The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-06-03
"H0W ARE THE MIGHTY FALLENp

The long and anxiousiy mooted encounter r..
tween the Russian and Japanese navics AFT I...
came to passl 1t proved a signal Spectacular
victory for the little brown devils'-the ersruba.
condemned heathens of the Celestial Empire. in.
how spectacular gaping world is scarcely able =.
realize even after the lapse Of several day.
The humiliation Of the great White Gar and
his myriad Of subjects is complete ovcrwhoIn.r...
complete.
And great is now the 1Iikado far greater n,
tie esteem of an astouuded world than "a cala ia.
view Of his valiant achievements would justify
Reason, in abundance. have the dmfau,fr,
Japs for qualification and pride in the issue of 1
war; for that this sanguinary conflict practicable
ended with this battle upon the waters there cam
be no reasonable doubt
The marvel of it all is that the little JAMS
little as individuals and as peoplc-yauqu-aaI
the big Russians-p popularity roputcd to be- nor.sr.
the most formidable world power since the days at
Rome. in her most halcyon period
And the skill and prowcss exhibited by her i.H.
foe in this momcntous naval conflict. To prscrir-
ally annihlate a navy with force deemed scarcely
its match, and to sustain, in the cncouuccr, dam.
ages in every sense insignificant. it uos -rcr.
taclc to excite the envy of the gods
But, has Japan actually vauquished Russia.
Most assuredy, No.
If the Gar now abandons the contc, fer 81.
premacy in Manchuria it must he due to choice
choosing to relinquish the prize tatIer than m PSI,
a stupcndousy dsproportionate price for its retcn-
ton: choice, perhaps, forced upon him from,
pressure within his own dissatisfaction realm but
not q necessity due to the superior strength and
proves Of Japan.
1t must, however. be mgrudginglv admitted
that the valiant 1Iikado and his more valiant
troops on land and sea, are entitled to the admira-
ton and applause Of the world. What though
their victories OH land we're due, perhaps chiefly.
to superior numbers on the ground and their
naval victory seemed, for various reasons an all
most foregone conclusion: the unparalleled de-
cisiveness of the latter, as we'll as the pluck and
sagacity manifested in entering upon the contcs.
in the first instance, and the military pluck and
prowess exhibited throughout It's progress, Ger
tainly challenges the admiration of all unbiased
lockers on.
And what of the future, as a consequence 0.
this disastrous defeat on the part of Russia and
most signal victory on behalf of Japan!
We are not ambitious to pose as prophet in
this instance, but shall rest TRANQUILITY assured
that the event has no vital significance one way or
another, for the world at large. Should Japan wax
ntoerably arrogant in consequence, of her valiant
achievement, there can be but little doubt that an
internally tranquilzed and iudiciousy recuperated
Russia will be only too glad, well as abundantIy
able, in the of year or two, to administer
to her whiom foe wholesome rebuke. and to ef-
fectually put quietus upon any yellow peril
that may aggressively and abnoxlously manifest
Itself
Russia would hardly await the behest of the ma
tons pursue this course but will probably do so
in pursuance of a hankering for retaliation,
whenever (f ever Japan shall become so arrogant
ly aggressive to render herself obnoxious to the
civilized world a whole. With the implied moral
support of such state of affairs the little yellow
race would be no match for united Russia--as,
in fact, she is not today.
The outside" world, let US repeat, need not be
unduly concerned about the victory of Japan and
the defeat of Russia