The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-03-22
PICTURE OF
THE MIKHDO
Claims Descent From
the Gods
DREAMS OF NEW CONQUESTS
America Should Keep Powder Dru
and Steel Sharp
DREAMS OF NEW CONQUESTS

James Creelman, in the April Pear
sons gives the following graphic pen pic
ture of the Mikado of Japan:
Observe the sullen, calculating eyes Of
the Japanese emperor. Mark the square,
bony face; the long nose, straight and
high nostrilled; the heavy, crushing
jaws; the massive, out-thrust chin; the
menacing mouth, with its coarse lower
lip-the general sense of aggressiveness,
animal power, and dogged purpose in
the fighting figure, hand on sword-hilt,
body resplendent with the symbolry of
war.
This is Mutsuhito, the military master
OF Asia, who looks across the Pacific
ocean with ever increasing interest at
the practically undefended American
coast and our helpless and coveted pos
sessions in Hawaii and the great Phil
ippine archipelago
1t is not so long since the American
people felt the vague thrill of contact
with a new and terrible power, when
that swarth imperial countenance
frowned and there came from his island
nation, that so recently fawned and
whispered undying friendship, a sudden
voice of threatening, voice harsh
enough to stir the president of the Unit
ed States to an attitude of apologetic
Cancellation.
1t will be many years before the
Panama canal will allow us to swing
our warships swiftly from the Atlantic
to the Pacific
Meanwhile Japan is within easy strik-
ing distance of the Philippines. She has
standing army more than FIVE times as
great as the American army, and, al
though she owns the fifth navy of the
world, she is now building more pow
erful battleship than the mighty Dread
naught and is adding to her war strength
with an energy and enthusiasm that
keeps pace with her sleepless spying
upon American harbors and fortihca-
tons.
While the world has been watching
and applauding the Japanese generals,
admirals and politicians-Ito, Kuroki,
Kodama and all the array of heroes and
elder statesmen-it has forgotten the
Japanese emperor, who sits in his guard
ed palace at Toxic, the one great man
of the Far East, dreaming out his
scheme of conquest and sharpening the
sword with which he has already won
the hegemony of Asia.
1t has been the custom to attribute the
spirit Of conquest to the mill
tary temper Of the people expressing it
self through various political leaders
but, whoever may be in the ascendency
at any particular time, young or old, sol
dier or civilian, the same soul of ambi-
ton, the same relentless, scheming brain
that puts its trust in gunpowder and cold
steel, continues to inspire and control
the empire.
Looking steadily through the mystery
one sees the inquire OF Mutsuhito, hand
on sword, close-mouthed, cold, watchful
the greatest living monarch, the polit-
cal genius of his age.
This great man, who looks at Ameri-
"a from under his heavy eyelids with |
such an avid glance, is fifty-four years
Did and he has reigned forty years,
onger than any other living ruler, save
he emperor of Austria.
Mutsuhito claims to be descended
rom a line of gods sprung from the
,un goddess, Tensho Daijin, whose first
Mortal successor was Jimmu Tenno, the
who ascended the japanese
hrone six hundred and sixty years be-
ore the birth OF Christ.
The master of Asia can trace back