New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-29

est plans now submitted TO Congress.
How paltry. how inadequate arc these
American measures IN preparedness?
Yet. they are better than none
Three more japanese quotations ana
my work is done. The first Is from
the lips Of Princes Asaka and Hlgashi
Kuni, as printed in the Osaka
Mainichi," June II, 1914:
Princes Asaka and Higashi Kuni IN
company with their fellow students OF
the Military Academy. were taken to
visit the battle grounds OF Mancnurid.
While on their travels they were great
Is impressed with the immensely CT the
plains and said If they mad not adopted
the profession of arms they would Ike
10 engage in farming on a large scale
in Manchuria
Continuing, the princes said, after
graduating from the Military Academy
they desired to join the service NJ
Manchuria. Truly il is the duty of the
subjects of the empire 90 expand be
yond the seas. Nay, we have the right
TO put an end TO the thousand times ten
thousand indignities Of the half-heast
Yankees
"The United States is nation anH-
lOuS lpI ptdCt d. any piI''' o't l0
woman's country, and women love
peace" are the words of kazan kaya-
hara, the MaXimilian Harden Of JapaC,
in recent number Of "The Third En-
pire," his own magazine. translated and
reprinted in "The Far East OF Oc;o-
Der 16. 1915, the last issue Of .he ,apcr
10 arrive in America.
Waves Cannot Remain Calm
Remembering the existence Of the
super-censorship imposed by the Jap
anese Foreign Office last September 10
prevent the publication Of any article,
comment or news which may iniure the
relations of japan with foreign ma
tions; remembering the recent publica-
tion Of japanese Bernhard book In
this country, which has called forth the
unanimous condemnation Of the leaders
Of japanese thought as "the irrcspou-
sible utterances Of a penny-a-liner,
hack newspaper writer in Japan let
me cite the following illuminating o.
tract from The Far East of OctO A
q, 1914:
"'Tsugi-no Issen' CThe War 20
Gomez is the title of a popular Jap
anese book published in Toxic early
last summer, since when several edi-
tions have been issued. The authors
name is not given, but it is now gencr-
ally known that he is a commander Of
the imperial navy with a reputation for
literary work. The sale OF the book
was forbidden FOR some time by the
government authorities for reasons
quite obvious, though It was later per
mitted TO be published with revision
here and there. The following preface
tells of the object Of the writer in pre-
senting the japanese with book which
is somewhat sensational:
"'Is a war between Japan and Amer
lea inevitable? That is the great qucs-
tion for the world TO solve in the first
half of the twentieth century and for
Japan a question Of the utmost signiii-
cance. have witnessed the
cruelty and misery of war with my own
eyes and again have read the farreach-
ing effects Of war i'm the annals of past
battles. ! am not q whit behind others
in the ardent desire for peace. But If
the arrogance Of the Americans toward
the japanese continues as IN The near
past and If the deficiency Of Japan's
how can we expect the waves Of the
Pacific TO remain calm and tranquil for
many years 10 come?
LET Is direct our attention to the
sea only, and then no storm from Sibc-
ria is TO be feared Even if Japan re-
mains IN her island empire, what shall
we do with the yearly increase Of half
million of our population? Japan is
now in a dilemma. Have you. my dear
reader. an iron will and determine
ton p"
Let Us not forget that the German
Won Bernhard derived his source Of
inspiration from the Japanese Let Us
remember that il pleading for cduca-
ton that would create the spirit Of
the German nation General Won Bern
hardi cold his countrymen;
"The education Of the whole Jap
anese people, beginning at home and
continued at school. was based on a
patriotic and wariike spirit. That edu-
cation, combined with the rapidly ac-
quired successes in culture and war
/ fare, aroused in the japanese a mar
strength. They served with pride i'm
the ranks Of the army and dreamed OF
! heroic deeds. All the thoughts
! OF the nation were turned toward the
I coming struggle, while in the course
| OF several years they had spent their
/ last farthing IN the creation Of
powerful army and a strong feet. This
was the spirit that led the japanese
TO victory. The day when the young
japanese enlisted was observed as
/ festival in his family"
General Won Bernhard repeated i'm
/ the above quotation the words Of the
author Or THE Work OF the Russian
General staff" H. explaining how Japan
prepared for the conflict with Russia.
! IS history being repeated In summing
iun bis rhsDter on "The Army and
I Popular Education" General Won Bern
| hardi concludes:
I'VE may learn something from ia
pan on this head Her eyes were fixed
on the lIftiest aims; she did not
I shrink from laying the most onerous