New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27
Why JIPlN DEFEATS CHINA.
REASONS GIVEN ~ Prominent News
rArER oF THE rLowEEY KINGDOM
DEMANDS UPON THE EMPEROR

nrAsoNs GIVEN ~ A Prominent NEWS
PAPER oF THE rLowEHY KINGDOM
DEMANDS rroN THE EMPEROR
The great newspapers o. China seem to have come
TO The opinion tina, china. with its maxims OF Con
fneius and It's ancient Institutions. is behind the
times \ remarkable article appeared In recent
,s-Yc o. The shanghai News" along these INES
and poln,ed out the reasons why Japan has been
victorious In the now going on
II nc compare Japan with our empire. says Inc
article which has created a sensation In the
p1owerv Kingdom I've must think OF dot OF dust
and a mountain one single Chinese province - as
large a. the whole o. Japan. In extent OF terri
tory In the number OF inhabitants In the variety
Of It's products In the wealth % It's ctIzens III Hs
credit abroad. and In the greatness ana power u
~ Individual citizens We are an immeasuraDe as
taucc in advance OF japan But despite all 'heSe
things japan has beaten III 80 far. both on sea
and On land We must ask ourselves why the al
most impossible has become possible Inc reason
h.: our Siuhbornness printed IN the orlSih"l III
captasl. Yes II our Government were TOT 80 sun"
born We should have crushed this Japan long ago
and made an Imperial province or H.
ION IN, contrary from us. Japan. for thirty
years has taken Europe as a model ana III la''
initiated Western Institutions so rapidly that 1t has
given rise TO rdicule That 1t can bear this rdlcuie
Is proved to-day,
The most important advances in this imitation.
or ad,nt,,ton however have been made by Japan
IN the las, ten wears why? To destroy our EN-
plre, tThese words are also written In capitaisp
Japan Is poor country. Despite this IL mas
enent large sums for armament and there remained
az our merchants In YokOhtm1, kobe anu ,stsa-
saki knew 100000 yen Cf25Wl~p, IN the star i'ens
urv, All of this 10 conquer emma! III W"S, oh'y
our statesmen who were ignorant OF this 1hpa, ,
owns ONLY thir,y-fve men-of-war. Its heet was no.
even as strong as our Northern squadron anu Srs
IL has not lost a ship, But We lament the loss ot
two men-of- war and transport IN me 'oreah DC"
and seven ships at the mouth OF me iai"y. ,,o
Since the treaty OF peace with France, the decree
has been I'm force forbi1dng the importation rom
abroad OF firearms and other muntlohs Oh VA az
without governmental permission Inere "ouIu or
no objection to that n our new factories ""i ~,
rapidly and supplied sufficient quantities but row
ina dequate they has been proved to me satlsla
ton OF every one How different IN this regard ~
Japan. which keeps In Berlin even, mii.ar{
commission and ten officers. therefore, We ".sii
from our Emperor the immediate fulhlment OF the
following: ,,, l.,
Observation-Disclosures OF the hereditary principle IN
Offices. .
'Second-Thc remodelllng OF the army and system
of instruction and all other institutions IN wnien
standards ~ 49,
"rhird-The time must end when good essay or
poem In looked upon az proof that the writer mas
the ability OF statesman. $500. -,
"Fourth-state Places should belong to talent only
"Ffth-The Emperor should not SIT In his palace
but should come out and look at his people -
"Slxth-The Emperor should not carry on any po''-
tics OF the harem. 49, ,,. al
women. two or three sub-wves, Desides the
Empress
"Eighth-An officers who are towards should be
condemned. Their heads should be laid IN grace NJ
their feet.
III these demands fall on deaf ears. then Japan
vii! conquer empire