| Show l l Is r rARI G Gf f FOR R BU BUSINESS I japans Mighty Will War God From l Whom Who III tile the Present Mikado MiI is Descended is Restless SPIRIT WORSHIP ENCOURAGED GED And One Is That the thc Nation Cares More lore for foi Its Army Arm Than pp Ul Correspondence l Dee cc 2 It looks lonk now more than ever CH despite dC the treaties and ru Inor cf of treaties ns IlK If It the new flew year yeut COl would fiN fee the Iho of ot o tho to storm torm loud doud that hoers hovers over oer ami japan At any rate Japans chief eile Will war I Ft 1 d H 14 1 now tho recipient of Ot unusual I attention from ron tho faithful and theta Incite O Indication that his august 1 H I no ence nce U II being exerted excited to 10 cool the tho war warMer fever Mer that Ihal Is I burning In n the veins of vr it the maws mn PS In the tho land of or the rl sun Mill the god goil of ot war Will warMS wara MS a three yen year cors h horn bom and orni hu tayl on n earth years lar he re returned r turned to 10 the place where hero the sods Hods live lIe the three years eaIs prior to his hi hi mother er Jingo IL a lady Mikado oVet or O Chosen ChoKen the tho land landof v s tU hUF y I In ot of the th Morning Culm which country he te 1011 w eager enKer to In annihilate Not Nol that itu th he had h agaInst Corca Corea but hut b bernU he hp had been beell tout toM In i 1 i dream to 10 1 go iro there In Il duya dreams were ere i Joke Imperial They were front from the tho other othel world To them aH UN was waH manifest In the tho CIUI of ot JIO husband the Mikado did tiki dil not believe his dr am nl about Corea Core He lie 11 laughed lau hed In his uk when his came and flu In III Inthe the morning said mild It II wai I all ni rot There hele Therewa heleWa Coren He lie had hl wa no 10 such nuch place pInel as UfA b Wa n up UI to 10 I tile tho top toli of ot the tall nm mt UI tree on 01 the t lull hill hil mid and had l looked p tulle to the th eill ad there was wn as fl id t nil fill having thIs Jingo al Iam a widow Then he MIC wont went to ores corea MIK 11 rENT I r ON A DOLPHINS iss nCI HACK Some gome say PI aY that she he went over on tho tile The dol lack ot of a n pink dolphin pink thIn lind 1111 had 1111 n a dream message RIM ako and nd carried out nut Ills Iii hl Instructions grace gracefully ruB fully If Ir report be Ie ht Irue army IrlY IrlYN N riot Ot ol lino 1180 HO dolphin It I went vent over In lU InTo II junks Junk To her hI surprise Jingo was 1 not flOt sick but tut noon oU utter after her arrival In II the land landof 1111 of or Iho ho Morning Calm most l of ot the lie Co eo Copans pans reans ert Khe was Wil not nol surprised at n a I thin thiL Ihl To make them thel so iO 10 was as her hel we p She kept kut at al this purpose C day I Il and ond andi i Ight for three years yar rl and 01 then there Iiri not being belll enough loft leC of ot Morning Calm Culm ind ani for tor even u it headache to 10 maintain Ih r upon SpOil lon she he returned and the god flOI lod c wa at was 11 born JIng did Ild not 1101 t call 11 nil him God Gol of ot War 11 Jin ler name narn Mii tar for him wits wan IH Ojill was Wil ule as u II good a I name as lS IS of ot War a ar arin I Iha hm in It 1 I tar for mama to her hl little l I 0 one Ie Into the tho hi augut rrt rel nce lct tar for a 1 spanking Khe I hI h hud him him rather slow I hut but she Ihl got line I e better belr of ot this trait eventually and 1111 Ild brought him hll him up tn tO ruin rulo rub the land of ut thy lie inning 1 Sun ln for tOI like tO ho herself Ik ly I departed 10 years after eI This Mas wn at al the beginning of the tl third A I n 1 According I to th Ih Jin family had been ruins m Sf O years That Thai Is II tho the date 1110 on al Tenno feln stepped down dOI from Uio Ii Iii sky I ky suit 1111 began earthly busl iittI IJ I InA iK II mikado ml hail had trou tron tG 3 with the and so 10 o hod hIs 1 and grandchildren on Oil 01 down downto tOWI to 10 time so 00 10 that lighting was WaR wi I natural to 10 by hy heredity oven ovel If hf he h hat had h II not nol hail had so pa PI much luch parental ex e x I lr l rIEn nce r The Thc autochthons wove were wee t d a ready to Indulge any 11 for tOI ton eon on Wet that might possess I They rIy store vero lB fellow with wih lutte up to IU their eyebrows I nil all ni over oyer their On OlP muy may roe see rein rII mints nants Mil of or away up til 11 In the ho Ho I In n hut but what little Ille power remain to 10 then them Is 11 purely bibulous must Inu l havo treated them about aboul as I n kindly kil I ai WI i hla hil mother molher treated l the At t 1 tany any rate rata utter after ho ha returned to the land lani I where tile tho gods go live Ie he became known l us 11 LI and an as Il PM s Oi n or TUB Tm WAll WUI GODS aOIs JA has ha u u temple that nearly visitor Islo to thu Iho land of or L the Mining Sun Bun ling hILtS seen sel It HIl Is Iii nt at II l Mm eu 1 of the Ihl ancient cap OAI of or Japan not 1101 far fa from torn Yokohama temple ami 1111 1111 the great bronze Image Ima of ur 1111 the Ihl ore art the tho chief at It 11 though the tho visitor should not hot to 10 take tahe a alook 1 look hook at II a t the tho th skull nf or if on Oll ono of ot Japans This ThIR skull I I has peculiar peculia IC I 11 i I Interest It IH Is not flit us OS lS large laige an us one cay would ouM expect from what tradition says IKI of It who was waR noted for far the un unusual UI usual magnitude at of hu hl head hen Hut the etlo priest who acts nels as I guitie to II II the tho visitor train from rum tho hG west vest esl explains this by b flaying Yes Yep It IH is small Minall but hut It I U k I of ot the tho time hue when he lit li was sas WI only 13 1 years erH of ut age IK temple IH k on 01 oka hull hill hil ant and hall baa largo large toni Hi IlL front of at atI it I huge gates of ut stone sian shaped like Ilko Iko the Iho Creek letter Il PI There IH alMa 1110 an on Icho kim tree some 20 o feet In II circumference and Ild upwards of 1001 IOU years e S old that Is u i 1 couple of centuries older than the tho tom tern tOl tomPie plo Pie Itself A N NII In II spirit sIIrI nn Is present also nt at atthe the Iho great Ital Shinto temple at Il 1 the tho capital of ut Japan Jalan Here lere I to 10 this day the troops stationed nt It the barracks come on the tho GI and of May W and the antI Sih of lt November NOel he to II pay ll ty theIr heir SIo IK to 10 the he w memory of the soldiers who fell In II battle In II the Hie tle Sago Hago and tel re to anti In iii II the win Wil with lh China Company by h company they match march up UI and Int present arum antis before the tho great grel hall hail hll empty it ty of ot all 11 ii I I furniture hi tnt tu re except y tt a I mirror mirro in I and a It I few tOI ott chairs The rho ceremony In Is 11 beautiful In II Its hA iA solemnity and one u can easily bellevo that the thi tl spirits of the rhe departed tI d are arc milly ll al present to 10 receive tilt of ot heir brothers In II I aims Will who have hlo not lol y yet t passed ell to the land 1011 of ur hosl It II t Is tH i a n ceremony too that appeals Jo tl to the tue popular mind as 18 the crowds on 1 ui lot hill hi Ii Ill bear ut ample ama i testimony ninny when v hel ii en the lilt days for the arrival of at the tho troops hn come tonte 1011 It II IH Is IHnat not a n mournful tl crowd nor lUl Is It II a noisy crowd Sap Jap Jail Queue DItON as IH a 0 rule are arc lre neither mournful nor lor U It I Is IA a I clean and decorous crowd one 01 nm that has gathered to witness anti ami 01 In Iii II u it 1 way s tty to 10 talk take part In lit n 0 service that is II both military ill II I to iy tutU Ild religious rellious re II The fh ceremony y of at saluting the temple appeal lo to tho whole people Ileoph who agree with the sentiment and auth those who died In hOlle died nobly 1101 and who ho rejoice that thu thit I army to those who fell MI be UI longed curd gard gill maintains nial ut a Ins for Cor them t hem undying it g re to regard I MIKADO IRIo IDO l JS IS fl HIS If flu SCINA 1 This respect to 11 II tin the tl spirits of ot Iho o who ho died In lit 11 battle throughout the tile elliptic In this eISe I Is II Hu Ho has a I dl II Ii reel 1111 living the thu Mikado Ih Ilu whom 99 9 per edit cent of the tho look luok upon ful rA as n a divinity I 11 ni The Tho Iho family I roc tl I tends r like 1 0 a II chap tot ter of ut Chronicles except that there are aro more inure gods nt at II the tho beginning of ot it I smith ami goddesses as its 01 well 1 AH JH s becomes n u de do descendant I of I the Ih Mikado 1 alo h Is time tho head held of ot the I It e rn ft never ap all appears a it pears hears carH abroad Ihl 11 except I ept In military uni nul uniform form ills 11 homo hattie Is II In the heart henrt of ot where the Ih of ot thu tIme ii stood tol amid 11 Is I su iron by hy a II spiral moat moal that lends leads to the tiny ny of ot Yedo etlo llo The TIu sort of ot tills this moat are ale three thee centuries old uld hut but hil they 11 are Iro Tho The Innumerable earth orth that have shaken hukel the country MIneo they 11 er built have not lul disturbed them They are nr as grand anti able Ihle as lIa tot too If one sees fes thrill them Ihrl when thel treasures of or lotus blossoms ION have IUle opened 11 Not Nol only aie nm thin tho and Ild man lan held In I ii d iv I at hanoi but ha I there I I ate aie Ul warlike deities del les and grand temples in Iii inmany II many places In Japan The rhe reverence bestowed on flit the thia guardian gods gol assumes a It 1 form that iloe not nol tn to tint time estern Wesler mind mImi as IR essentially lOCIen thu TIme The gotis one 1110 Ole usually on each aeh side of ot time the K gate te of ot the tho temp they are lra protecting are arc behind wide willI meshed wire screens and AIl situ thin the devotees dOoleR stand standing A throw lug ing Il before Their balls at ol them If time the spit ball spit thel I AA gaos g through the Uio lie wire mesh anti sticks allks to 10 thu foil od It martins good luck to 10 the tho I thrower 01 but lUt UI If it I It 1 strikes thin Uio wire and j to IU falls to tu reach Ila h the th august l target et tho Iho thrower must throw again If It I tint ll t I lie he hewItt will thrower IB in goIn on u a I Journey 1 most likely bring l uig h n a straw et raw sandal tip lill P Hi in II front of ot time the god goti 01 will wi give glo th lh the traveler r able Ihle foot feet Soldiers wear went sun I data of boots tolls wHen Kip tp nl n I wI 1111 It Is thou then the guardian gas pods gods jg me are 11 more inure than limit well wel supplied with wih ith foot foul footgear footgear gear gel W AmU l 1 LITTLE HOYS htOY 10 indirectly Il of encourages time thu tl worship an IH It I does deems Io s the god Kod of ur Mikado I Idea II a It U gets nit U of war wor song ong Professor thum In II his hil admirable fays lys It I Is In into wh t mil the government has gone goito In I Its IN determination to 10 fouler fostel fo ll thu ll military spirit lt and UIt tutu raise time the army to 10 the highest Ht point of or It Kven Isn books nf or war sat nl tongs tl 11 hiitt been ullo com composed the thu of ot In Ini posed and Included la lii II course e The rhe result U It must be con i 1 I hI COl tossed tH c hits lias Ils not litt lot been the th production of If ml s of ot 0 t any 11 Ii n very ery 1 high of t What all ahL ni to 10 our 01 lion tion Ol In Is I the time manner Illner In II which thu com om PattY III drill dri Imposed oil au all al government schools and adopted a In most private schools as al well wet has been resH responded nde l to 10 toby toby by hy the th scholars scholar Even FW Ille mites mItcH mleH ot of boys boy hear bear time the Hag ll stoutly march miles In I ii the t lie together carry themselves so 10 an as lS to II show how that IhM an nl ene enemy cle clemy my to land 1111 on these there shores must count not nul only timily 11 with every ever er able abi bodied man but bil with wih every child hll throughout the empire The ril rui spirit of ot tIme the tw feudal retainer seems to 10 be tm h born br again In these Ih e tiny Un subjects of ot the In their thol garnet gaines they thoy are lre living hiving replicas of ot the tho lt IC f times ImeR gone Ion by hy In II postures stations and nun movements they ate aie al samurai re n of or feudal louts bids whoso who o vas their soul Roul whose hose only business WOH 11 lighting Those These little fellows without teaching display a 0 comprehension sion sian Ilon of methods of at attack and defence that bitt Is If to II cay fa the least extraordinary m MOKE MOItt FOR FOH FOi THAN FOIl FOIt FOIl IO It II In ii 11 this army spirit this worship nf ot It that holds to 10 be beher b her hll chief chint asset SIte Shu Is IK military first Ir t and 1111 11 thou then tilt I then heil 1 un 1st and 1111 a mid Confucian and somewhere at II the hot hol torn tom of or tile the Ihl wale seale sIte she Iho Is 18 There urn are Ir Japanese who believe bellevo boleo unit that tilt the Lund 1111 of tho thu lh lIkIng Hiding Bun tun lie he grout groat In iii commercial II ii s well wel as its IH In I ii mill mi in ill and naval t It she Khe IK Is II Isto to 10 endure Int but It II Is the tho exigencies of or the times that 11 them to tl turn lun toward com commerce their attention liti hopefully merce In their hearts henits they despise 1 trade lr e True ruo Is In time the keeping of lt the tho lie army arm anti and 1111 the navy 1 editor of ot the thu Japan Mall and tot for tOI over Oe 10 o years yearn carl n a l close clone stu student student IU dent of ot Japanese 1 affairs makes a I state statement ment of Interest In lit II tills this regard In hl great work ork on Ott 01 the tilt art lt and 1111 history of ur Japan He hIe I says larK fin 0 one l fl uie lit lit ere epe of or 0 1 today mummy that hint the consideration co they have hae hl von vom on from the west wesl Is I title due solely to 10 their progress In peaceful tiLts aits would Hurt listeners They themselves held hehl that belief belle as 11 a it I working moon Incentive tive tl 20 years ago I O but hut experience has hiis hal It I nail they now know kno that the Ow world orld never 1111 took look any 11 respectful re notice of ot theta them until they showed theta them selves pelves capable ot o winning battles A Al t Iiri they Imagined that thul they might efface the he I oriental by I living up to 10 civilized Hut But the Iho sue suc success cess CIA they had attained was nl scarcely perceptible when suddenly their vIe vic victorious Ie war Wil with lh Chins China seemed o 0 win winfor wIl tot for theta them loe more esteem In half hll a n your Yost cal than their peaceful Industry had won tom for them In halt half hal n a I century The fhe per perception ter of at that fact upset their nf ot the qualifications necessary for tor n a 1 place 11 in II time the tho foremost files fes of ot time 1111 had much Huch to 10 do dl with the de they henceforth developed tot for to expand td ti II Their military and na us naval IU val 11 iii forces hud had been hll proved competent to 10 bent China to her knees with wih the tho utmost ease yet t they the proceeded at It once I to 10 double their army i Japan has hOA risen llen to the headship of or tIme the far tu east en l Is that the time goal of ot her ambition One of ut her favorite sayings Is bettor bo be hI time the tall timit of r nil nn ox O than thun tn te I comb conil of or u it tock cock NIk She Ihl IB is now the comb or oC Hit oriental cock oel That Thil Is I not nol enough II gli She Sime want to lo bo he hI the Iho tall tail of ot tIme the occidental ox How Ho Is It II to be b done donl by liy h following time the route that hi already led her he so 10 far fa She cull call IU not turn tur hick back Her destiny forces her hel heron helon on cli and lWe there Is he II no 10 mistaking the Iho sign signpost post Bet Iet |
