The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1905-09-08
I FELTON,
ATLANTA
JOURNAL

tons at Portsmouth gives a most re-
markable view of the Toxic govern
ment and the general japanese cnar-
acter. Had Russia been the victor
the demands of the car could easily
be stated in one word, namely,
greed" but the mikado has shown
not only moderation in victory, but
the greatest forbearance in dealing
with a rough and unfeeling antago-
mist under his feet.
1t stands to reason that General
Oyama's victorious army could have
passed over other leagues of Russian
territory with more ease than before
Port Arthur and Mukden.
The Russian navy has been wiped
out in the Orient. Russia and Gen.
eral Linevitch could not retain the
island of Sakhaleu last month and it
was only question of little time
when Vladiyostok would have surren-
dered to Japan's conquering troops.
Yet the mikado was as gentle with
the ear as with an afflicted child, and
when NJ. Witte cried mot kopeck'
the mikado Inundated Russia by do
ing an unexpected kindness to a help
less but frahtically enraged enemy at
his feet.
The time is near at hand when Rus
STA will b.. painfully sore under this
extraordinary generosity. Some IA
vors are more CALLING than sword
cuts to sensitive mind. There is an
independence of thought and feeling
in doing ones full part in action and
in bearing bravely ones own partic-
ular burdens IL defeat, n all great
crises. France, doubtless, preferred
to pay the great money Indemnify
imposed by Bismark rather than owe
any sort of obligation to a grasping
discourteous foe in such an emergency
as happened to France i'll the early
seventies.
True, Russian pride will suffer in
tensely because Japan could hold her
self erect after immense war losses
and give Russia liberty still to act the
churl in regard to its recognized obli
CATION as the defeated party.
To confess ones inability to pro-
uect ones own country and yet refuse
to make proper amends ON this wise
must be always hLmiliating to nations
as well as in individuals and while NJ.
White clutched the kopecks due to
Japan, the Iatter said: BE It so. We
can afford to do a magnanimous deed
in spite of your unwiIlingness to meet
yoer war debt. If you are not will
ing to play the gentleman in settle
ment we cannot afford to butcher
your people for the sake of your
money. With Us humanity counts
more than kopecks, and little Japan
will rot slaughter those poor Russian
peasants even if their imperial mas
ter prefers 20 see them butchered to
hold on to his money"
NJ. Whites victory will turn to Dead
Sea ashes when he sees where Japan
has forced Russia to place itself in re-
gard TO indemnity.
When people go to law the decision
of the courts will be sustained by civil
superiority. When nations agree to
make a settlement after one has sus-
tanned defeat and the other won a
victory, public opinion will sustain
the honorable ones and frown on the
recalcitrant and contentious. Russia
has saved her cOpecks and Japan has
stepped upon plane above her in the
estimation of the good and great of
all the earth.
Russia has more money than vaIor.
The cars income is reckOned in mil
lions per week, yet the car author
lied M. Witte to give up Manchuria
and Port Arthur and all the rest of
the territory overrun and held by ia
pan and yet refused to pay kopeck
to save his suffering armies in the
field from further slaughter.