OCR Text |
Show So onco all-powerful, haughty, arrogant, arro-gant, cruel Russia Is at last, although with Ill-grace, suing for peace. What a fall was thoro for tho autocrat who has terrified Europe for centuries. Nations Na-tions havo trembled at the growl of tho boar and principalities havo shivered shiv-ered at a glance from his eye. Ho has walked the earth In majesty and wrath terrifying those who saw him. But the end Is here. Littlo Japan, the infant among nations, with a farsightedness born of childhood, perceived that the bear was nothing but a bluff and proceeded pro-ceeded to take a fall out of him. It was jiu-jitsu against noise; science vs. brute force, sentiment In a combat com-bat with Ignorance, and jiu-jitsu, science and sentiment havo won. Russia Rus-sia is licked and humiliated. It Is tho defeated in a fight that adds no laurels to the vanquished. Wo havo always admired tho mistaken chivalry that prompted Montejo to sail out from the midst of his fleet and challenge Dewoy and his ship to single combat, although wo never had any great respect for his judgment, because naval battles aro not fought in that way; wo have expressed tho most profound admiration admira-tion for Cervera because of his gallant gal-lant attempt to get away from Santiago San-tiago and wo lauded the general commanding com-manding the Spanish forces at' Santiago San-tiago for his defense of his position, but with Russia wo cannot ilnd It In our hearts to admlro or sympathize, except ex-cept with tho unfortunate men who havo fallen in battle, or gone down to watery graves in tho Yellow sea. It was a war of conquest' with Russia; Rus-sia; a snarl and a fight over something some-thing taken away from Japan somo years ago and a growl for moro. But now all Is lost. Russia is a suppliant for favors and there Isn't a nation In Europo but what will step up and knock a chip off her shoulder tho first time she dares put ono there. Russia will bo good from this tlmo hencoforth. |