Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-12

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seems to have been a Very marked line
iof differentiation. Germans. Russians
land French fell naturally into one
eroup; Americans. English and Japan
csc into another Most emphatic of all
WAS the friendship between the Ameri-
cans and the Japanese and perhaps
some account must be taken of that fact
| when Weighing the value of Japanese
appreciations. The British are placed
third. For the British officer the Japan
ess have only praise His conduct, they
say. was absolutely beyond reproach Of
lany kind. But the question is of men
rather than Of officers. and it is charged
against the Indian troops that they are
p:lferers. They loot on a petty scale
whenever a chance presents itself. of
evers'tiling more heinous. however. they
afe aequtted-of murder of arson and
outrage
The Japane Sc critics do not claim that
tier own countrymen We're guiltless of
looting The difference WAS, they say.
that whereas the Indian, the French
@nlan. the Russian and sometimes the
seierman stole individually every man
is,' himself, The Japanese stole SYSTEM
atieally ard in the public interest. in
ton q which the Times writer
Goes 80 g say:
~ 1,nag lat. Instead cs scslJering
80 iels,S personal wiDs.falls they
! sN;saelf 81 naasse TO the grana,.iss and
rs,'ai ~ SESSION OF about a million yen
yefgh g rice Al PelSsn hey pre- esse ed
50 liz treasury and. luadt,g
he s,leSs unor! lsoni-ss, saiiisdi tSsIo ana
iia'lf mi en t5,tsis worth 81 silNsf 10
tlle JapafesA eeation nearly half a
/ mile Gistans The Russians endt.avosssd
% oistrusi ais naovefnS nj. ba; iIie
] ananese managed se siir0itiv tl4at
thss- got away With the Nilrie 81 III :
/, silver. e5Slns prsss tho copper behtd,s
NJ, dsifsgsnee, tsssl was Simply b
Tween assnalI2s-si tiiefl aud chaotic
!s5'1sf The iallanese als fsank es;ough
about hat. They saS too that tbs
tue Gisiaarsst,i tillasly ss{st NJ bsttet' ,1t
1 slis Individual loater hAr native rack
s7lssll goillg retli camps. recovered
/ he great majority q tns s toisn articles
I by PAYING 10 tireir ignorant owners
!. ,iss nominal pg,es ami hen fasiy
SQUARED tho s,eerliilt hv setting 10 the
e'f srs VIE lig3,0ss ~ exorbitant
pFetlts W.llere 'nere IS question at a
nps.r asl shs cllinanlan
lssra nit top
ne tfle trusts IS made
n. tile f,isrsil sOldliefs N tins subinineI
usnEl~ g Inc nauet If the
tsasp= Jaaanss CRITICS place the
vest ~ re On The list ii ne
ma sef - Dor and cutrag ii is re-
saiaiefl however that Il FTleneh do
sspt mnrds When hey h9s stated
lust psley are MOI si by an
ungasepnaaHs nstine 81 prute serocity
srI,'ins hem 70 dsaas III wanton
pioo sfe.l Tlat seraibie prop rslfv Is
exaibitefs by he Russian soldier only.
waose si'-afsa the japanese speak
e;ifs. horror ar'sa assonis hrasss. He ap-
Pears. acc Ding - their account, TO be
& Beyond the reach of very moral re-
ssairt. ror does i seem that his on
esrs make any resoluie effort 70 pntrpl
on ile contrary 50 far DOT
slt rsFsins are concerned sore q
Sad 70 est the worst Kind q
T'lle less linous Masses
asiFssd as he French 50 DIR are
ssssiiaQssdl u treat part, 3 the de-
aalizins nfluenc of his service in
rakass ne thesey Of the j 4 az
l'h q ~ c'ossack Is slat
ii. ;hose Of the PROFESSIONAL
n his complete
blcodshel the same ais
;i marked the sani,irai Of
asnti'y when military ser-
! tsitary and when mer
created from Their earliest days
isllIts Win desss Of Violence
3 seyn thas point ~ view the aavan-
- 6: inscription are recognized .'
The sponlent thinks the condue
~ the Japsnese soidiets has tended K
justify lllenl from former accusations
.asing
Bur II this eampaign il norm CHM
again I'd the helplessness d
Fashioned military systems. Il ha,
furn!sned a strange conlnentar,
90 'seidenta Utilization. The Japan
iroafs rendered furious by ths tor
ftirs hal their comrades had suffered
ai e'ilinese hands the l0asting alive o
~ ..se9e1s and the muir 3er and mutila
ton Of the maun3ed- adap-ed the ruI
Of no quarter AT Port Arthur IN 1879
and Slew every al,ie-botsied G flinamai
ZIP 10 mai time ard subsequently, tilei
conduct OF the campaign Was ac
+ principle. Yet over that one crime
ref,i,efrated in circumstances OF eX
tren3e provocation. Europe and Amer
lea raised a glamour of Indignation. an,
$ sober publicjslts have pointed 70 ii a
: a conclusive proof That the Japanes
nation is disqualified for ALLIANCE wit
any srite people II muet b- adde
that the japanese themselves have no
shown mitch disposition to frame fror
S recent experiences a retort 10 the &C
cusations preferred against their oW
troops five years age They eviaentl
retain sufficient confidence in weSter
: disee,nment to leave to European an
(. American moralists the duty of ma kin
s Comparison. But If the pictures he
draw of the north China canrpaign b