Show JAPANESE S 1 BERG I 1 H the philadelphia record gives this estimate of 0 japanese strength reneth Bt A report just received at tho the department ot of state from united states stales consul divor at Ka kanagawa Kana gaa japan lends new emphasis to the general mistake of considering the new oriental power rower as aal it a little empire compared to its 11 huge unwieldy and adversary ver ler sary china the Mi realm might to be spoken booken of oa as little japan put but A dij 4 consul gendral melvor lukea bly clear tho the land of 0 the riling sun bun la is today tho the fifth power in the world in regard fard to pa population ion with For monas moons inhabitant it bienn I 1 hla his away tho the mikado A mat loav be aft said to rulo rule over coM aub ba acot tho the european Kur powers nill not lanil edich on 0 a jap atter after all to deal with in tile far last it Is not true its as stated above chino china indio india russia great britain and the united states fire are all more populous than japan and when it comes to military strength france austria or germany are so BO much superior perlor cu to japan that no comparisons can be made again the exploits of 0 japan in III china last winter and sprint spring have given to japan a fictitious reputation an 84 a military power ot of course she ehe conquered china but it wag not by war it was very much more by a toot foot race the calito did not fight and then there Is another toot fact which the world has abundantly illustrated in a war between tho the caucasian and any other race where there are anything like equal numbers numb cra there to Is practically but one side aide to it the daik daak races invariably go down it if russia undisturbed were to lo commence A war nor against japan it would last but a little while atter after tho the first battle or two a superstitious tear fear would take possession of the japanese that Is they would RO go into a battle with the impression that they were going to be nhip whipped ped and when that idea Is impressed upon an army it always Is whipped in formola Forini For moba wt when the japanese ran against tho the clack black flags two or three times they lost their aggress aggressiveness iven as find and they had the saine fame terror of oc them them that the chinese have 0 of the japanese in northern china the mongolian has not yet reached the point which ranks him with the fighting nations of the world perhaps the time will come when he may but it will take several generations of training to accomplish it As allies to some caucasian power supported by caucasian soldiers they would do good work even as a do the in india iut but by themselves it would be to go against them but a walkover walk over for any hist class clasa power of europe |