Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-21

country. Japan feels new impulses and
her civilization has struck deep down into
| her heart. She win not retrograde; she
| will not get the big head as II may be
| called, by her successes over her gigantic
| foe. and the western nations need have
no fear that her victories will make her
| arrogant or DESTROYS OF more than her just
rights in the scheme OF nations
When Japan conquered the Koreans 300
| years ago her victorious armies cut OF the
| ears of 10000 Koreans and sent them back
| to Japan. where they were preserved and
| a monument erected to the conquerors.
The shrine may be seen TO this day. How
different is the mode OF treatment now ac-
| corded prisoners OF war. During the Chi
nese war with Japan the latter were once
forced to sink a transport because the Chi
nese thought that they would be treated
| as were the Koreans. After the sinking.
however. the Japanese picked up all the
| Chinese they could find and cared for them
| as tenderly as they would have done for
| their own. The spirit Of the nation had
| changed Not that of the Russians.
When they sank Japanese transport dur
| ing the present war they sailed away and
left the drowning and wounded japanese
to die in the waters.
| Il saw prisoners of war cared for in the
! hospitals of Japan at a cost far in excess
or that for the care of the soldiers of the
| emperor of Japan. and when these Rus
slams went away they shed tears because
theS mad to leave their captors.
Emperor Sends Compliments.
When the prisoners were brought to ia
| pan the emperor sent his compliments and
| expressed his sorrow that any of them
| were hurt by his soldiers Japan IS not
| at war with the people of Russia: she Is at
war with the government of Russia, and
she wishes all the world to know this and
| understand the difference. She has been
Inundated since she was compelled by the
| combined fleets OF the European powers to
| return Port Arthur to the Russians. a for
l IA in
| Chlnese She has been Inundated eyer
| since ana II Is sufficient to understand the
| nish moral character of the japanese when
| we recall that 100 Japanese officers conn
| mitted suicide when Port Arthur was taken
cowardice " ia
During the early mart of III. nraso,. ,,.
Japan saw her soldiers and her women
hedpeu with insults and indignities She
| saw corpses strewn over the battle6eIds
some or them with their arms twisted from
| the sockets some of them with their eve
pals gouged out and balls of mud inserted
IN their places, and others so disfgured as
| TO be impossible of expression here This,
| 1t would seem, was enough 10 demand ra
venge and retaliation. Yet the Janapese
nave not taken advantage of their victories
| 10 Wreak vengeance. but have treated their
prisoners as honored guests and sent them
home lovers of all Japan. One chief sur-
| geon told me that he had personally per-
formed 600 surgical operations on the pris-
oners at one hospital and that 30 per cent
surgeon
| said that this was primarily due to the
nature of the wound of the long, thin bull
| let OF the japanese army which was a
most humanitarian weapon and incanact-
lated soldier, but did not usually kill
| him. '
Glad to Become Prisoners.
ut has come to pass when Russian sol.
| diers are glad to be taken prisoners by tho
Japanese. for their comrades who have
| been captured have returned to them with
| tales of their kindly treatment until the
| others long for similar experiences Tho
| Christianization of Japan has been steadily
| going on for the past thirty years and to-
| day the great men of that land know more
about western civilization than we our
selves do. The youth of the land have re-
| ceived their education here and in Europe
ana they have impaired their knowledge to
| their fellows They are no longer oriental
| in their manner of thought. but are q
F.. united people. possessing the best charac-
tersticS of both the east and of the west
| Prof. Mclaughlin said the inaugural ad-
| dress of President Roosevelt was a classic.
| in that il brief and that his thoughts
were beautifully expressed He compared
| this with the first inaugural address OF
| President Jefferson, to the great credit of
| Presidenet Roosevelt, and said the two men
were very much kindred In the relations
| of their thoughts
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