Evening star., 1945-09-09

speak clearly on this point of righteous
ness, and then let them exercise their
soldiers and discuss the subject of war,
that they may be prepared to inf1lct any
punishment which heaven demands.
No sovereign of any kingdom should be
unprovided for this.
1T happens, however, that when peace
has long prevailed. these important mat
tiers are sighted and thence comes the
decay of states But, in our country, the
due precautions for safety have been
we'll attended to. Our soldiers have been
trained; the art of war has been dis
cussed; guns have been cast; ships have
been built, day after day, and month
after month for many years, and now
our troops are like those of the ancient
heroes, Tang and Woo. 1t is in this
way that We have secured continuance
of our peace. If we had not done so, some
nefarious ministers or powerful thieves
might have arisen TO excite confusion,
and to begin to plunder, and We should
be unable to punish them. All over the
globe the strong destroy the weak, and .
the great swallow the small, as if societies
of men were like collections of tigers
and wolves God, by his spiritual per-
vasion, however, sees with a parents
heart how his children impose on their
strife with one another. Must he not be
grieved? Must he not be moved to pity?
Who Shall Rule!
But the world may be compared to
a fish pond, and every nation also. There
cannot be wanting worthy princes and
heroic lords Who is he that shall go
before his fellows, whip in hand, to
execute the laws of heaven? Now great
changes are occurring 1t is time OF
revolutions, when every prince should
set his heart to act in obedience to Prov
idence, and labor for the good of his
people You-now live in steam ship
of the United States and you wander
over the seas. Have you seen such man
as I indicate? If you have not, pray
you, wherever you go, to inculcate the
principles I have stated on every SOW
ereign and ruler; so shall the wishes OF
Confucius and Mencius, so many CEN
turies after their time, be made to shine
conspicuously in the whole world.
Herewith, with these observations,
beg to return to you your documents and
set upon you with my desires for your
happiness
AS for gain, Ping probably did not live
long enough to witness the transition
from mere expectation of raw materials
from Japan to a highly industrialized
nation, whose cheaply produced articles
flooded the counters of world merchan-
disc marts nor the rapidly developed
merchant marine. After him were to
come years of expansion, development
of intrigue, reinforcement of army and
navy and territorial aggrandizement.
Japan's Idea of Peace
AS for peace, in the s1-year span be-
tween Pings letter and the occasion of
the occupation Of Japan which has now.
resurrected 1t from the cobwebs of an
tiquity, Japans continuance of peace,
included; -
1s60-Imperial order expellins foreisners
s IsesDKagoshima shelled after brutal mur-
~ Gsahimonoeski raided and sooo,ooo
sssDsn Rsss % eSnsss Shas in Ts5 ( Ka,s'
1soo--Japanese enter Boxer Rebellion.
Sih nsVs svsff bases in kor..
iisi44teha isi4-aot into World World War, seized German
1sI5-Extended leases on Port Arthur and
IslS-Invaded Siberia to help White Russ
slams and remained after other Allies had
slss},. lSsG.R9rdsr Border clashes with Russia split
Is2I-Jugsled navy into third position on
1s25-Landed troops in Shanghai and Muk-
ia2s-Ran chiang's forces out of Man-
.Issi-Finished army conquest of Man
1e32-Drove Chinese out of Shanghai !
1s35-F6fced Chinese out Of Peipins and
SadsssFss ss war .sa with S.nsS ssns
as 1s4o1set s 's'''W up Wang chins-wei as puppse
is4iSPeaTi Harbor.
AS for prophesy, Ping wrote: IF gssn
be what is sought for bylit. it will only
develop the lusts and angry passions
of men and there will be melancholy
termination to what may be begun un-
der good auspices
Now Pings great grandchildren stand
to lose all their colonial empire, theiy
far-f1ung possessions rich IN, the mate
rials which their own volcanic islandt
lack. They stand to strive for years "a
come in order to erase the wrongs cont
mitted in the name of an Asiatic sphefe
of co-prosperity. Under inenacing gul
and watchful eyes of aroused nation1
they will be circumscribed in word, de(.
and action and be seryilely made to
atone, truly melancholy ending t.
negotiations which were set up 81 yea
ago with no ulterior motives and a pusx
desire for mutually beneficial relation
ship. J