The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-10-20
JAPANESE FEELING
TOWARD RUSSIA.
Bunkio Matsuki's Views on the
Eastern Situation.
his oOUBTRYMEN EAGER FOR WAR

Japanese Merchant o. Boston be-
lieves IL Ia Inevitable and says
His People FeeI Their National
life Depends Upon It--DeeIares the /
war would nc Long One, In
voIying the Entire orient.
Russia is a robber-a highway rob
bere said Bunkio Matsuki, Boston
japanese merchant, to a Globe reporter
Of that city the other afternoon.
Mr. Matsuld. who recently returned
from a trip lasting several months In
Japan, described the feeling Of his
native land at the present time toward
Russia as follows
'Sho robbed Japan Of Port Arthur
eight years ago. and now she is steal
ing Manchuria from China, after break
ing her pledge to Japan and the world
Eight years ago Japan was exhausted
after her three years war with China.
and She could do nothing, but Japan
has been working day and night on her
army and navy for the past eight years
preparing for just this crisis No one
can believe Russia. She ned 70 Japan
when She took Port Arthur, and no
body believed her when she said she
would eyacuate Manchurla
Il do not Knew what our government
Ia Japan viii do, but the people Of Ja-
pan feel that It is now or never II they
are to preserve their independence Its a
nation. Iat me show YOU the position
Ia which Japan is placed
Al this point Mr., Matsuh adjourned
the interview to another room where
he spread out d large map Of Japan.
Korea and that portion Of China IN
yolved In the present troubles lie
pointed out the narrow body Of water
which separates the southern portion
of Japan from Korea saying; THE
Japanese have landed 10000 troops
along this part OF Korea Troops haye
been going there for q long time ana
bases Of supplies established. You see
Japan controls tile Korean cables, so
little Of her movements are known to
The world But Japan hasn't been idle.
Now Russia has troops Il Is said,
along the border OF Korea ready to
pour III. If they haven't already poured
iii. III there is war there VIII be fight
ing on that neck Of the peninsula Of
course Russia has Port Arthur. but she
can keep it and stay there II is said
that she has a fleet Of ninety vessels in
the harbor She couldn't anchor ninety
vessels IN the harbor OF Port Arthur. Tt
isn't large enough. Weihaiwei controls
the gulf Of Pechili and Port Arthur,
and that is held by the English, and
the English are with the Japanese. We
have d treaty with them.
Now, after we have crushed the
Russian navy
''But can you?'
Eyes, have no doubt Of I'll | wish
we had some Of the American guns In
our navy; think they are better than
ours The Russians have French and
German guns, but | think we have the
advantage ii rapid fire guns and III
torpedo boats
DO you think the Russian navy viii
be as easy for the japanese as the
Spanish navy was for the Americans?a
'Oh. no, laughed Mr.. MatsuA. 'But
/ believe we are more than match
for Russia on the water. Then troops
would be landed north Of Port Arthur.
so that our base OF supplies in Korea
would be as near as that Of Russia's IN
Port Arthur If there IS Il ar-and /
don't see how 1t can very well Be avoid
edit will be long one, and ii win
involve the entire orient. Japan is not
afraid Of Russia. Our soldiers had
taste Of the Russians in the march to
Picking from Tientsln. Russia thought
she would be smart then and sent her
troops forward to Picking two days in
advance Of the other troops
She wanted to take Picking herself
What was the result? Her soldiers
were defeated BY the Chinese. and they
had to fall back for protection Oh the
japanese. the Americans and the Eng
lish. Your General Chaffee knows all
about It. He also knows all about the
barbarities perpetrated on the Chinese
by the Russians and some of the other
nations. The Chinese learned to trust
the japanese then. and they haven't
forgotten When the japanese troops
90 TO China they viii be well received,
and they can get all the rice they want,
The Russians can't live on rice like the
japanese soldiers