Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-20
The War in the East.

ycrsity. He was brought up in the
family of his uncle. II. S. Roberts. in
Manchester. Maine. Al the present
time he is settled over the Congrega-
tional church at Providence. r. I.
In q recent sermon there. he brought
out some facts relative to conditions IN
Russia arl Japan which are of special
interest at this time. He asserted that
most peoples of the worthy TeutOnil
stock. never have enough to eat. ana
that the major part OF the people OF
The price, he declared, recently paid by
Japan for two war ships, was sufficient
to sustain the life of all her inhabi-
tants, with their simple diets for Il
period Of one year. The raves, he said.
imposed vi on the peasant farmers OF
Russia are often arout one half Of theii
entire crors. and at the time when
millions CT her farmers are too poor
even to own 4 horse or a cox. the
nation on for the seizure of more land
Russia declares Mr. Nutting whom
no man would think OF attacking, gives
to Ter millions a lifa OF misery. TO
what? To protect them, The methous
of government have proceeded to bit
t.r aEcurGity, t. bear out a quixotl'
nf In
defend liberty What liberty does the
Russian soldier defend? The liberty TO
be ground under terrible taxation IN
liberty to be told that much education
IS net good for him, the liberty o.
r,fu~liuc. his bones with the soil over
which he las hopelessly craWlcd for i
fev. vcars OF course the kindly Rus
eian ,aas:lrt would not put it so. he
would .ay he was lighting for his niue
Father the car. Eat. in view Of the
fact. We have been reviewing. which
hove. bctalre patent to the world
through eurh men as KEENAN,. IoistoE
and many another noble name, ana
even tl,rou:!l the official statements oil
,no pue.i,n Government. can we think
it strange that Il party has arisen IN
ruesia which protests against all gov
comment? What now, looking at the
matter in the large, are the main moral
truths involved?
"Jaran's people are swarminS over
= limited area, like bees in hive. IL
is the first and the holes, principle Oh
rhy.ic,I life that We shall have room.
TIE ,.eadliest spot in any country Is
the hiv,-d aggregation of humanity. i
is against human dignity, against body
ana soul, sin against Him who's"
image we are. not to spread ourselves
out sufficiently To prevent hfsti''!
,.rfwdine; of our neienbor- We must
- ford scope for development Of tn"
coming ecr"ration. Japan needs room
whether she seeks it for good Or ior
bad motives. she requires it for req
sons common to all humanity.
"Jnlanesc people have y diligence, L
readiness and Il patriotism which sets
then, IA: above all other pagan peoples
ana gives rarSe promise that they Will
shortly accept the best religion. maine
~ the Christian. just as they have ac-
cepted The best developments Of Chris
tim learning.
That region which Japan desires
to srread over. has room. 1t is not
ovcr-porulated. 1t is in need Of that
kind %! enlightenment With Japan
c.n give it. Corea is in the hands of
u race palsied to the usual human
qualities beyond any other people.
They aro almost Il petri.ied nation.
common sense jus'ifies the natural
movement of the Japanese in their eN-
ransicn from their cramned Isles to
the neares: mainland.
Russia does not require more terri
tory. The terrible Indictment holds
-po,i against her that she misgoEerns
WA. she has. She cannot afford the
extensive armament she aSpires TO.
I'util she lifts her own people into in
teIlisence and the blessings of release
from IN increasing serfdom. in spite
of nominal emancipation-until she
, does this for them, let her not as
Paul says. stretch overmuch, making
an unlimited frontier. She Will be
, obliged to turn back some day and find
a ravi;hed home land and pOpula-
tons OF ghosts. Oh that the nations
might learn that unjust war only en-
, slaves \ people
! Upon the present contest now being
waged between Russia and Japan. Mr..
| Nutting sees designs upon the future
, of China. and he feels that our country
, could rot, without deep concern, view
| the partition of tfat ancient empire.
| He asserts the solemn belief that the
/ future Of America. depends largely
! upon the future of China, which with
/ her immense population. and their UNI
/ firing industry. ms an asset incom-