The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-30
THE WAR SPIRIT.

The war spirit in China and Japan, il
we may believe the intelligence that comes
from that quarter of the world is up &c
fever heat. There have been hopes tina,
the differences between these two great
powers might he healed. All endeavors tc
prevent war between them we are appre.
hensve will fail. The American ambassa.
dor sent to Pekin TO negotiate in the inter.
est of peace has returned to Yokohoma
without accomplishing his mission.
China is'greatly irritated by the action
of the Japanese on the Formosa coast and
is anxious to prove not only the uniustifia.
bic nature of this action, but also her
power to drive and ,hastlse the Japanese
for what she considers their insolencc.
War is regarded as inevitable by the for
eigners both in China and Japan, and in q
survey of the causes and the recent inteli-
gence it is difficult to understand how it can
possibly be avoided. 1t is evident that China
does not want TO go TO war. She is not a
warlike nation. Japan, though from all
appearances determined not to retire from
the position she has taken without an ac-
acknowledgement from China that she
was justified in her course of ac-
ton and n promise that the For
mosan coast shall be rendered safe in
the future. can only enter upon war at the
sacrifice of the movement she has for some
years been making in the direction of west
ern civilization, and cost to her resources
which must prove heavy burthen
The prospect of war is regarded with great
misgivings by the large number of Ameri-
cans and other foreigners employed in the
service Of Japan, War involves the de-
structlon of the present means of livelihood
of foreigners, and what is mole to be re-
GREETED, the gradual falling into ruin of
much of the work of civilization and pro-
gress they have built up
The last news that comes to us, make it
apparent that the japanese government is
displaying abundant activity in preparing
for wal A call has been made upon all
men between twenty and thirty years of
are to hold themselves in readiness for
service, nor is there any want of alacrity in
responding to it. 1t is said that the Sasuma
clan alone has offered $4,000 men, whom
it is prepared to equip and maintain, and
the warlike spirit of the nation certainly
presents great contrast-as far as reports
may be trusted-to the attitude of the
Chinese, who, though greatly excited and
exasperated, display great unwillingncss
to enlist, and desert in large numbers after
having been enrolled. 1t is quite certain
that the large figures which have been re-
ported in regard to the number of troops
the Chinese can move and command against
the Japanese, represents a great sham-a
mere paper army-we hear great deal
about their superior numbers.
The American people take great interest
in the complications between these two ma
tions because of the intimate friendly re-
lations we have sustained to Japan, and the
part taken by us in aiding her endeavors to
plant civilization and a government similar
to our own upon her shores. A sense of
foreboding came over us when her young
men were called from our schools and col
leges, to return home. None but urgent
emergency would have led to that act, for
the progress they were making and the la
bors of American citizens into Japan were
grand evidences of progress, which bid
fair at an early date to rank her among the
enlightened nations of the world. 1t can
but hc the prayer of every patriotic citizen
that the direful effects of war may yet be
averted, and an early return to peaceful
pursuits be vouchsafed to them.