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Show JAPANESE NOBLEMAN ON COUNTRY'S CAUSE Baron Suycmatsu Discusses "War He Is En Route to England to Secure Se-cure British Support. SEATTLE. Wash., Feb. 25 Baron Suycmatsu arrived here today on the steamer lyo Maru. He is en route to London for the purpose of enlisting Great Britain's moral support for Japan In tho war with Russia. "Jt Is for uo a gigantic struggle and one which we tried to avoid, ' said the Baron. "But Japan will send her last man and will expend her last dollar In order to win. "We have no aspirations for aggrandizement, aggran-dizement, but at the same time we inust look out to maintain our existence as a nation. "We have large political and commercial com-mercial Interests as well as a sacred historical connection with the Korean peninsula. If Korea falls Into the hands of any other nation it will be a death blow to the existence of our empire. We respect the Integrity and sovereignty of Korea; we fought China ten years ago solely for .the independence of the Korean kingdom. Now Ave are fighting Russia for tho samo principle and moro for the Integrity of China as welL "If Manchuria fulls to Russia the question of the existence of Korea would be one of but a few days. She would lake Korea and that would be a constant menace to our empire." |