Hutchinson gazette., 1900-03-29

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III sian bear will find that the rls-
~ ! ling sun shines too warm across
~ J. the Japan sea and will rouse up
w In an III humor, This will be a
sad Sign for SEALS especially II
the morning Is In May, II will be a dawn
they Will not forget, though their memo
rles of II will not bo long, for from the
moment the bear begins to growl the sun
will occupy his attention to the exclusion
pf other things In the Pacific. Tho seals
will find themselves between the devil
and the deep sea, The SEALS devil 10 the
hunter. and the hunter Is waiting only
for Russia and Japan TO get at each
other. Then he will steam up to the long
thin line Of islands across the northern
ocean. which he has yeOrned to visit
these many years and will take every
bachelor" In sight. This means goodbye
TO many sealsklns. for bachelors are the
hope OF the alpper nation.
Capt II, ]. Snow OF the Royal Geo
graphical society has been among these
islands more thoroughly and obserylngly
than any other English speaking man,
He was the first to put some Of them on
the map. He knows Ycsso well, and the
Kurlle lsland', running north from Verso
TO Kamchatka; also the many bits Of
rock, where otter used to go and seals
Btill visit, that dot the Bering seq and
from chain Of volcanic peaks running MS
far east as Alaska The Aleutian and the
Prlblof islands are now part of these
ITplian Qtntaa hut ha 90
islands, relies perhaps Of the same an
Client eruption, are part of the czar's em-
plre. Russian priests have been to many
OF them, and 80 have Russian gunboats,
Capt, Snow has had many adventures
among them, One OF these made him
famous In Japan, and the Japan mail
which In those days did not always see
exactly straight, took occasion to say
mean things, The captain had the bet
ter Of It, however and Capt Brlnkly, the
owner Of the Mail, saluted,
Capt, Snow had been up as far as the
Ice would let him go, and on the way
back had laid to not far from one Of
Russia's islands He purposed to get
bit OF fresh meat and went toward
shore in rowboat Far north as he was
the bit Of water between him and the Is
land was warm. The Island was as in
nocent In appearance as a kopJe, and 1t
was as dangerous, for men with guns
were there who were as invisible as Beers
and as good shots. AS soon as the boat
was within range there was stream Of
reports, and with each report a bullet
-Four Of these bullets struck Capt. Snow
who was standing In the bow, and a
dozen others put three Of his crew TO
sleep and wounded two others badly
The captain could not see any one, and
he would not have lived to tell the tale
II the shooters had not fired so fast that
their guns became too hot, and the bull
let's softened, sloughed and fell short.
This sloughing gave to Capt. Snow n
chance to get back to his yacht, and he
took advantage Of It. Few men have had
narrower escapes, As he had stood look
Ing toward the shore resting the butt of
his gun on the prov and holding the bar
rel In his hand one shot had gone through
his hair one through his thigh, one had
struck him In his watch pocket and had
Travelled half way round his body against
his cardigan Jacket, and another had cut
his hand and flattened on his gun barrel
and had dropped into the boat. The cap-
tain said the guns on shore were Reming-
tons. which the Russians had given to
their guards on the islands to kill poach-
ers with.
When Japan becomes so obtrusIve that
Russia has to see to her, these men and
guns Will turn toward the south, and let
the seals and otter look out for them
selves. Poachers are on the outlook, says
the New York Press, and at the first sig
nal VIII start north from Kobe, Yoko-
hama, Hakodate, Vancouver Victoria,
Seattle, Portland. San Francisco and
minor ports on both sides of the Pacific.
Poor seals!
II 1t were possible to keep Japan cool
this would not happen, but the prayer Of
the seal will not avail. 1.-THE England
Of the Pacific" as she has aspIred to be,
Is restless. The other day a member Of
Young Japan" not soshi, either said
to an American globe-trotter: "I most
desire by my intelligence and
heartiness that England and Germany
and Russia shall not intrude themself In
10 our chinese and chosen intention, be-
cause l have great sadness II II is neces.
'ity for Japan to conquer England Ger
many and Russia" japanese are pro-
yresslve, particularly the youngsters Just
'ut OF college, whcse stomachs (as they
say In the far n 81 are full of half
iigested ideas, Of vanity and understlma-
Ion Of the West They are the valnest
If all peoples, probably, and amazingly
One has to know them we'll
% realize the extent of this ambition.
rhey have many maps OF the world |
Vhereon Japan covers one-half OF all the |
and and water, and Russia or England,
~ Germany, or America covers the other
lalf, according to whom the maker favors !
'r what the nationality may be of the
nan to whom he may be talking. But
here are other world-maps which the
japanese regard with veneratlon. These
make Of Japan the entire world. "Keto- |
IN, the foreigner, seldom sees them.
The war with China, though II did not |
how to the outside world that the Japan |
se were extraordinarily able fighters,
las had a great effect on the empire.
The people feel that their islands no long
r are large enough for them. They take
deep kissing breath between their teeth
nd say, "Ah, we must have the earth.
We have an army and navy. The
iggest battleship In the world Is ours.
live us room. Jengis Khan was n Janan-