Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-28

.-m,wra ApAN'S fierce ana uh'
f'mHWIuul4lu3 swerylng determina-
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kWAA ,,on TO bring about the
III oyerthrow Of Port Ar
,hur at any cost was
tE0 never mystery to
gAAsgfr1111 4 mankind In general
,.xas< II was only military
dinlomats who insisted
scien'is,s, % ~ nuzzled. Diplomacy takes
upon pei ,,sree OF sentiment ana Ja-
no o os'I was clearly the feeling
s uI' bae its Judgment deep III ."o ''~ =,
lnas ' oeart that healthy species OF
il0na n,triae Of which the occidental
n a,rJ has hitherto appropriated '"0
monopoly has accomplished her
Nov sacrifice of life and treas
ooJee, - has appalled, the world, now
IRE t'p' ,auonal sense of justice IN APP
thal w ejaculation concerning her as
p eaSS~ Of the hard won prize is agi-
pv sng rapsn's friends and foes WIN az
tauns annal Inslstence. Now that the
lnos' Nod Gibraltar Of the east Is hers,
dlsl'.'' ,rm she do with It.? Her beliet
wus' 4, WAS not impregnable has been
tha' and her faith In her own power
hmmiuate 1t has been shown 10 De
'o,ional. Great as her triumph I'M
iau 'S,oalv Is. will she regard 1t as SUM-
uou ,o WIN she endeayor TO derive
sor n some recompense more mate
Io, man the Joy Of victory with which
= Anil the memory of the CHASTITY price
~, has been demanded and paidY
II Japan adheres to her original IN
n.ton EXPRESSED openly and oft re-
aa,ed during the course of the invest
gent she has no desire to become a
n.onrlctor OF any portion of the Asian
,noinland. She has more than once de-
dared unreservedly that she did not be-
", The war from the motive Of terri
.orlal REQUIREMENT. Although her per-
s,s,ence IN this attitude seems incom-
rrehensIble to the western mind in the
lsbt Of subsequent events, 1t would be
IN line with her unbroken course OF
amazing sincerity II she should abide
hv her early promises. 1t must be re-
hammered also that her voluntary re-
,inouishment Of all schemes OF territo-
rlal expansion was accompanied by a
nlainly expressed warning TO all other
nations that they would be expected to
exhibit q like moderation.
one thing, however, is inevitable. The
.Iapanese will remain IN Port Arthur
nntll the car abandons his policy of
Muscoyite extension in Asia or sue
ceeds in finding a way TO dislodge them
Since neither of these possibilities Is
imminent, the doughty island warriors
wifi be Port Arthur's tenants for so
long time that the national policy Of
nonextension of territory may be mod
fled
Although the restoration OF the fallen
idol will be a task which must demand
Incredible patience and the expendi-
tre Of vast amount OF treasure, IL
will doubtless be an undertaking pecul-
iarly congenial to the Japanese temper
ament II will mean a regeneration de
nONO, w Htn Tue NlNlplS tlttieu lHS
fallen town they found literally nothing
intact. Upon taking stock of their pain
fully acquired assets It is little wonder
that one Of Japan's most distinguished
engineers clapped his hands and ejac-
ulated feryently "Oh, that we had this
spot as II was in the beginning, fresh
from the hand Of naturel Then we
could have done something with It.,
Now It will be like the exhuming Of an
other Pompeii,"
The 5000 ablebodled Russian soldiers,
remnant Of the original garrison, were
no problem to the resourceful con-
querors; they viii be treated with the
broad humanitarianism which before
now has called forth the admiration of