER CONSIDERS DE-I DE-I FEAT A REMOTE POSSIBILITY. I In the kindergarten, in the school, in the colli col-li lege, the invincibility of Japan is taught. By pic- j ture and song, by the fan, the mother's lullaby, 1 1 the stage, by each and all of these is the honor 1 1 of death in the chastisement of the country's en-j en-j i emies elaborated upon, till every man and boy of f Dai. Nippon actually longs for an opportunity to j 1 show his love for his land and his confidence in H u 111 II R her imPresnability. Bt, llfflK -- ON THE SEA OFFICERS AND MEN ARE B m 11 "SPOILING" FOR A FIGHT. FROM THE CREW B , c Ii HI OF THE GREAT ASHASI DOWN TO THE MEN B f m 0F THE UTTLE DRAGON'S EYE AND THE -HiP I II YELLOW FALCON TORPEDO DESTROYERS Btll II THEY ARE SWEARING BY EVERY ANCES- K 1 ! HI T0R THAT' IF LET L00SE THEY WILL SINK .-B'" 'I Si OR CAPTURE EACH CONSONANTLY NAMED --H 11 ffllj RUSSIAN WARSHIP IN THE PACIFIC. DO 8 ml THEY CONTEMPLATE A POSSIBLE DEFEAT7 -- .. , YES. CAPTURE? NO. NEVER WILL A JAP- B "M Ml ANESE SHIP, HIGH OR LOW, GO INTO PORT iH A PRIZE. B vv WHEN THE TURRETS ARE JAMMED, AND B THE BIG GUNS ARE DUMB, WHEN THE H SCREWS ARE STILL AND ALL DEFENSE IS ! HI DEAD AND DONE, THE MEN, CHOSEN BY II LOT BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF ACTION, 81 WILL, FROM THEIR STATION IN THE HEART iB of the ship' fulf,l E last full --B 5 KB MEASURE OF DEVOTION BY EXPLODING B kH IB THE MAGAZINE, AND THE SIXTEEN-PET- -Bi iH ALED CHRYSANTHEMUM ON THE IMPERIAL H I 91 STANDARD WILL GO DEEP DOWN IN A WEL- af-K' '1 mm TER F SM0KE' BL00D AND STEAM, TILL, B lB STREAKED WITH ASH AND SLEEKED WITH H(i mm 0IL' THE LUKE WARM WHIRLPOOLS CLOSE. HdX fffJPJ -JBH liyiSHK - Z. -ih tsarra.-H.gn.TBMJB3EBij i a m bum -si pa a - ggMM ii E |