The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-15
JAPAN APPLAUDS
SUICIDE Of NOGI.
His Standardization Regarded as
I. Magnificent Act OF
,#llh Patriotism.
HoN0RS FOR DEAD POSTPONED
Messages Of Coincidence VIII
Not BE Sent for Sew
eral Days

Toxic. September II The dramatic
death Of General Coun, Marcsuke Nogi.
the soldic hero of Japan and that o.
his wife the Countess Nogi. who yes
tcrday coinlidcntv with the dcpar-
turo from The capital OF tho body o.
the late Emperor Mutsuhito for It's
iinal resting place at Monoyama. COM
united Suicide thc general by esshing
his throat with sword and the coun-
tess 10y stahhins herself I'm tile abdo-
men. arc regarded hy the great sol
diers of Japan and oy INC generals
other countrynen as a magnifcont act
OF patriotism.
But the nation hciue i'm the deepest
mourning and the new Emperor he
ins forced into scclusiom hy the death
NJ his father IT is impossible to con-
Ter the usual posthumous houors. and,
lconscquently, General Nosi olicially
IS not dead 80 messages 81 condol-
eucc in connection with the suicidc of
The count and countess VIII bc sent
i1or several days.
! Plans OF EnyoSs UuchHnEcd.
, Emperor Yoshihito To-day uNpressod
Nhc wish ;lint none of the plans OF the
bpccial foreign ,uvoys be changed
.Phllandcr g. knc>. the spccial Aincr-
lican ambassador. and his suite viii
visit Nilslo this afternoon Nit.r.
eightsceins among Tho famous temples
and mortuary shlincs There. the Amer
lean Secretary OF state VIII return
70 tho capital Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. KnoN VIII he received iu faro
well audience by the emperor and will
attend d luncheon at the palace Non
day
Tho other special ENJOYS are visiting
Various points OF interest
Profound scnSntion Caused.
dee
sation. and expressions of sorrow wero
heard on every hand. Especially
griefstrickon was Irince Arthur, of
iConnausht tile special envoy of Great
EBr!tain TO the funeral Of Nutsuhito.
IL rinco Arthur was 10 nave gone with
General Nogi to-day to the former
capital OF the Shorunate Kamnkura.
Those who knew General Nogi we'll
'declarcd that his cenncss IN killing
himself was the Kind OF stoicism he
always had displayed. no matter what
crisis faced him. They instanced the /
famous charge OF the Japanese up POS
NJ eter Hill in the Russo Japanese war
when as commander OF the Japanese
iIhird army, Nogi saw the Russians
NOV down hts forces In hundreds. /
among them one OF his own sous, and
quietly and fcarlessly continued tho
battle, taking the Mill and eventually /
receiving the surrender OF Licutenaui-
General stoessol at Port Arthur.
spartan Trained for War.
The suicide OF General Count Nosi
and his wife strange rs IL sounds 10
Western ears. was. after all. In keep
ing with the whole life and character
OF tho man. In all that he ala, IN
which he required OF himself no less
than OF those who served under him.
the dead soldier represented stern
CT age and q more SELF forgetting
principle thau is common under Occi-
dental civilization. lie was Samural
born. and as q sainulai lac died. car
rying out tho ih' last eNtrcne that
devotion to the N mory OF his master
which IS summed ny IN that curious
doctrine OF Bushido.
The man who could hear without re-
pinlng that mis- TWO SONS hal been
slain IN one batil. ana could order
through all the Ions months OF the
siege OF Perth arthur wave after wave
OF his gallant litue soldiers 10 GER
tain death Before Russian guns and
beyonets Was only cnrryiue out the
teachings o. his creed when he re-
fused TO survive The monarch 10y whose
virtues his own military glory had
been won. g
Count Mafcsukc Nori was horn 1855
a Choshu Snmurai and was grown %
manhood before the great Japanese
awakening. His birth destined him 10
The profession of aims aud like
Spartan lad the whoi, 81 hts training
was directed 10 train him "a hardi-
hood and valor when be wns only
Fourteen hc was studying the art OF
war at the capitsl of the Lord of tho