The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-31
II HE MIkADO'S DOOM.
(wr,ttcsn for the sunday Times. Dispatoh.)

l&@sJDpan is enjoying a. pcrloa OF lit Ioilui
prosperity nncquallcd In her history. She
"A has extensive and profitable commerce;
$inan,lfactorles have sprung l,p like magic
Il %the past decadc:k nttfulGnat'irnl re-
SOURCES are being Developed along INC
Il lines of nedern scientific discovery; Inc Inc
ss l,epDlh have admitted tho superiority OF
" Christian civilization. and Il have adopted
III lS,lropet ii methods with Amazing rapid,
n ivy tic nation Is absolutely independent
r. ana self-sustaining, while the zeal of the
PEOPLE for national glory rivals tho pa
ttiotism4 Of the ancient Spartan: an
s equitable system of taxation has tiiicd
Va The cxchrauer and available war loans
Il would mako many nations of Eulono
If stare in wonder; yet,s the powers Of
til, earth do mot find some pre- text upon
to Interfere, Japa n is Just as stl 70
$sto ibe driven from the continent o { Asia.
III by Russ ia, 5 III duo course Df time. and
Her ia tional integrity crippled, if5 mot. de-
n stroycd. as night follows day.
t5 What has Tapnn undertaken ~ Efc re-
NJ nj {, IS simple enough She has under
II taken. O. task which any nation on earth
4 would find all too cost Y, IN both blood
and money, g & not impossible TO perform.
Il Come Y down ID cold calculation and it
II i a serious question whether any single
power iii he world could wngc success
iii II war against Russia. IT matters not
$iwhere our sympathies may lie facts are
& stubborn things. Russia is p vast cou'l-
Il try of s, geo, 900 square miles, Or more lhal,
three times as large as the United
4 states: she, has about 100 900 600 popll-
lation. or So 100000 moro than the United
States In round numbers, Russia is q
third again as large rs the United STATES
and Europe combined, and has as great
Il population as Germany, France. Treat
britain and Austria put together; me
I,ussias are independent, OF the World
Trey also are enjoying q period OF ma
stjonal prosperity. the spirit OF progress
Is abroad and hoarded wealth is seeking
; INV estme1lt But recently the Czar mas
approved of a scheme for digging a ca
5ts11;,al from tho Black Sea to tho Balilc'
distance Of LOO miles, and, "hlle ~ u
}ter,al discord has produced domestic
agitation, yet MISUNDERSTANDING that tam'l!
4 nuarrels are suspended during national
3 danger. and tho world had just as well
4 discard the idea that tho Russian States
y1gill 500 Films, Poles and even Jews fap
vii. see Trims. Poles and even Jews lhll
1ntosline when the integrity OF their colln-
try is impered. The Poles have proved
+ their loyalty; tho Films and HLaplhnders
Twill be among the first3at the front. ana
the Jews will do for Russia exactly what
Ethrv have done for England. Although
br,Itally Prosecuted. they bore 1t all with
sublime patience, and have lived TO SEQ
. tI,at country Just as powerless as Mon
ttnegro, without their aid III any great
international emergency 1t VIII DO tte ,
money Of the jew in large part that WI
4 arm and feed the Russian SOLDER III ms ms
Il wal. against japan.
5' r:aorraplically' considered. too much
mas been credited TO Japan's advantage
B ~ position being near the seat or nc
4 ,ion Already any advantage Of the KIND
,ihas been fully Offset by Rrssias new
5nolicy OF adopting Hardin as her present
nenter4 OF organization, There the Japs
nre absolutely powerlcss to Interfere
Win Russia's stream Of hardened. tough-
cned soldiers pouring IN. 3Wo y 5o''y'
These include the famous CosSach
cavalry, without their equal IN the saddle
Knee the days Of their ancient ancestors.
The ScythIans. who struck terror TO no
hearts of Media and Western Asia. II IS
,ben only a question OF tme when the
Il Czar may mobilize an efficient army OF
2 nD1oOO men within rich Manchurla,
larger thantthc German empire, as a base
Of operut ions II is useless 70 say that
such an army. equally strong ~ infantry,
artillery and cpyalrS, would not sweep
the continent Of Asia clean OF laps ~
less than ninety daysdlt must not DC
forgotten thai II man can ride on llorse-
back from st. Petersburg TO Port Arthur,
feet running order from their capital 70
the Pacific Ocean; nor can Japan at
tempt TO cut Off communication without
the destruction Of II much larger army
than she will be able TO hazard five hun-
dred miles inland from The coast OF
Korea Had Japan acted with great
rapiuitg, as did Won Moltke. in the
Franko-Cermali war, and landed her en-
tire strength IN six weeks, following It
up with most energetic, aggressive tuc-
tics, Russia nigh, have considered, in
view OF national policy. that the play
was not worth the lights, and might have
found way through the arts of diplo-
macy to end the strife by treaty. But
Japan has fiddled too much time away
IN pyrctechnics on the yellow Sea, which
is all very pretty for newspaper articles.
but can serve only To fiS the determina-
ton OF Russia to riyet the shackles OF
diahonor on her all the more firmly
when this war is ended, The japanese
lave shown that same incaution which
sentinel! would that allows an enemy
10 parley and advance hi said enemy
thrusts "a SIX shooter under his chin.
II has also been said that japan has