The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-08-07
WORDS AND DEEDS.


master Of words; and this is true es.
pecially Of the japanese. The Rus
/ sian. on the other hand. and II may
be said OF the white man as a general
proposition. is person given to much
/ speaking.
The difference Is aptly exempllfed
In the conduct Of ,he leading men and
the leading journals Of the two ma.
tions now parties to the great war
in the Far East Nothing has impress
sad tn readers Of the war news and
Of other sensational expressions drawn
out by the incidents and accidents
Of the war more deeply than the sue
cess and silence Of the japanese. The
generals have cschewed tall talk Their
reports have been brief. to the point,
colorlass They have handed out no
cooked interviews. They have made
no speeches. They have promised
little and done much Even the Jap
anese statesmen. including politicians
II they have any, have made no yer
bal attempts TO discredit each other
or TO boost themselves. While one
Russian statesman was criticsing and
condemning the policy Of another daily
through the press. and even Generals
as they travel homeward from fields
lost 10 the epemy made speeches or
passed out at every station interviews
and replied bitterly denunciative of
other Generals, who had questioned
their ability or conduct. until the
press of the civilized world was filled
with the wordy warfare, not one line
has been said by enc japanese states
man or General that Is in any sense
derogatory to another.
II Is quite true that in most cases
there has been little cause Of com.
plant or ground Of criticism. but In
the peculiar makeup of human ma.
ture that is cnvious and weak II Is
well known fact that success moves
the rival to do his worst quite as
often as failure does
During our Civil war one of the
.main hindrances ON both sides was
the rivalry and jealousy which prevail
ed among some of the high men in
the army and at The capitols. Some
| Of these were quite as bitter and
quite as talkatiye as the Russians.
/ There has never been any great civil
disturbance in any part of the world
in which it was not thus save in this
| one instance Of the Japanese.
The difference is brought out very
clearly in the record made during the
| last month by NJ. Wittc. Since his
commission reached him he has been
busy with tongue and pen. He began
by handing out daily interviews TO
the press. and followed It up with
talkative s-speochmalling tours,
we would call ito Germany,
France and other countries. lie did
not hesitate to employ the wireless
while at sea, and had barely set foot
upon our shores when he gave to MS
an argument to prove that Russia Isl
not bested and that she has not
dreamed of suing for peace.
After examining the history Of talla-
tive races generally and reading NJ
Whites recent foxy interviews design
ed for a well known purpose to i'm.
press the public mind, and then. ex-
amning fairly the marvellous record
made by the japanese and by other
silent races with a fair show, one is !
impressed deeply with the hollowness
and vanity Of that sort of civilization |
which runs too largely to mouthwork
and other vulgar means of seltadver-
tisement and with the soundness OF
the old saying that the man OF words |
and not deeds is like a garden full
Of weeds,-News. -