Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-06

there is is dealt with by police regu-
lations. the means employed being
admonition, fine, detention. or imme-
diate redress of the wrong done
our method OF work being essen
TALLY cducative, books. booklets and
lectures are much resorted to. Such
works as Beautiful joe BLACK
| Beauty" "Thc Strike at Shane's." "a
Dog of Flanders" have been translat-
ed into japanese, One popular writer
of fairy tales writes and lectures along
the line of kindness to animals. and
his influence among young children is
very great because he has endeared
| himself to those little cnes with his
| other stories. A young and earnest
| friend of animals has organized a chill
| drcn's band of mercy in Toxic He is
| lecturing to the children of his neigh
| borhood from his sick bed. There are
some daily papers and magazines that
| pay special attention to our subject
| and write often to promote kindness
to animals In the police force. in the
army, among teachers and professors
and writers-almcst every circle in
| society-there are some preachers of
our gospel to extend the kingdom of
love and mercy.
| The president of the parent society
at Toxic is a Shinto priest, Baron
Senke. ex-minister of justice, and its
| vice presidents are a Buddhist preach
er and a Christian ex-member of Par
lament. In this way, animals are
! teaching men of diverse religious opin-
| ions q work tremendously together
| for one common cause of humanity
4 well-known jurist is our legal adj
wiser, and among the most distin
| guished promoters We find such names
| as Count Okuma, Baron Kanda, Baron
| Gen Fukushima, and so on. The presi-
dent OF the Yokohama branch of our
| society is Gov. Baron Sufu, and that
of the Kobe branch Gov. Hattori. En-
| rolling the services of these distinguish
| ed persons as officers of our society
| helps to Gissipate the foolish notion
that it is a maudlin sentimentalism
| to make much fuss about lower ami
mails. A third branch has sprung up
| at Shimoda through the earnest eff
forts of a Buddhist. priest, This place
| is well known in japanese history in
.conneetion with Commodore Perrys
expedition to open our country to
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1t goes without saving that we eve
much Tor the founding of these hu-
name societies to the direct and indi-
rect assistance and encouragement of
American. English and German friends
! of animals, either in Japan or at
| home.
| Memorial services were held for the
| horses killed and wounded both in
| the Chinese and the Russian war. and
| a Buddhist priest is travelling all over
| Japan to raise funds for erecting a
| monument to the memory of the war
| horses lost in our recent national
| struggle. His idea is to set up in a
suitable place a statue of a horse with
| the Ruddha of mercy. KWannon, on
| its back. The author of Human
| Bullets" tits English translation pub
lisiied in Boston and London}. most
| sanguinary story of real exp ariences
of a young army officer in that horri
bic seige of Port Arthur. has told to
his readers a soldiers tender feelings
| toward the most faithful of ali ami
| mails, perhaps. except dogs.
| Fortunately we have abundant ma
terial, both in history and in literature.
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stories to children in nurseries, kinder
| gartens, and schools to illustrate our
Unborn creation. Just to name a few
| instances, our 10th emperor and his
| queen consort banished man to a
distant island for slaughtering a deer
to offer the venison to their majesties
This animal lad lived not far from
their palace in Osaka and been accus-
tened TO entertain them with its
nightly calling. This compassionate
act took place before Buddhism was
| brought to our shores and before Con-
| fucianism had hardly time to human
| ize our ancestors About 140o years
ago, our goth emperor distinguished a
| man by appointment to an important
post in his government because he
had been brave enough. and good
enough to save the life of d wolf that
had been fighting with another This
humanitarian emperor's daughter be-
came our esd sovereign. This gracious
| empress thought that hunting. which
was one of the court functions of the
emperors. was not becoming her sex
and instituted gathering medicinal
herbs in the field with her ladies-in-
| waiting and other court digmtaries.
And tine herbs thus collected We're
given to the government dispensary
for the good of the sick. From this
We still call fiower-viewing eXcur-
sions. cherry hunting. maple hunting,
and so on. There are, also. many in
stances in our history of women who
gently persuaded their husbands or
fathers to stop shooting animals for
mere amusement. In this way. love
OF Nature and abhorrepce to cruelty
have become part and parcel of our
national. character, and l believe and
sincerely hope that ever the modern
life of strenuosity will not lead US
astrav very much.
| CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT.