The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-07-29
Jap HerOism Due
to Ancestor Worship
IN No OTHER WAY CAN ONE ACCOUNT ron rHe WONDERFUL
COURAGE AND DEVOTION or THE LrrLE BROWN MEN

THE Is 50 The perfection ef the
military organization ia apparent
the thorgushnrsa OF every detail b.
there. the mon are brave. hut ail
these do not explain oNefYthtuE Tho
men 90 other nations ste brave ana
set they would never have atefmrd
the heights ot Van shan The rvaa
SON Is further tu aeck.
Thsro is mo- other race like thia
race. aud there r. mo- telling where
tt viii stop 10 r. this ability 90
think out matters thoroughly that
uHa enabled the Japanese a. raise
their fnrgra to 30 high a point
ty ca wonderful system 90 ldaptn B.
tiau and assimilation ala the ideas of
other nations have been taken.
welded together and the Whole tam.
proved aud made japanese What
Japan has duur uusht ta br possible
Oh every nation the msts aud tho
Information arr thaJr To- Do chosen
from liut the personal foundation
81 missing thr material a. the COME
mtnd uf Japan n different from that
boz any other land
And SET al urat sight It would APP
pear az If there could never be
found men less naturally fitted far
sola3FfF Largely drawn ffam an aE-
rIcuitunt population. the eonsripta
ARE for The most part eeE~tafiana
men ha have never seen hiaad in
WeiH lives The conditions II their
homes are peaceful and IS trmpsfa-
Went they are the harrIazt 10 men
What powef EXISTS then that is able
t1 transform these peaceful farmers
into the daredevil heroes who
s,ofmei the Russian rutrenlh-
mrufaF
Tbefr are two great elements
vhish must he taken iniu account
The arst, ana hy Far The greatest in
ruruee. "a chat exercised by anHeH-
tors0uIahlu
The Nruant.ou 90 ancestors is
universal lu Japan. and has been 30
during even the ieufll times. II Be-
mo- gkAvEefation To saY that every
japanese Is an ancestor uurshinprf
This entails upgn him the ousfaus
iutf 20 30 living that be shall be
EooH ancestor 20 his descendants
o. tnure. death ends tn duties -
a citizen ia Japan it emily begins
thsm To knou that fdf committees
generations che family Uiu Fathrr
together 10 Fenerafe thr memafY %
the departed cannot faI Co have a
rrast effeat upun the HaiIIrr.
uisE nee on the field - battle does
not affect him alone. lt touches his
family his ancestors and hts de-
sceadants- Every soldier feels iu
battle the countless eyes 81 hts an
cestors upon him. and the eyes -
bis descendants yet unborn. and Co
% anYthiuE shameful ia Impossible
To Disgrace himself would usan
that BITS spirit would have 90 sander
about unVeHefatea. hIa nsfua would
BE- wiped agf fhr family faliu and be-
would cease to rsiat tn the future
How deeply this sentiment affects
the nation may b gathered from
the great attention that IL uaid o.
the granting ~ puafhumaus hanoru
Co saiiisra and sailors "a ~ have died
on the f~ld n distinction.
The second element which makes
thr soldiers what they are q ne
effect q the teachings 81 EuahIdn.
she ethical code ~ rhiFalrY. The
muHt terrible % al disnfarrs the
most unforNiynhls - al sins uas
60 a. anything shameful The lap
aneae soldiers combine the best al
vautarrH 81 a fanatic ulth those %
thinking and Intelligent individuals