Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-04-15
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Japan's total area is 147 $50 square miles:
Russia 5 Is s, $50. 1876 square miles.
Japan's population Is 4S,760.Sl5; Russia
Is 10. OO45f4.
The japanese Empire consists Of five prin-
cipal and eleven smaller Islands; the nus
sian Empire. exclusive Of the Kwang-Iung
Province, comprises one=seyenth Of the land
surface of the globe.
Japan has 14,6O2 towns. villages and
cities; Russia has $50 cities and settle
Japan,s total available military force
numbers 603, 116; Russia's 46OO,o00 war
streneth).
Japans army Includes 203 battalions of
Infantry. with 1000 officers aud 1913, 40
men; Kussia's $50 battalons of infantry,
with $1,000 officers and $4,000 men;
Japan military force is equipped win
684 cannon and 81 $50 horses; Russia S, o.
500 cannon and 100, 600 horses. 900.
Japans artillery force numbers 4,loo'
Russia, $4,000. 20.
Jepnn's army reserves number Te,47s;
Japan's possible naval strength includes
1913 naval vessels of all kinds RUSSIA "a
vessels.
eludes 31.379 officers and men with o'Zol
officers and men In reserve: Russia has
65,o54, with 3o,50o in the reserve %
Japan's navy includes battieshlps, -
armored cruisers, 3 gunbonts, 10 torpea9
destroyers 3S first and 30 second anu
third class torpedo boats; Russia S, 70 pat
tleshps ID coast defense vessels, III nrsI-
class and IS secondclass cruisers ana 100
torpedo craft.
The largest warship In Japan's navy, the
Mikasa, was built In 1900, Is of lo,oVV toas
displacement, and carries a crew OF 800
men; Russia's largest was the CesareVllcn'
destroyed by the Japs, Of 49, 100 tons dis
placement and carrying a crew OF loZ neh
Japan has nine naval bases In the far
east Yokosuka, kure. saseDo, MaI1paa'
Nagasah, Kobe, Matsouai, Ominato, Iokas-
hika Tsushima; Russia has three-N ladl-
vastok, Dalny and Port Arthur.
Japan has nine coaling stations-Yo kosu-
ko, 5asebo, Maizuru, Tokashika, Kobe, ON
lnato. Matsouai, Nagasaki, Kure; Russia
has three-Dalny, Port Arthur, Vladlvostok
Japan's output of mineral wealth IN q
year was 7,471 600 tons OF coal and ~, 446
tons Of iron and steel, Russia's, 11,6lZ,9oz
tons of coal and 4,Sie,0O0 tons of iron ana
steel.
Japan's acreage under cultivation Is T.
1880 acres; Russia's. 211 ,517, 700
Japan has food producing acreage equal
to one-quarter of an acre for each head OF
population; Russia's equals 9.8.
Japan enlists annually 100000 men In its
army and navy; Russia, 10000
The CONSUMPTION age for the army In
Japan is between II and 40 years; In Rus
STA all between the ages of y and Az are
liable.
Japan's infantry is armed with Midi
magazine rides, holding five cartridges; E9s-
ria uses the 'three-llne magazine rAne,
Japan's cavalry is armed with sword and
carbine; Russia's carry sword, rife, bayo-
net and lance.
a monarchy, but really 1t Is nearly repubii-
can; Russia Is an absolute monarchy.
In Japan education of the young Is com
pulsory; in Russia, almost the opposite Is
true
Japan has 2s,677 schools; Russia, 18TH,
including military and naval schools
Japan's schools and universities are at
tended by 7,709,424 students, taught by o.
616 teachers Russia's schools have 3,TT9,-
e1S and 113,9s4 teachers.
Japan has 80 libraries, with a total of
522, O04 volumes; Russia has far less, con-
Quoted In connection with schools.
In one year Japan published 2o,S14 diff
ferent books; in Russia, 1881 were pub
lished.
In one year Japan published 800 different
periodicals (monthly, weekly and daily, a
Russia published 748 periodicals, In IL Ian
guages.
In Japan absolute freedom of religious
belief and practice is extended by the CON
stitution; in Russia the Jews especially are
prosecuted.
Japan's chief forms of religion embrace
shintoism, with IL sects, and Buddhism,
with 10 sects; Russia's established religion
Is the Graeco- Russian, officially called the
Orthodox Catholic faith.
Japan's religion is not a state religion
and Is not supported by the state; Russia )
religion is a state religion aud the Car is
the head of the established church.
japan has 191 ,906 shrines churches;
Russia has 99,626 churches of all denomi-
nations exclusive of 1875 monasteries, where
a.0T6 monks and 697S aspirants are housed.
Japan's last budget placed the total an
nual revenues at $3.50, 815,41S and expendi-
lures at 1886 212, PAS; Russia's revenues to-
tailed $e48,516 $50, the ordinary expenditures