Show What the Quarrel Is Costing Russia and Japan Japans Advantages In the Financial Struggle le I HAT Is I th the war wark k costing am n t Japan This Is III a I rot 1 which li is I In nol mot only ani to 10 those who mutt must count the Ihl cost but to lo every everybody everybody body boilY for lor It II Is Ie trots Irue enough lough that the financial ability or dis disability ability of one olle nation Is la a matter of oon r luence to the people of or all other tva ta hone lIone honeIn In III the 1 hI HIM rase of ot Japan n of ot ilium have from the first been ac se 01 II i an ax clues attention M as was WU the i of ot the army or any of ot the of oC the In military Iron wI gold geld Jr I Inert and arid full l b x R of or It its own weight It requires require th the potent stimulation of the precious met t ti i i to rive give It II life lICe and the power to not act notI It I IH IN beginning h to be b understood how hown iv n dl it ti Japan bee II prepared herself lf to lo en tale It H a protracted struggle not only by b mi xu intelligent of her army and aid navy but bul also nUo by the th moet clever olever manipulation of ot financial resources ever eer known knowlI to the treasury experts of any An Merry Th la last t war of Japan with lIh China Chinn nut the tho former nation a It day III Ii hI view Iw of ot the Increased Important importance of ot III ii n present ent war It Is le III L she IH is now dally or roughly figuring a month The total cost COlt of ot that war estimated in Ill the tho currency of oC the realm was wan 00 f 0 yen en The Thu Japanese gold raid yen yena 1 a worth about H a dollar ollar This expend turo Iuro was met mat promptly by a 1 popular loon ionn aril and by the thi of ot surplus funds The Th entire debt would been liquidated by private con conn If the government had per the Ih national enthusiasm to lo take that form Corm Of ot course the figure of IOU Is IH only an In approximation It l Is sub beet to 10 the expansion und and lUll commotion Incident to the ebb and end How of ot the tide of prosperity It 11 also alio be remembered remembered that U All as a annal final necessity Jupen JU Gould effect so 10 large larre a n In thata that a H corresponding Increase In hl her war ex ax exl noses l nH would be b a nature natural consequence It Is III an Indisputable evidence of ot the wisdom which dominates Javan af Rt affaire fairs faire that thai there has hall thus tar far no necessity to lo establish e uny any portion of ot this rosmo on n a war foot toot footIng tootIng footIng Ing making possible a further economy As AI the time wise wi of ot Tokyo TokO have 18 e arranged It II there la Is In reserve a great host hOlt of ot men mell who are Ire soldiers In every respect except the Ih Important Item of ot national maintenance Another enor enormous mout moul saving laving has haa been b brought about In Inthe Inthe the heretofore costly problem of oC trim One Ole of or the line most moat I systems of transport ever aver iy by I Ithe bythe the Ingenuity of oC man awn la is I time the Ih practically volunteer human corps of oC burden bear beur bearers I Iere ers ere organized by the Japanese war de lie department It costs coals nothing beyond HH Ile rations II ani for fOI its Ita It wages are absurdly in lu infinitesimal Every l ery cooly employed by b Russia in h Manchuria demands fury ItA mid war pry lit IH thAt When an army largely upon the tho good will of ot the lotion batten of ot a 1 neutral country It cannot a r sort lo to compulsory labor Ioor and It U cannot afford lo to minimise the cost COIl of the tho III lab r which It must obtain rectum expense expellee account will be larger than l an that of or her bier economical enc iu iny my It U le I true that the railway Is I a government but bunt It la hi none non the teas leas expensive on an that lecount An matters hive have arranged themselves It has ha Ihus thu far for proved to be bethe bethe the mo most nIHIl t costly and anil burdensome one means manna or of transportation oer v r employed l 1 by y city any an government The of oC the Halite Baltic was wall effected at an un tin unprecedented expense To 10 expedite the work vast ut bonuses were paid und old workmen were offered double wages for Cor Increased effort A I r I trip V r i ie t j d fH e I d ell w wt raises y t I 1 u v I I i w r f fi T i i l r j JI r 14 told r T J r rf f t 3 1 x xA t K A CONTRAST IN WAR WAK EXPENSES which Is U a R model of oC na national national loyalty and Is l by a sin single gds gle Ie purpose Russia Is U compelled to maintain an In array army at home Item and In hit her which al ab always ways be III the duplicate In else Ilae and effi em efficiency clency of oC the army sent nt to 10 Asia lla Only taut summer the owr czar ordered the crea cres lion tion of oC ten len divisions men to supply the places of ot the garri garrison son eon troops sent lent lo to the east H It Is I not Il It necessary to multiply Instance of hue Itus 1 11 greet Inferiority InterIority to 10 her Iler resolute antagonist In the platter matter of ot economical war administration ox ex expert pert pE rl opinion the recent present war ex ax of the government at I upward of ot a n day Ilay This maUl mate li is certainly a it very one and ami It II U is not unlikely that It t Is too I small Although lul Is a skein Rk ln too loo tangled led for anything short of ot poel po lv live genius to lo unravel certain facia feria concerning It are known and they are Interesting as all Indications At Al the be he beginning beginning ginning of oC the war the gold reserve mounted amounted to Ihl his bile a II total note Issue of Tills Tide Issue by hy law low required n a t backing of In gold golds Tile This showing found the government nt rot tin to Ul opening of ot hostilities bosh illicit ul II nib hI l I I tui is 1 u r i f ito to tho alto amount of about SI i JN It do does 8 not r require KM un iX tu to tupule II Ir polo pule the probable nt at d a inch i 1 iwar war funds would net need nal r If f fh l 1 that she ale could have hM brought a i I Ithe tho the east to a n Y cl Ilore p e in ti t 1 t 1 few Cew months montha which tier h r funds swa IJ vw Ilithe I 1 lithe have served nerved all would hate IH be bt been n we VI That Thai she did dill not this thin font bitt l 1 t made Wade evident by b her derision ded to 10 k is isher i 1 her gold goltl as all security for u a I foreign I supplied the i and t became an nn pan pum punt pant In her business albs allys all military r r ration orations Having begun tin the to lor Od t C process there ii le nothing to 10 b be done I Ito Ito t tto to continue It II with each earh froth nf M becoming more morr and nor mor i i In the war If t the th war lar ni till I Ibe t i ibe be prolonged as iI s u is I Ii c 1 to be tho the case came if It lu i present Ilfe ent po undignified It et l French rench gold goM will wilt grow In that cane Aasc U It le I 1 Iby Iby by American and 1 li 1 lIu aln nay may be bo able to 10 v to 10 Jerome become her hor backer buker h by y r i pi of If an In advantageous 1111 slut treaty If lC that should t II II of oC the powers may ma In linn l b i In the lie by lime It Is rather early earl to e 1 ta I r results of lr the war tun I UMI 11 II It t lemal of ot the in s It At Atle le III l to lo note noto 1111 hua u tit ilu Ih exports and Imports at of r Ji an tir 1 g C the first five months of nt isI show loW It a sa l Increase over ovir tin III i rif rf r t t i corresponding period of oC liml II whit i b v v i t Itself a bumper bUln ff year nn RII and l that dial Ili s experienced the rr l I llusala HuIA great financial II j gl nry fr r f sails vails and lh there r Is I a y to in 0 I lio I m metal always an n II II II h y In Ii it I In Jn Japan on an the lie contrary con Ih its h lion Ion active th Ili II or eg f 1 have not nol hell 1 n I ALEX AU X K 1 f |