Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1895-01-03
MISPLACED INDIGNATION.
The Mole in Their Neighbor's
Eye.

We publish in another column
Japan's official denial OF tn
sensational reports, which hav,
been sent by newspaper CORES
pondents, in regard to the taking
OF Port Arthur, and in which th,
japanese army is accused o.
having committed certain out
RACES on the conquered Chinese
We care not. whether the report.
are true or false. There can be
no doubt, that the japanese
troops where perfectly justified
In discriminating their inhumar
and barbarian foes as so many
vermins. But, We do protest
against the howl of virtuous in
dignntion which has gone forth
from the so-called civilized world
and in which the United States
and Great Britain have reached
the most deafening pitch.
Japan is very sensitive Just
now or it would not have taken
the trouble TO make any denial
at all. 1t would simply have
pointed its finger at its civilized
accusers, and said, the one of
you, who is not guilty, throw the
first stone"
Ii would then have reminded
Great Britain of the action of the
English army after the great
Sepoy mutiny. 1t would have
reminded the Christian nation of
shop-keepers, whose daily occu-
patton is to shell villages and
murder Southsea islanders, of
the letter written during the
mutiny by Brigadier- General
Nicholson, in which, that disting-
uished officer urges the passing
OF alaw to authorize Fuying alice,
implement, or buxning of the
murderers of the women and
children In Dolhi. Aud this |
highly civilized officer was by /
no means alone in his "civilized"
opinion A leading English
paper solemnly declared that
Alva's methods with the people
of the Netherlands were the only
proper measures for England's
soldiers o-adopt toward the
rebels in India.
We can very well understand
the passion of revenge which at
times can obliterate the restraints
OF civilization. But is not the
knowledge OF the atrocities which
the Chinese had committed on
Japanese sufficient excuse for
the common soldiery to even
adopt measures such as recon-
mended by that distinguished"
and Christian officer Brigadier
General Nicholson? The Japan
ese soldiers and coolies learned
that two of their countrymen had
been captured by Chinese. The
bones of the prisoners were Q
crushed while alive and then thew
we're roasted over slow fire.
After a skirmish a small body of II
Japanese were obliged to retreat. II
When they returned they found .
he bodies of the killed and u
sounded, which they had left :, =
ehind mutilated in most
orrible manner. The heads y
ere cut off and strung together 81
a the manner of onions. The u
odies were disembowelled and u
le entrails torn ont and other ~
milar cruelties too horrid to ~
ention. committed. With such al
revocation, we are inclined to u
onsider the determination of the ~
arbarians, who INDUCED in such
roclties meritorious and justif-
BE. :,
oh
And our great and good friends 1t
Q Americans! The virtuous no
wspapers of Uncle Sam actual sci
boiled over in their condemn
ion not alone of the japanese
my. but of all Japanese and ISIS
erything pertaining to Japan. VIII
d they actually wanted the gel
opposed treaty between Japan int,
d the United States dropped ais,
thout delay. AT the same time TIL,
'se Paragons Of virtue and civ ian
lation forgot to mention any all
ng about the burning. shoot pos
; haying and hanging of exc
yroes which is daily renorfad hot