The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08

Japans total area is 147 500 square miles;
Russia's is S,660,395 square miles.
Japan's population Is 4S,7G0,s15; Russia's
Is 129,OO4, 514.
The Japanese Empire consists of FIVE prin-
cipal and eleven smaller islands; the Rus
sian Empire, exclusive of the Kwang Tung
Province, comprises one,seyenth, Of the land
Japan has 1902 towns. villages and
cities; Russia has 555,990 cities and settle
ments.
Japan's total available military force
numbers 6O3, ZIG; Russia's, 100000 war
strength
Japan's army includes 2O3 battalions Of
Infantry, with 1900 officers and 1913, $50
men; Russia's 1886 battaions of infantry,
with $4,000 officers and 3,440,OO0 men.
lapan's military force is equipped with
6S4 cannon and 81, 800 horses; Russias, g.
800 cannon and 12O, 600 horses.
Japan's artillery force numbers 24,13O;
Russia, 5000.
Japan's army reserves number 76,47S;
Russias S, 2,45O,OO0.
Japan's possible naval strength Includes
123 naval vessels of all kinds; Russia's 242
vessels.
Japan's navy, at full war strength. in in,
cludes 31,379 officers and men with 6,26I
officers and men in reserve; Russia mas
65,O54. with 10000 in the reserve.
Japan's navy includes battleships, y
armored cruisers, gunboats. 10 torpedo
destroyers, 80 trst-class and 80 second ana
third class torpedo boats; Russia S, 70 bat
tleships, IA coast defense vessels, "A hrst-
class and 10 second class cruisers ana lOo
torpedo craft.
The largest warship in Japan's navy, the
Mikasa, was built in 1900, is of 10000 tons
displacement and carries a crew of 80
men; Russia's largest was the CesarevitGh,
destroyed by the Japs, of 100 tons dis
placement and carrying crew OF l5Z men.
Japan has nine naval bases In the Far
East Yokosuka, Kure, Sasebo, Maizura,
Nagasaki, Kobe, Matsouai, Ominato, Tokas-
hika, Tsushima; Russia has three-Vladi-
vostok, Dalny and Port Arthur.
Japan has nine coaling stations-Yoko
ko, Sasebo, Maizuru, Tokashika, Kobe; Om-
has three-Dalny, Port Arthur, Vladivostok.
Japan's output of mineral wealth IN a
year was 7,471,OO0 tons of coal and 24,44S
tons of iron and steel; Russia's s, 1l,6l2,9S2
tons of coal and 4,S16OOO tons of iron and
steel.
Japan's acreage under cultivation is 12,-
315, $40 acres; Russias, 211,517, 100
Japan has a food-producing acreage equal
to One-quarter Of an acre 70. each head or
populations; Russas equals 3.3
Japan enlists annually 10000 men In its
army and navy; Russia, 10000.
The CONSUMPTION age for the army In
japan is between II and 40 years; In Rus
STA all between the ages of % and 40 are
liable.
Japan's infantry is armed with Midi
magazine rifles holding five cartridges; Rus
ria uses the "tliree-line" magazine rifle,
holding five.
Japan's cavalry is armed with sword and
carbine; Russia's carry sword, rife, bayo-
net and lance.
Japan's form Of government is nomlnally
q monarchy, but really it is nearly repubh-
can; Russia is an absolute monarchy.
In Japan education Of the young Is com
pusory; in Russia, almost the opposite is
true.
Japan has 2s,677 schools; Russia, 7s,721
including military and naval schools
Japan's schools and universities are at
tended by 1909 424 students, taught by 3D.
GIG teachers Russians schools have 3,779,-
81S and 113,9S4 teachers
Japan has SO libraries, with total of
522 OO4 volumes; Russia has far less, con-
Quoted in connection with schools.
In one year Japan published 2O,S14 diff
ferent books; in Russia, 1861 were pub
lished.
In one year Japan published 500 different
total of AGA, ass, l41 copies being issued;
Russia published 743 periodicals. in II Ian
guages.
In Japan absolute freedom of religious
belief and practice is extended by the con-
stitution; in Russia the Jews especially are
Japan's chief forms of religion embrace
Shintoism, with u sects and Buddhism,
with 10 sects Russia's established religion
is the Graeco-Russian. officially called the
Orthodox Catholic faith.
Japan's religion is not a state religion
and is not supported by the state; Russia's
religion is a state religion and the Gar is
the head of the established church
Japan has 1896 shrines or churches;
Russia has 1926 churches of all denomi-
nations, exclusive of 765 monasteries, where
S.O76 monks and 697S aspirants are housed
Japans last budget placed the total an
nual revenues at S136,S15.41S and expendi-
lures at $135 2l2, 24S; Russias revenues to-
tailed S94S, SIG, 339, the ordinary expenditures