The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1907-05-10
POETIC JUSTICE.
Shown in KurOlzi, Japanese General,
and Son of a Pole.

Shown in KUFOl1i, Japanese General,
and Son of a Pole.
The Denver News, in an article on
Poetic Justice term that arrests
the attention with curiosity and won
der-pOints out an instance in which
an exile's son chases the army Of the
car:
Myron Reed once preached a ser
mon on Poetic Justice sermon
which, in the minds OF those who
heard it, was one of the masterpieces
Of pulpit literature. His text, o.
course, was the much quoted passage
from Esther: so they hanged IIa-
man on the gallows he had prepared
for MOrdecai" Reed admitted, IL the
course Of his sermon, that poetic JUS
tice is not so common in This world
as we might wish; but, he said, it Is
vastly more common than we some
times think As one Of many illus
tratiOns, he told Of an instance that
came his way one time down in New
Orleans 1t was the day Of tho death
Of that splendid soldier and Christian
gentleman, Robert z. Lee. The city
was in mourning, Of course. Houses
and stores were hung with black. One
man, bookseller, had covered with
crepe great globe that stood before
his dOOrs-a globe with the map Of
the world upon it. But the wind had
rufhed the draperies, and, when Reed
came along, Europe, and Asia, ard
America, and the islands OF the sea
all were in mourning; but Africa was
smiling in the sun.
An instance Of poetic justice quite
equal to this is recalled by the pres
ent visit Of General KurOd to James
town.
If there is a land in the great round
world on which the hand OF the op-
pressOr has been heavy, that land IS
Poland Parted among the three i'm
perial thieves Of Europe, Russia, as
the greatest brigand Of them all, got
d
did she treat her spoil. No one has
ever questioned the courage Of the
Poles But they have always been
fatally divided; and even united they
had but a fraction OF the strength OF
the car Yet again and again they
have revOlted; they have faced over
whelming odds with reckless courage,
and Russia has calmly poured out
blood by the bucketfuI till the revolu-
ton was quenched-
The greatest and most desperate OF
these revOlts came in 1880. When IL
was over, Poland was q shambles.
Tens Of thousands had been killed in
battle or butchered in massacres; as
many more were on the road to
Siberia, and all who could get away
were seeking safety across the Dor
| der. Among these last were three
| brothers named KurOvski. They had
fought splendidly, but when the bat
/ tie was over, they had been fortunate
enough to escape. Their estates were
cOnfscated, Of course. and their blood
attained One OF them went to
France, where he died. The News
/ does not now recall what became Of
| the second brother. But the third
made his way, first, to Java; thence to
Japan He married & japanese lady
| Of the Samurai caste, and settled down
as a subject OF the mfkadO. His son
/ is the present General Kuroki. The
child Of the Polish nObleman whom
Russia drove a beggar from his home
| is the man who has headed the armies
| OF a nation on the other side OF the
globe, and on a dozen battle6elds has
] driven theftroOps OF the car in head
flOng rOut before him. All the taxes
Russia has ever raised from the stolen
territory would not half pay for the
damage she has suffered at the hands
/ OF this one eXile's son.
The mills OF the gods grind slowly:
but. verify, they grind exceedingly
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