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Show . ... Significance of Jtpanest Loan. With moneyed men of two countries fairly scrambling to get Japanese bonds, with the proposed pro-posed loan of 150,000,000 subscribed ten times over in England and America, consider the situation of Russia. Her bonds are going at a discount even in St. Petersburg. ' i Russia, which it was said could put millions of men into the field, backed by a war chest that was practically bursting with gold, is brought to this abject state by a small island empire which has scarcejv emerged from paganism. Defeated on sea and land, torn by internal dissensions dis-sensions that threaten revolution, if, indeed, it does not already exist, Russia is now exposed to the world as a financial fraud. The reputed war chest has been turned inside out and its emptiness shown to an astonished world. , Japan, having shown to the world what a blatant bla-tant bluffer Russia is,- finds ready assistance in her task of prosecuting the war to the end. Her bonds are sought by the people of the two most enlightened enlight-ened nations of the world as a safe and sure investment. invest-ment. - Japan has won against overwhelming odds in a war which she undertook In the interest of civilization. civili-zation. Russia has reached the end of its rope and richly deserves defeat. |