The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-13
The eyerts in the Far 1t have have caused used
n cu,nnlcfc revolntIoi,tiu 1 opinions held

The egerts in the Far IT have cal i luscd
n complete revolution in opinions he 'ls
byg the nauons OF F5uropcr here was Ger t5
tainly no person In Eufe or even ~
the United States, 5Wo lullsdl l, u, "a
thought that Japnr. Won "a re 20 deciurt
war against Russia. liial COUNT s.
hcrHeIf. though foresecy tnat slle ME Z.
4 have II o show her teet 70 req la'te ~,
dirfcrenccs With the ,,ss Empire of the
T,,sinr SIN {. lad al bs,y eI 81, no idea thai
stfie recent events mIt thkc pay 10,
II ,,ts i, IL, "a ain Mo filed to recognize
III, tmnnrtan ca Of u rapid progress OF
Japar. And still ttis.lcs III
81 1,ni,t =, o,.a maj GTs kllometers OF rail-
.ssa AN ma, .iv thousand factories
~ ,,ti,i,,,sIf ~ n =, has even for d mo-
" ,,.n,,t ~, !. rI,,ed B ii this people. which!
& nccnr fish his In at. incrtlt-
bio short space slllle' i'''s ~
M ~ nra "a opinion held here in
~. ,,ca Nv = mi. which. luckily, is only
:, al n,,ro,i Iof our nation. HAVING
INV tttrtv veal thought OF japan as Il
ion. cana blinly OF making fans for
~, D. MALE, they have suddenly
4 - ,,o,,tod onot tIand more dangerous view
,das,ists III Jaurcs, who have be-
come ware the rapid progress made
III 81, ~, t5natt and the growth OF social
att IDEAS Japan, have become raw
;n mol, anthustlc over this little rlsirs
people,.
TO be petty FRANK. men sre.a' .io ~.
SatsadY OF lssia, but 3 T. they had only
,aken thaf }ubla Of looking deeper into
M case ~ would soon have found
,at the Jhnesc in stillshlgher degree
nossess tYfault for which they blame
Y tha Russjf. Z. y, ~ y. q, Y. /,
4, 4 tion III for this reason % he lla 8 III
c1rrel tltlislike OF the Socialists. hut
n.Rnssls are far from being a war
1iko nj I'D Tho character OF the Slav-s
ish9 peoplis 3indolent, passive, patient
A A q mia lie / sensible. VI 81 I'VE
-s.IananA (ioh has given herself O. par;
lin,nent Il she has adopted our .nla- (.
chimes stlhas kept her MI kafo nndsherss
fnnat lc bt in the teachings Of ,Buddha.5
'S,rha nab have always been fondSof &
var and Idly to fight upon the 81 ight-3
cst nrovtiol;. No other nation can
,,oint "a dstorysof g 1000 years OF almost
inccss,na rfarc: the. history OF no other.
nationsib blondy as theirs. ~,
1i5 Not sJery long ago. &at tho end Or
& the sixuth century. at the very time
when Fly ~. Of France said that hoi
u lad "a lgher wish than that every
N TrencUmily might have q chicken Tor
Il It's so} pot every Sunday, q 8militar
,,ictatAn japan sent to- the Mlkadol
10 ivan bousnnd human noses and forty
thousl human enrs, cut from the hoads
o 1'1,uJ the reign of Louis XIV. tho
Janah nlassacred $1,000 Christians. who
ind b to Shlmbaro, and precipitated
1ooOdore from tho top of a high cliff
sat I entrance to the harbor4 Of Ma a.
Milton in the world has so profound
n |oampt Of death aud 30 little regard
58 forb lives of others as the japanese.
/; thot ~ qualities essential to an ideal
nifty nation.
aI| Japanese have a great horrof OF
foI1ersS and In this respect they even
suss the Chinese. a fact which Is
eA proven by events which have
III place even during the lifetime OF
1lpseseit genera ton. # 4
una WAS in 1865 that the Mikado wrote
p Nhe chief Of his army; you will
Yer all your soldiers to chase all
}igners out Of the country, You will
u )ep them out IS q broom sweeps dirt.
III you. will report the accomplished re-
Is t to me- n u III
If II ! know very we'll that all this is
4 hnged, that the old Nippon no longer
lists, fiat Japan has become q Euro-
Ian country and is treated ms q Euro,
ban nation. Is IN .. &
jIn3thIs very circumstance turks a dan
Eer which may become fatal to Europe
ff we do not open our eyes and look
1ecp INFO tho violent and 8treaeherous
Of this little rising people .
Because Japan has changed the urlr
'orln Of her soldiers, hecau use she has
ADOPT ed a parliament, because she has
bought ~ navy q nj limi ta ted our social
system, witt far gree ter3s 3 prolet T,
We admire them and attribute 70 them