The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-03-02
JlPlYS MARTIAL SPIRIT
,,..,oyABy TELLS HOW THE PEOPLE
THIRSTED FOR WAR.

II van Dyke, Who Left fo-
"' ,,, In January, Say" 1t Had
National Trait and That
covernnent Could No Longer
restrain the People.
r,.o Pew. E. II. Van Dyke, mis-
INV to Japan Of the Methodist Prot
sun church. who left Yokohama on
eS'1I - and arrived the other night in
J J,sos city, was interviewed by re-
hr+l Of the Kansas City Times to
whom lie said'
" AZ was not surprised to see that war
tocnn Before / left Japan mass
u',y had been arranged to arouse
n ~, ,,ooDIe in favor of an immediate
s s-,I Of war, but the government
No,,nnr6sspd the meetings. But the Jap
oso neoDIe were already intensely ca
~ ~nr to fight Russia. They have known
9or roars that their co%ntry and Russia
' ~ eventually be a2t war, and all
t,rouab Japan there is strong hatred
~ Rnssia, The aggresslons of Russia
bad CALLED the japanese, and the pru-
1onco and patience of the Japanese
roralnnont in negotiating with Rus
sio had almost overtaXed the people.
They wouldn't have submitted to Ion
cor DELAY feeling that Japan was ready
for war and delay would help Russia.
"T,he people had become so aroused
ocoinst Russia that considerable coax
inc would probably have been neces-
cory TO get them to stand for the
terms the Japanese government pro-
posed.
"Unless the case becomes desperate
# is not likely that Japan will have to
col for volunteers. But If volunteers
oro needed there won't be anybody left
IN the country but the exceedingly
Young and the gray headed.
mTbe Japanese are decidedly more
favorable to the United States than to
any other nation. They have a feeling
that if necessary the United States
will at least show strong sympathy
and not suffer them to be annihilated.
MARQUIS Ito and Governor Taft had
long interview at Yokohama when the
latter left for the United States week
before 7 started. 1t was reported there
that Governor Taft had said that the
United States would be neutral, but in
timated that if necessary a definite
frendIiness might be expected toward
Japan.
"Tle Japanese have the same rever-
ence for their emperor that most de-
vout Christians have for God. They
would lay down their lives for the en-
poror or for their country, which to
their minds is the same thing. The
emperor is also popular through his
personality.
There are many political parties in
Japan, but all of them united in de-
handing the beginning Of host1lities.
There We're a few so called pro-Rus-
SLAMS who advocated conciliatory
measures to avert a war, but they
were like all the others, ready to fight
Russia If necessary"
Inc lSeN. Mt. van 1Jyke ueul1Oueu
the reply Of the newly elected presl-
dent of the lower house to the emper-
or's message in December. The reply
roasted" the cabinet for allowing
Russia to delay a war, and the house
approved 1t unanimously. The result
was that the house was prorogued.
The upper house, consisting of mobiles,
made the usual formal reply to the
message, The president of the lower
house is Of the opposite political party
from Marquis Ito. This house is elect
ed by the people, and fits act was the
result of pressure by and sympathy
with the people.