| Show HORRORS 01 WAR Whenever a war ivar la II l waged In lii My nil part of the tho ho globe stories of ot unnecessary I 1 i 1 cruelties nail and are aro sure to be bo I told tol German airman during the war with Franco France l were of or oil nil kinds of ot savagery Oil on French soil oll Within to re recent cent years reports have bonn bean n publish published ed cd about outrages In 11 tho Philippines tho the pip pig pi sticking of at ho tho h In 10 Month Africa anti tho the horrors committed III In China by b 1 tho the combined forces of ot the tho civilized War moans horrors and ond although the tho meth methods otis ds that prevailed during the years war In Germany for UT Instance e ewhen when then cities were wore burned to the he ground and Innocents massacred ore are yet et tsar remains what whaL General Sherman Slier Sher man nuin so O well vell designated It Il to be beTho beTho berue Tho rue powers that be In the tha Asiatic tlc conflict now on ore are jealously guarding guaring nil all channels by b which news hews might teak leak out concerning the doings of ot the sol sot titers They have perhaps sufficient reasons for this besides the tho desire of or preventing lIng the other side aide from obtain obtainIng Ing ini Information regarding te movements Hut London papers are publishing reports of ot at nt committed by b nUllan soldiers now hOW In tho the field flold And they charge even oven I tho the higher officers with flagrant viola Iola violations lions of ot the tho laws lasse ot of morality Accord AccordIng AccordIng Ing to extracts made mode In th the Literary I IJ Digest J It Is In charged for Instance that thol I Ione one hundred Japanese ladies at Rt Port lort Arthur Arlhur wives antI and daughters daughter of or respectable respectable respectable table men were vere outraged by Russian who Mho also stole their property Other Oilier women are said Mid to have hll 0 been bem massa nossa erell creti At I a 11 Corcan Corean town near the tho frontier girls girl It Is IB said laid have been blen found dead after atter hours of ot maltreat maltreatment maltreatment ment mont In other Corcan towns women of ct high social position have h ve been drag dragged dragged ged from their homes by the troops Atrocities are arc being committed dally declares the London News and It I l Ii feared will precipitate nn sin Immediate reign of terror If It the tho powers do not In Interfere It 1 IB lit further charged d that the efforts of our consular officials to protect refu refugees gets gees gO hate been by the action of or tire tho authorities Tim The London Standard lays In tho the chief blame upon tho the Cossacks who It believes believe have now acts Inspired hatred throughout Man dan Manchuria churia by their excesses Tho The Cos Co Cossack sack lAck It remarks Is ls a II sufficiently use useful useful ful tul Instrument of oC HO 0 long longs 1011 IT its 1111 s tho the only purpose Is to overawe tho the natives but one of tho the weaknesses of ot Admiral position It is that hla hia garrisons are arc after afler nil all mere of armed men inca In tho the midst of ot a it denso tienso population There halt haA hr t nit nt been time II e even een If It there thore had hall been Inclination to establish relations ot or confidence con or orcen orveil veil even to get In touch with Manchu so no society O Ocle clety cle It Is to bo be feared these theno reports arc are but too true and aunt that halt half of ot tho the la Is not no told Wars Ware brutalize men inert It used use to b tue be urged by b tho the war ar lords lord as an anon nn on evidence In favor flor of ot militarism that thata n a 1 soldier may mil be OB ns gentle and as ns good gooda a t nina man as os any preacher hut But anyone who will Investigate the tho subject thor thoroughly thoroughly will flat find that wars do not pass passover over a II country without Injuring tho the noh instincts of ot ho toko take part partIn In It and generally It leaves Iti ugly scars tipon a n nation for tor generations wear off orr civilization I Ii s but buti buta it a i thin tit It t best and lays bare he tho savagery underneath When yon tho the unnecessary cruelties practised by not ol are related reIn ted one teCh tempted with Tolstoi to doubt whether ruether there ero Is in II tiny any un civilization One feels tho force toreo of ot h Ii i j contention that war Is a mon inon monster ster scourge and that everything lending leading to Is 18 to be utterly con ilem d This ThIn icy my bo be Wain olag too far tor Lull its there thero are oro warn for tor tho the defense blouse of ot ionic home ham a and countr which mutt must bo ho eon con on but It the sentiment Is IR B applied to wars of ot aggression It nutt bo be endorsed ed |
