. A staff officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese war. mount ofhard work into digging something useful in Osaka theywould each have earned at least two yen (four shillings),instead of only rebuke and criticism. At this Y. lethis reins drop and held up both hands, a very unusualgesticulation for an undemonstrative Japanese, exclaim-ing, Why, the fellow ought to have been prepared topay at least two yen for the honour of digging anepaulement; if such ideas find currency there will soonbe an end to Japan! He went on to give severalmore instances, but admitted that • the Osaka men hadfought
. A staff officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese war. mount ofhard work into digging something useful in Osaka theywould each have earned at least two yen (four shillings),instead of only rebuke and criticism. At this Y. lethis reins drop and held up both hands, a very unusualgesticulation for an undemonstrative Japanese, exclaim-ing, Why, the fellow ought to have been prepared topay at least two yen for the honour of digging anepaulement; if such ideas find currency there will soonbe an end to Japan! He went on to give severalmore instances, but admitted that • the Osaka men hadfought well at Nanshan. That, however, he consideredwas only because they happened to be personally en-thusiastic about this particular war against Russia, andno one can possibly calculate, he said, how long such aselfish, individualistic motive can stand the strain ofhardships and long absence from home. We next talked about the Russian threats of bring-ing successive armies of highly trained Europeans fromthe Far West, whilst the Japanese soldier would neces-. Tawaratodan Hidesato, a Celebrity of Ancient Japan ON HIS BREAST IS WRITTEN, HE BECAME A DEMON GUARDING HIS COUNTRY On the Makch at Last 227 sarily tend to become younger and less highly trainedas the war dragged on. We all agreed that furthervictories and conquest of territory were the best anti-dote to this danger which largely existed in the imag-ination of civilians, who fail to understand how eachsuccessive army would tend to become more and moreatteinte en sa morale, and thus rendered progressivelyless effective by the defeat of its predecessors. Finally, the discussion turned upon the terms ofpeace Japan should impose at the end of the war. Thegeneral opinion seemed to be that Manchuria shouldbe given back to China, and that Port Arthur mightnominally be given back also; but that there shouldbe a clause in the treaty saying that Japan would takecare of it until she was strong enough to undertakethe duty for herself.
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