The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-13
SECTION TWO

French as the diplomatic language. 1t
IS no secret thai the advice as well as
the good wishes OF the British and the
American governments have been always
at the call OF the japanese cabinet: the
part that we have played is to our credit,
II not 10 our advertisements. II was Sec
rotary Hay who said that no one might
boast Of his conquests either in love or
in diplomacy. Our usually Quiet legation
has found itself occupied with the work
whose Importance is none the less be-
cause IL may not be celebrated
When the chanceilery has been decipher-
ing cablegrams FAR INFO the night the con-
tents OF the messages have dealt with one
Of the great cities OF the worlds history.
Any one who believes in a trained dip
lomatic service in place Of hit-and-miss
appointments or inexperienced men. inns
in our conduct of affairs here the gap
stone of his arguments. MI Oiriscom =
experience as attache and charge d'at-a
flares ia other lands has told. lie has
made great name i'm Japan. Associate
with him is Huntington Wilson. who has
Deem seven years AT this post one may
well ask il M Wilson is 10 remain g
first secretary forever; if he il never To
get his promatiOn and transfer; 81 his
country IS never % make broader use OF
Ever. Japan is the land Of paradoxes.
Despite their delicate art. their tea cere-
Japanese are prouder of their viriiity than
any other quality. From the daimois
and their followers in 9rmor who cash
across screens and kakemonos, YOU
might think that the first requirement
OF high command was to lead a charge.
Yet the great soldiers arc desk soldiers.
, and at this moment Japan's greatest
sailor is not at sea
Dewey of Japan.
Ito is the Dewey of Japan. He won
the battle of the Yalu. the only naval
battle OF modern times that was severely
fought on both sides. In fact. he IS more
than Dewey; ne IS the Japanese Nelson
Dewey and Farragut in one. for Japan
ese naval glory begins with The Yalu. Tho
Two great military heroes are Eieid Mar
shaiS Oyama and NamaEara. Ito is tee
chief OF the board of naval command
Oyama is the chief of the armY's general
starr In the forthcoming ca1lp5isn IL IS
unlikely that Ito Will go 10 sea and
Oyama may not take 10 the field. These
master minds or grand strategy arc cX-
pected TO remain in Toxic where all the
telegraph lines focus.
Yet Ito Is not an old man He is as
vigorous as he was In the DAY Of his vic
tory. In England or America the people
would demand that he be abOsrdship. In
/ Japan there is no such call The mikadO
thinks him more useful IN Toxic than ON
1 the bridge Reason seems on the side Of
I mat policy in the age when messages fly
/ through the air as we'll as over a wire.
and either collier or squadron is
moved by pressing button AT the ad-
miralty. Admiral Togo, the fighting
commander of the fleet. and Vice Chief
| OF Staff General Baron Kodama are the
/ two men whom Japan holds directly re-
SPoIlsloie Tor victory by sea and land
/ Togo is the wainwright or the Chine
! japanese war, which he began by sink
i lng Chinese transport on the principle
! that 1t is best 70 fight first and psrley
/ -tterward. The work which he is TO do
| IS the work that he has fully expected
! erEment practices the policy of selection
/ IN both army and navy. With the ma
| ton life at stake. favorftism. il is SAID
has counted for little.
Inside Not AttainabIe.
No attaehe or correspondent may see
| far as we know of their actually, they
! might be a phantom fleet I'm phantom
I harbor. whose movements viii be as
/ mysterious as those Of the Fixing Dutch
| man .sN-o5, nil l-7'ov- al ttS ,1etsifs
/ when we have won victory said a
I japanese They you may go dbroad.
/ perhaps. but IL you are defeated 1
| suggested Then there will be no fleet.
was the laconic answer
! At least, we know with our own ewes
/ that the general staff is a reality The
! building itself il as unDretentious as
barracks. The doors are open, and there
I is no fire in the hall. The old attendants
/ who sit in European chairs on the
/ threshold of the military power Of Japan
! call for the interpreter at sight of tho
/ foreigner. He sends YOU 70 the typical
I waiting room. There YOU await the aide
| de~camp. who takes You to the general
TO the Won Moltke Of Japan.
Young Men to the Front.
Kcdama has no big roll top desk. or fine
! plush carpets under his feet. or big
leather chair TO compass his official dig
nifty in comfort and ease Instead of
| having been for years the source from
! which a great army had been directed,
mis- office seems more like the temporary
headquarters occupied by the command
ing general in the field They say that
Won MOltke had so far completed his
work on the eve of the war with France
| that all there was left TO do was 10. draw
I q paper from a pigeOnhOle- There We're
/ few -pigeonholes in front Of Baron Ko-
dana, and few papers in them, In a
/ minute he could stuff all his DOCUMENTS
| IN his pocket, his aide-de-c CAMP could
1 seize the maps. and the general might
I at home. But possibly il was not his
I real office; possibly he used the room
only 70 receive foreign visitors.
kOdama has been called the Roosevelt
of Japan. Every country has its Roose-
| Welt now Energy rlt1s from the finger
tips Of the little mani say little be
cause beside foreigners all Japanese seem
small I cannot imagine him being still
Tor long at a time or ever hesitatinE on
the brink of decision. He is another com
| parauvely Young man. All the working
hesidS IN this campaign are in early mid
die age. The Japanese have not waited
on war TO eliminate their superb unua g ed
colonels and generals Kodama's vigor
Is that of % He has the Sd me advantage
of physique that spells endurance in
! and sturdy. The man who pacified For
7 moSa; the man who bad to resign as
minister OF war because he was fnVsIu-
able In the staff is 4 soldier of many
parts. He has quick humor and boy
I lSh interest in events a. large His re-
sponsibilities have not sat SO heavily upon
him that he could not laugh and chat
llgntiy over the possibilities of winter on
the other side Of the Korean straits.
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