Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-01-04


zhibiting a Ratchet with its BLADE
roken off near where the handle
entin, he unraveled the following {
arm: 'sWhen I was crossing the ;
.Ocky Mountains, was attacked. oy
band OF seventeen Indians. l Kiiieo
xteen of them but the last one hao
head SO hard that it broke tne
stchet right in two" After inc
rowd with gaping wondermept nau
lspected the stored instrument Oh
cath, Ash added, "Now you can BE-
eve that story or not, just as you've
mind to, but don't believe woro
fit."
Since the revolution of 1868, whe |
the old feudal system was overtnro"h
Japan has shown remarkable ability
in adopting western institutions sne
has built railroads, lines of telephone
and telegraph, foundries and ma
chine shops, in which are manu1ac'
tured apparatus for silk weaving
tea-refning, and e-cleaning. LII
1884 she introduced thorough ana
extensive system of education mod
eled upon that of the United States
At that time also the English Ian
guage be gan to be taught in all puoiic
schools. In 1850 the Japa nese were
granted a constitution. Sufficient
] war vessels have been constructed
J and bought to form strong navy
- An army has been drilled anc
equipped. MIR. Robert Lewis, VINO
was with the allied forces at the cap
ture of Tien-T sin and Picking, com
mends the Japanese soldier on oil
rect appearance, generosity an'
cooperate. habits. "The Japanes
war faring man." says Mr. Lewis
fights like one impassioned; no 10
noy01 Ioara of the word fear.
1900 the Japanese contingent, " say
Chamberlain, an eminent autnori'
on everything pertaining to Japai
lsO Shy common consent, bore away On
palm from the allied forces who
: relieved Picking: they marched fas'
= est thew fought best, they wei
- most amenable to discipline, tne
)ehaved,most humanely towards I'll
E conquered. 1t were prooaolV
xaoceration to assert that Japs
q low disposes of the best army IN u
for world for it's size"
,gle AS to the probability OF W
.ork between Japan and Russia, oplni
n the east seemed to be divided.
T. Chinese diplomat, we'll known
- Washington, told me he tn Dug
Vn0' there would be no outbreak, that
various rumors of war were noun
d but newspaper fabricatioas. "A e
e. tleman from K orea, however, thous
rr,I that conflict between these i
III II nations would come sooner or la
Wv and the only question was DIS
when it would occur. Every
agreed that both nations were rea
| shall refer to a paragraph Ii
y recent number of the Harp
. Weekly in this connection.
n Mikado's possessions are relatlVel.
small that the population is serio'
ouu, pressing on the means of subsls1el
uUNlThe fundamental cause OF the
nroaching war is in truth the cal
hunger that compels the Japanes
tfaut attack Russia, which debars them
week a"t,ot on the Asiatic mainland.
e late ortlat thew must have or look forv
to proximate starvation and uit1n
extinction. 'Ehe apanese cons
that the Liau-tung peninsula is I
see Us rightful property, fairly gained
war. and that they we're robbed
by Russia when that power, actin
sizes conjunction with France and
many, compelled them to retroce
To China in return for an additi
money indemnity. The retroce
Iors' was, of course, a rick, for sea
4 had it been made when China
forced to lease Port Arthur ano
IGS.a adjoining territoryto the Gar"
Questions suggest themselves al
\ noirt. uHow targets JAPAN"
tie f. many people does it contain" :.
~ ponnlation of japan is about Al
,OilarS GOO more than half that o
Belt, s.otas The area of
island empire, exclusive OF FOL
and the Pescadores, is ABOUT l
imouot .os or about the sal
- that of the state OF Montana
sixteen per cent of tins area
me, territory not quite equivaie M
included by the state OF Yves
GINA, can be cultivated l L. sn'
mer. added, moreover that many