The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-06-08
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crs 10 ,h sick room Of Admiral RO-
jesty nsky Ia the naval hospital a.
sascOo. togs;her with a letter piais-
ing his courage and fidelity 10 Rus-
sla and extending sympathy for his
wounds and expressing hop that be
may speedily regain his health. 4 sim
liar lett vas sent 10 other wounded
Russian soldiers and sailors. Admiral
Togo called ia person upon his dis
tiuguishtI prisoner. spoke .lowlngly
OF his gallautry and expressed tn
HOPE that b. might soon be able 10
re'ru HON
Ir i- well known thai this Kind and
courteous treatment has been accord
I'd all the Russian prisoners in Japan
Iy both the government and the p-o-
pl. We have alluded heretofore 70
lug schools for ihe iliiterate Russian
th. unprecedented action Of establish
prisoners. thus enabling them TO spend
their time in better eqmpping them
.elve. Tor The struggle of lie after
rtr Wal has end d and they are re-
-au'ng 10 their homes in Russia.
History affords no parallel for this
Tie phitc 'acs- have rarely trea'e'!
.ih,ir enemies with either courtesy of
llnu,ss. on the contrary. prisoner
La,4 i,on accorded treatment Inorc
s-rd han otberSise From days-of an
tlquity. when it was the custom 20
put captives to the sword, down 10
,his good hour. The hi Of the prisoner
Of war has been a hard one among
white races with The exception OF the
kindly treatment of Jhe Spanish p1f
oners Al the conclusion Of our war
with Spain.
During our civil war the prisoners
suffered greatly. Federal prisoners dur.
Ing the latter par OF the war suffer
cd unusual hardships. but this was due
to The impoverished condition Of the
south. The northern prisoners got the
same fare a. the Confederate soldiers
in the field had. Even ~ that the NOR.
tality Of federal prisoners was not as
II, AT a. the Confederate prisoners.
Neither side likes 10 talk about the
hardships which prisoners of 10th
sides suffered. Among the noted pris-
onors OF the war IL is notorious that
President Davis was 50 badly used
that even the northern newspapers
protested.
The pagan japanese. however. .have
set the world an example in the hu
man treatment of prisoners. a lesson
which the so.callcd Christian nations
should learn along with the o,her val
uable lessons " the war. We are anX
ious To learn of The maryclogs meth
ods by which the little sons Of Nip
pon have won victories on land and
soa. how they maintained uLsurpass-
ID efficiency of cOmmissariat and
transportation. the wonderful work o.
the medical corps which has resulted
in almost total absence Of deaths !
from disease. Let us not fail to appre.
ciato the courtesy which prompts a !
high official to send flowers To the
sick room oi wounded prisoner. II .
was long ago said that the brav,st
arc the tendercst the loving are The
daring Record
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Senator Long OF Kansas advises the
people Of Oklahoma 10 writ. letters
back cast telling their friends about
conditions in Oklahoma Th Kansas
senator says this course would aid
the statehood cause wonderfully rhc !
visit Of the editors TO Oklahoma and
Indian Territory will. in it's result. .
equal the sending Of tens uf taou
ands Of letters.
The labor difficulty In Chicago seems !
to have sImered down TO quarrel |
between our old friends Montgomery. |
Ward a Co. and Sears Robuck 4 Co |
Everybody knows them. They are the
ones who send out a train load of cat
alogucs every year and receive twu
train loads Of money in return. In the
catalogue will be the picture of a rock.
ing chair costing $213. 4 home mer.
chant would sell the same chair for
sl75 You send the money for the