Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-02-17

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39S=S[ and will remain safe many miller
i - - from the scene OF actual fighting
His subjects crowded on battleships and transl
port ships carrying them to the front, where thei
throats will be cut or their bodies blown into 9
thousand pieces by bursting shells.
4 The mothers wave their hands to their sons and
husbands marching oh-neVer tO see them again
and all sing "God Save the Gar" with genuine en-
thusiasm and piety.
lt is the old story Of war-the curious old story
human nature and stupidity--the masses Of the peO
pie marching to butchery % the tune OF national
air, while the autOcrat who sets them fighting re
mains safely ct home.
The beginning of this war is the beginning o.
ussias serious attempt to gain control Of Asia and
make her Emperor Emperor Of Asia-EmperOr oil
one-hali Of the world. .
The great ambition OF the Russians, handed dOwu
from one Gear to another remaining intact despite
individual dissipation frequent sudden deaths and
assassinatiOns, is TO make one big struggle fol
it's realization.
Control OF the earth is the modest ambition Of the
Russian Gar. Their natural tendency was west
ward, and toward conquest Of civilized Europe, as
preliminary to taking on the rest OF the world.
Bot westward the Russians have been unable Il
spread.
The great backbOnd Of the German people, with
million armed men, differed by men like MOltke
stands a solid wall, against which the Russian
might beat in vain.
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Europe unite to close the DaFdanelles to warships
This keeps the Cars navy from making conquest
/ In The Mediterranean. The European agreement ha
kept the Black Sea bottled up.
Unable to expand in the direction Of strong West
ern civilization, the Russians have been preparing
to spread out into the East, and their war agains
Japan, carefully thought out and prearranged, begin
their war fer the conquest Of Asia.
Give them japan sn China, With untold millions
Of men TO count upon, and they will be able to us
those men to take all OF Asia to conquer the meel
people Of India and take that country and the Eng
! lish.
This is the third great scheme for the COquest o
Asia that We read Of 10 history.
Alexander tie Great tried it, and he succeeded
he conquered Asia, using Asiatcs to 6ght Asiatics
i In addition to bis own MacedOnians.
But while be conquered Asia, be could not con
QUsr Alexander. BE died. after wearing purpl
cloth for . short time in Babylon, and the grea
Asiatic empire O WhChhe had dreamed Tell to pieces
Napoleon dreamed also Of AsiatiC conquest. H
even planned the costume which be should wear rid
ing around on an elephant and decided tina { 81
Eastern religion would suit him better than th
Christian Teigion-al religions being alike indifer
ent to him. HE incnFsiOR into Egypt vas g feeble
and rathera disastrous step toward Asatie conquest
BE felt and be said that Europe was mere nothing
and that Asia was the real field for conqueror.
His dreams Of Asiatic control ended on the Island
Of sc. Helena.
How are the AsiatiC dreams Of the Russians to end
That is the question which this var may settle, q
least for the present.
Alexander vent into Asea when Asia was e fab
BY and deienseless as g rotten orange. Power ant
dissipatioh had weakened the rulers, and after hi
troops first aFprise ct meeting elephants, bits pro
gress was as easy as knife cutting into s0t cheese
The Russians begin their attRck upon Asia unde
very different conditions. They face 8 small deter
mined, Intelligent ruthless people, combining th
Vgor VI primitive, halfsavage race with kn0Wledg
Of modern war, wonderful resources and ID addition
the sympathy Of civilization.
japan stands il the eyes Of the world as 3 nation
that bas successfully OOmbated adverse conditions
She has thrown aside foolish traditions Of autocraCl
and has developed along modern lines She defeat
ed, with the greatest ease, her powerful Chimes
neighbOr.
Russia, on the other hand, represents the perpet
uatOn Of autocratic government and autocratic bru
tality in ell its forms.
It would indeed be g sad day for the world II vic
tory should GO 70 those things which Russia stand
for ingOvernment-the autocratlc rule Of one man
representing both heavenly and earthly powers, IN
scrupulously exercised BY corrupt advisers, il
whose hands be ia g tool
The situation is complicated, and very seriously
cOmplicated by the fact that the English By treat
hare promised to defend the japanese should AM
other nation take hand Ia the var. The French
On their part, have promised 10 side with Russii
sl'guld che find herself engaged IN 3 thTee-handes
conflict.
Il is possible, therefore, that the world may eel
! the great French nation, 9 genuine and 8 geoFiou