The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-02
Over the Nuts and Wine
By FRANCES coURTENAY BAYLOR
Japan.

Japan.
We had look al Mexico and things
Mexican last week. Suppose NC now
take one at Japan. the riddle Of the
future for us politically. When our
own fine. heroic fobson declared that
ridiculcd as an alarInist by our people
and papers. l3ut now that a distin-
~, German military critic is Of
force .earrisona OF the Philippines,
Guam. Hawaii, Porto Rico and Pan
ana hastily and to patrol tho Gun 81
Without especial interest. both 10 those
Who have and tl.nsc who have not
travelled there. Nc arc likely TO hear
good deal about that little mes, OF
yellow Jackets and perfect hornets be-
fore long. for Japan needs tcrritor:
oanly Tor her over-popuiated country.
sword Is her only friend, and She has
can rely on Il. She thinks. TO gct for
her ali She wants.
The history ~ Japan goes back. az
matter Of clear ana undisputed rec
ord, oyer 800 years, when the En-
peror I.mmn conquered IT, For a long
time Osaka was It's capital, and there
IL an account or the reception Of thr ae
Chinese ambassadors In the hell Of!
reign Of the Empress Sinko. All Eu-
ropean history is comparatively mod :
ern as compared with the land OF the
chr%santhemnn1, tho crusades the
ancient an affair Of yesterday. stand
Ing on tho delta OF the River Yodo
md traversed ~ its tributaries. this
temples gardens. tortrcsses, nourish
ing trade with Korea and China, its
schools and rnarts, and marvellous
It's crafts when all Europe was stepped
In the nis.s and foEs OF ignorance In
material Development, IN architecture,
in all International relations that were
everything that wc call civilizations
This old. old country was prosper
o o,a; ., alert plrrooEreksye creation OF the
was first discovered: It was financially
and commercials important when
Caesar invaded Britain when the
with wood and wearing skins and car
ryins clubs, Japanese daimois were
clothed IN 'nagniiicen, daimois We're
heir sides tina, Toledo could .rt ma ten
hundreds Of years later in exquisite
damascenlns. temper and ornament,
selves have never surpassed and knew
MI that VIC know Of the arts OF peace
and war, OF government. OF that East,
whlch indeed gave TO the West It's re-
tant past which is lost to the world
otherwise: prehistoric. a marvellous
people always this, as all its records
show brave. intellectual. as acute as
lar.ng; patient. sccrctivc. with the
Eastern capacity for profound thought
erd the Eastern blots on all its
achievements. duplicity and cruelty
Ia race presenting remarkable class
distinctions in a nobility cNnuisitcly
sensitive in all that could affect their
honor: generous and self-sa cviiicing :;
n middle class that is noted for insin
ccrity and thickness in all trade deal
ings n lower class that is perfectly
French In frusaiity. industry and pa
ticnt bearing OF great evils until It
suddenly develops the tiger that rcnds
everything. and that no one. nothing.
can hold or bind. that will have It's
rnanglcd carcass and blood. Only in
religion and during the last century.
medical and scientific attainments have
VIC ever been the superiors of the Ian
anese. SO they arc no mean foe should
they throw down the glove and enter