The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-02-20
MISSIONARY DAY.
ADDRESSES ON JAPAN AT THE
 r. If. c. 4.

pr. Sidney L. GuIick Tells of Change
 in Attitude of Japanese Towards
 PrisOners-IransfOrma of Japan the Great Argument of Foreign Mis- sions-worIx Of the Y. M. c. 4. Among the Soldiers Told by Mir.
 Fisher.
 Yesterdays meeting at the T.. M- c.
 A. building was a special one in the
 interest of Christian work in Japan. Addresses were given by Dr. Sidney L.
 Gulick, for sixteen years missionary
 and instructor in Japan and Galen M. Fisher, who also spent several years in
 Japan, and is now in Cambridge talk
 ing some special studies preparing for his life's work in the foreign field. L. T. Snow, chairman of the religious work, presided, and introduced the speakers.
 Two solos were sung by Miss Martha Sprenger, Heaven is My Home and Send Out Thy Light
 March Religioso" was the selection played by the orchestra. The respon- sive readings were led by J. Quincy
 Ames, who for two years did work in
 China, and is now in the Yale law school, and prayer was offered by Dr. Gulick.
 In his introductory remarks Dr. Gu- lick said that not since the battle that
 decided the Greco-Persian war 800
 year B. C. has there been a more inn
 portant struggle than that about to
 close, viz, the war between Japan and
 Russia. T wish to speak to you," said he. upon the treatment of the 1 Russian prisoners by the Japanese. To appreciate what they have been doing 1 in this army we must recall the treatment of old Japan of her enemies.
 The prisoners were usually beheaded,
 and those who were left alive were
 often mutilated. Their treatment of the Russian prisoners is the more re- l markable when we consider how the Japanese soldiers have been treated by the Russians. know of instances that
 are appalling; where the eyes of the
 Japanese men were removed and the sockets filled with mud; powder ex- ploded in the mouths@of others: Rus sians refusing to let the Red Cross so-
 ciety take care of the sick and dying. In the face9of all this, what could you
 expect of Japan?" The doctor then de- scribed how the Russian prisoners were
 cared for in the hospitals by the Jap
 anese nurses; that $40 month was spent in caring for P prisoners; more
 money per man being spent for prison CTS than the men in their own army.
 The doctor believed that this great change in the attitude of the Japanese toward the enemy was due largely to the Christian thought and ideals which
 had permeated that country during the past century. When he had finished pr. Munger, who was in the audience, rose and spoke in highest coillmendation of Dr. Gulick, of the books he had written and 1 the work he had accomplished
 The transformation that is coming over Japan is the great argument for ] foreign missions. Information as to the
 results already secured is sufficient to convice the most sceptical. ? l MT. Fishers address was brief but in- | teresting, and impressive. He told how i the Y. M. c. A. obtained permission I to begin work among the soldiers and
 that through the practical work, the as-
 sociation is carrying the gospel through l the 100000 picked men at Manchuria 1 into the small places of Japan, as
 every piece of correspondence paper
 has the association imprint upon it.
 The officials are asking for more men and supplies. The association workers i visit the sick men in hospitals hand
 ing them Testaments and giving con
 certs in the various wards with the
 graphophone. Nine secretaries, six of
 whom are Japanese, are doing work ir
 nine strategic points. The government
 gives free transportation to our men
 and goods. Such concessions ito Chris 1 tian workers on the part of Japan is
 not much short Of miraculous. This is our opportunity for if we capture the
 Japanese army we capture the Japan
 csc people. ,. t.,,"$~r as -n4 ...,. .5'1~ :: l MT. Momikuras a Japanese student I who was on the platform during the l addresses, made a few remarks.
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