The morning news., 1897-04-24
Mork for Mini.ter RueIz.

Minister Buck viii find occasion for some
good work when ne arrives in Japan. The
Iit,,e island empire is suffering from
severe attack Of swelled head. and Minis
ter Buck viii DO well II he proceeds imme-
diately % put a cold compress upon il.
Following tire friction between the Ha-
waiian government and the Mikado's gov
eminent with regard to the landing Of
japanese in the Hawaiian islands. the
Japs have been gravely talking about a
fight with the United States. They are
clear headed enough 10 know that this
government is going 70 stand by the Mon
roe doctrine, and would apply that doc
trine 70 the case Of Hawaii should the
occasion 20 do so arise. They are, there
fore. discussing the necessity Of having
to whip the United States If the states.
as the protector OF Hawaii. interfere in
any Of Japan's plans. The japanese are
pretty well satisfied that they could dress
down Uncle Sam in short order. Have
they not. they argue 70 themselves, just
whipped a nation Of four hundred millions
OF people; and did they not do it with neat
ness and dispatch? And If they could whip
a nation Of four hundred millions within a
month or two, why could they not conquer
a nation OF seventy millions Of people in
a much shorter time? No doubt they an
swer these and similar questions in a man
ner highly satisfactory to themselves, and
lay the hauering JUNCTION to their souls
that they are the greatest people on earth
Minister Buck should proceed TO take
such foolish notions out Of the minds of
the bright, smart, cute little people He
should bring them to understand, in his
suave, Albanian way, that there is moth
ing yellow about the American style of
fighting. When American armies go out
to meet an enemy they are not armed with
fragile pots filled with sulphuretted n.y.
drogen, 20 be hurled at the heads Of their
foes In the expectation that the smell will
carry the day. They do not 90 out to bat
tie with tom-toms. beaten with the toes,
TO scare the enemy with hideous noises.
They do not paint horrid grinning faces on
their clothes, and wear masks Of painted
paper for the purpose Of freezing the souls
Of their opponents with fright. They do
not go to war with cross-bows. and hold
ing umbrellas over their heads and fans in
When American soldiers go to war. they
so with fire and iron. for purposes of
blood. The event of thirty-odd years ago
demonstrated that they were among the
best fighters Under the sun; and the race is
as sturdy to-day as it was then, and much
stronger. No country on the face of the
gloDe has such resources, for war as well
as for peace. as the United States. No peo-
pie on the face Of the globe could meet an
emergency quicker with offensive and de-
fensive apparatus than would the Ameri-
can people If their country should become
embroiled in a war. During the civil war
even in the south which lacked machinery,
ships, guns. chemicals and medicines were
evolved with great rapidity. With all sec
tions Of the country united in common
cause, new ships would drop into the
ocean like leaves FROM a tree, and mil
lion fighting men would take the field upon
the first call.
Minister Buck will want to draw the at
tention of the japanese to these facts. and
others of the kind. 1t would be really re-
grettable if Japan. in the bright morning
Of her new era, should make a monumen-
tai fool of herself