Show JAPANESE SYMPATHY I Il l HE HERALD has noted some c cynic I al critIcisms of the expressions or of regret from Japanese naval and miH tary commanders relative to the tragic death ot of Admiral Makaroff ot of the the RUs Rue alan ilIan navy It has been Intimated that these are not sincere mae Inas Inasmuch much all ai the Japanese deliberately Planned the destruction of the Petro and such oilier oCher Russian yes sole as might come corne In contact with their carefully arranged system of counter mines It 19 i quite true that the destruction as planned It Is also quite true that If th the business were all to be bc done over I again th they could the Would ou I do exactly as the they have done doneThey doneThey They would the Petrol I sk skeen even een though theY knew it would In involve ole volve the death of Admiral Makaroff and aDd the crew More th thy would It If the they could blow every Russian ship out of the water ater and drown every Rue Rus RusIan Ian elan seaman In them But all that does not preclude a little human s sympathy for the victims In our civil war men shot down doyD other men against whom personally the they had not the slightest grievance We 0 have been boen told tha harp hooters In our arm army often wept when the they saw their bullets cut deu men on the theother theother other aide ide They sympathy for forthe forthe the wives and children of their vie and they regretted the necessity lly for t king I But their aim was wag not less true on that account their trigger fingers were as stead steady as though their targets Were inanimate dummies Instead of living men The They were in the field to shed human blood to shed It for bc their country their own blood it if necessary and the blood of their enemIes So It I is with Uh the Japanese So it is so soe we e believe with the tho Ru Russians Slana as In Practically none of the sol eel dices In either army none ot of the tight lIght lug Ing men In either fleet lass has a personal enemy on the other side t e The They do not kill for tor the sake of killing They kill because under OUt our barbarous Interns International code It seems to kill killin killIn in the Interest of their respective na timis TItus Thus W we are brought to face the fert tN the savage a e side of oC war ar There will wUl be more disasters of the type bt before Core this war i is over More brae leaders will m fan fall on oni both sides In army and In nav navy Thousands of wives will in be w widowed thousands or of children orphaned thou thousands sands anth of oC gallant men laid a away a In un untimely timely graves Vl wIth the flag ag of their country around tb them m And it all seems so unnecessary so cruel no u shocking shockingly 1 ly 0 |