Show 1 Japan Is But Reclaiming Her Own More Than a Century Ago Re d conquered Territory Wall In i tho Undisputed Possession of the Island Empire An Englishman In Tokyo writing of tho Japanese conquest of Sakhalin island says What tho Japanese mean by their present operations may easily bo Inferred from the nomenclature nomen-clature they are adopting They have 1 called Anlwa bay by the name Hlga fihlFushlml bay to commemorate the 1 destruction of tho Novlk by tho Chi lrit toso and tho Tsushima In tho former I of which ships Prlnco HlgashlFushl ml was then serving So too Patience e t point has been renamed Kataola MI L1 r saki and Patience bay Shlchlro Wan I j in consideration of the fact that Admiral Ad-miral Kataoka Shlchlro commands r the naval expedition Again the two promontories of Shlrctako and Noto ro on tho east and west respectively of Anlwn bay are to bo called henceforth i I hence-forth JtizozaUr and Kondoznkl I after Kondo Juzo chief librarian of tho Toltugnwn government at tho close of the eighteenth century + In 1798 news of Russian appear ance In northern waters having reached reach-ed Yeddo Kondo Juzo was sent to In vastlgate He visited Ktorofu Island In the Kurlles and hero found that the Russians true to tho occidental customs of mediaeval days had appropriated ap-propriated the unguarded territory In that region by thp simple device of setting up pillars to announce Its occupation occu-pation Kondo removed these witnesses wit-nesses of theft and on his return to Yeddo published a book dealing with tho questions of Sakhalin Karafuto tho Kurlles Chlshlma and Kam chatka Tho gist of his contention was that the only I tribunal to whlck International disputes about bound Ics could bo appealed was the tribunal of arms and that If Japan hoped to trent t-rent secure within closed gates she must take steps to define those gates Now after the lapse of more than 10 years Hondos foresight Is to receive re-ceive national recognition Thus Japan Ja-pan Is significantly pointing to the pages of history where In clear terms her titles to this northern Island urn Inscribed She virtually announces her Intention of not only recovering but also keeping |