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SUNDAY MAGAZINE for AUGUST 27. IMS f rvery c-oeh-making mind, every Kacondiitht -f the world's history, we seek to make famih.tr to our children a- an imjiortant part of their educa tion. "I lii- is mr moral educational method. The reader may judge of how far it- va!t:e ha- 1-cen jir'iv-j.1 under the -evere test of tile prc-cnt struggle ::i which we are engaged. War 5- war. It iva your Oener.il Sherman who said "War i- Hell!" Nothing known to human xperien, e - wake- the elementary savagery in hmn.iu nature a- the armed, faic-to-face ami hand-to-h.itnl oniliit. the struggle anl the thir-t for unc another's Mood. Ami js.rh.ip- the great c-t pride whkh we of Japan feel in the rc-ull- of tin war this- far i- the -nice of the iron training in -clf-repre ion which we have -ought to impre-s ujMin our soldiers. We have adhered as ilo-ely to the art ii le of the Red "ro Society as humanly iii?Me. We have fought as Kt we could in a struggle for our national ei-tcnie which was foncd ujmn iii:litit whenevertheliattlehaiemled. our treat ment of our prisoners, on the field, in the ho-pit.i! and in capthity has 1-cen -uh as to win the heart felt eiitomtums of the pri-oncr- thcm-elvcs. "A pri-oncr of the Japanese ii mui.li letter rt than a pri-oncr of the Ru-:.in-." ii to-day .in axiom from ll.irldn t Tokio. Hut thii .i never -aid 1-v u- It v.ai and ii the frank tribute of the Rll i.tll- t hem-el i. We ee:i jer:nit impn-oned Rll i.m ofSRcr- to hie m private hotscs. v hii h we rent lor them. Lieutenant Iten. kendor". x.n of the Rttian Aml-a ador Jo England, has lea-ed a lintt-e at V.goj.i. and t" him m captivity ha- mint' his oiing hride. He s- free to go aliro.id in the city. t. etitnv him-clt unmserrupfcdly, and hii icri"d nt imprisonment ti hii honexuiooii. Su h ptii-1-"ci .11 are aicordtd to Lieutenant Hen. ketidor and hi- loiifriiei ,i ;twiiT of w lif-n known ln-fore. Japan is jir t!&- h'lmaiutv. -vmr.ishx the ! ti.ited with win. h. on her ha- It en londtii ted. and -he ii perle lly well aware tljit :iHM' in other outline- whose 1-u-me-s it i to know are j-crfctlv well informed m thii re-pect. I v e have not lo-t our head- over our wi-nder- i-rii-i of triumphs on laud and mm during this no man nor miintrj tii-ed tear that we -hall ir headi in timei ,.f pe.uc. The testimony igners who viiiteil Hcrlsn after the ,1 f I ranio-l'runi.iu War v.ai thit The liifT-ians m intoMi atiil ir have never nd Itldeeil of for .ar and coiLideration jide. this f.il V I'll,- ! ! the W e' of national pride which mark their frontiers irpon alien race- which are heterogeneous to them in all national resjiect-. Blod-ties unite the Kngliih and the Americans; immigration hai made the American nation a composite, having a more or leu sympathetic leaning toward all. The iucstiotl i- what will lie the mutual feeling 1-etwccn Japan and the family of the nation-, and I am frankly mnvin, eil that -lie will win and never forfeit their trust, their reli-itue and their warm regard. She will defend her righti and she will seek her own development, a- will all the others, hut she will do - -vtnpathctically. One of the axioms of our literature ii "The People of the Four Se.n Are Brothers." The moving force in the matter, in its clo-e relation to pttl-Iic opinion, is religion. And with particular reference to this word "pagan." as well as to its general 1-caring on the iieition. I would like to say a ivw wordi, which do not appear to have lieeti said 1-efore. concerning religion in Japan and its relation to the national jmlicy. Japan has no national religion. We helieve that there are many gates to Heaven: that .mine tn.iy enter through t"hn-t. some through Buddha, some through t'onfuciiti. some through Mohammed, some through Zoroa-tcr. We 1'elieVe that every man should In; allowed to follow that faith whiih lie-t appeali to hii initinct. hi- education and hii imagination. We have among our jeoplo be lievers in all the faiths mentioned. We have granted them by our Con-titutioii. ai I have aid. complete freedom of religion- K-lief. We have a hundred and -event y thou-and fatlmltcs alnnit t-jually divideil K-tween the We-tern I'hiirch and the tireek 1'hureh. Through all this war the Rui-i.in priiits of the lireck hurIi have walked the itrccts of our cities a- unmouilcd. a- free from indignity or in-ult. as if they were walking the str,-et- of St. I'eterslmrg. We weKome t'hriiti.tii ity. The llmperor and Km pre suli-cri!ed five thouiand dollar- to the fund r.'iml !" the Young .Men"- "hn sun A miation for the ,are of our troop- in the tield We have mine to the We-t. -oiue of u. to -tttdy religion a- we have msio to -tutly other thing-, and we have hccii mnfronted with tile work- of Husley. of Spell, er. of Dar'..m and of Kant. We have formed our own cmn Ju-iin. wht.h i- fni-dom t" all and to every man that religion w hi, h i-e-t -mt- him. Morahiv. 'lie for'iiation of th.inuier. v e !, In ve to 1-e the sul--t.itiie lull : 'lie -h.tdow i:i 'he iiue-lion And -o in o'tr mture lnteimiir-e with the nations. with -heir tiiumpn thi' I:le there was ins leraMe ev ept for iefTMHi. Tin- w.n a n.lT.ike whiih i"-t x. "unv :na:iv '-it nds and one wiuih ve ksi -. "t and - ." ' - .ke We ! V. -i . the i. : ' u: -, :: ' ') -, We ..1 - ' ..... ih" .-.: V -,-,-k no --r - .1, -ire o:iH ; i e ! pe.i.--ll !.-' - . n' .i:v av in 1 . doui-t- t'i- ' - iviiow I , 'i !' ' i- t in, -; ti ' ' - -i nit,-,- i 1 e ! . imllv in'. - g l!H. it t . .. he '.' - ! ... .. h J.lf ' " ' . . :ved at: '- '.e rh d ! g.- t I- .r- . t h :" l.--k uf-n .:id . I'd At'ieri. a .ii. 1 ;'. T'lrotieaii siiti.-Ti- i how tar A"n ri. .i .i-i I the l!ir, ..: na'iotis " -.'I . t with and h..rfionie i'h lapan the pr, judi, i : r...e a'e . '1 mgh mde-trui si'.le ! '. I'rrni hnun and the 1 i'i-hm.in. after a thoi:- - .nd e.r -f tunghlmrly . -l'a. t. have bttk' in imn- u it hr.rt. TheFresuh- .n AVt'i the ,ermasi till .- T:u-morje of ar. am! ; Ti.ilH at ka-t are tlll .."-ie,l one again-: the , .., The Italian, the "-t.ivi.-d. "he Hungarian si '. '. k .i r thi ' arr:er; T HI E MBART'S CRY Illustrated by Lee Woodward Zeigler Csr, r ,, ' i tr'i-vi i - -.m - iv " v h. v. k.wk r tm m-mkMtt. tm, I.T.7VlBB& V .IBMlH.IUm fnMnB ivKiBwriBV'.; HBHHIAWlc I mBSSmm imUKHWBk WkJAx By EUlhel Menade Colsoa If I only k'. 'w . it I ril knew Wtiitlii-r t r Ikt t!ie skie- ate Mae: Whrther t ir !u-r the U Mows clear In t'ie - une -weet nuntier tli it ; !e.i-eJ her litre: Whetfur tor her t!ie -tars shine I'ltglit. I!ie -tir- tint -lie sm:!eJ at eery nrht: If the "U. f 'fiJ -tufles ate t i!-e r true If I nly kne-. it I only knew! If I .in!v kn?w. it I rnilv kne- '. It tr liv f.ir ;- ii--ii !ier -vi eef -oI grew la an m-t int - -;".ie. or w.i- Jr.iwn a-ay, -!en:!v. -SriJ I. ilay lv ili. I iien'tig ewv the ImnJ- nf -er.-e, 'eKIinc the Here for the un!fiifn Hence. T '.'.: -rrJ ' f h a -n-V the -trance ite- thriuh- I: I iK h . if I en! kne- ' It I finly knew, it I only knew I v. ir. .11 i w.ikeafiJ think ut ii. Hungry a:iJ iick f.r ynur vari-li -J grace. Mit flier ou viRutisies TeCilI tnv f.ue. "tti-tchtng the h.inji tint osuecli-pel my own, -wfll-ng the heart tint was nnne alifie. All.S even in He.nefl yur I e refle'V If I iifily knew , if I i.nly knew! If I i.nly knew, if I only knew! If I ha J hut the f.nnte-t. -luhfe-t clue TothemWt-ry lnJ urtli .ur tnrm away. et luuntingly clme to mv -n:l tu stay. To the wutiJ. rtul reinn tint I'es b-tween The life I kn-iw anJ the I.mJ I'n-'-'n. Tint -hut- foai mv ii- -n our lirger view It I i.nli kr.e-. it I nr.I kr.--i! we see no sources of inharmony. We owe to America a deht of gratitude which is impressed ujMn every Jajianese child, and which will forever he a recorded portion of our national hi-tory. When President Fillmore sent t'ommodorc Perry to advi-e our (ioverntnent to ojien our ports and enter into the unity of nations, he did us a favor a- a nation which will never lie forgotten. With out Perry's vi-it. which gave us the key to the great treasury of modern national advancement, we could never have attained our pre-cnt ii-ition. We have learned much from the We-t. We owe to the West a great deht. That the We-t i- now mining to us to learn is a source of gladnc-s and pride. Kvau-e it give- u- the oprtunity to repay this deht in part. lvau-e it is the essential proof of intellectual t-inality. Our love of our country, our pride in our country, is inten-e. Careless critiv-s do not reali'e this; do not realize our scn-itivc-ne to unjtt-t criti. i-m. Japan will never he arrogant: Japan will always 1-e courteou-: and Japan will always le more than fair in her intercourse with the nations. Every Japane-e know- this, and all the world will come to know it under the te-t of ejerience. We de-ire. jt-rhap- to an tinu-ual di-grce. the reieet. the re gard and the friend-hip of other nation-, and any "eriiigs to thi- end will always K- met more than half way. and mrdially welmtucd ly the Emperor ami the people of Japan. IT may not ! known generally that the i-!and f i'uKi can la-t a larger snake than is found in the 1'uiteil States. It. i, a fact, however, that i'hIm's !ia-con-trictor. !im1K- known as the "niaja" (ronoiin. ed madia', can claim that di-titictioti, some specimens reaching a length of sixteen fiet, and a lugne depending upon what it swallowed l.nt lii-fore Iing mc.i-ured a chicken, a pig or a g n. I have in my pos-es-i.m the skin of one that in life was all of fourteen feet. in length, am! had a fine oj-n countetiame that Would have done credit to ati"l made the fortune of an auctioncr." It had a mouth that could have taken in a calf, anil which, when open, re-eml. led the in-ide of a t:cr furn.ue. To find the "maia" in is- native hauuf.s and jungles. .,ne mu-t go to Santiago Provuue and penetrate tile fon-sts. ,ir ei-e start, a chicken ranch on the outskirts of the winuJi" whesi the ho.i s- mre to put in an early appearame. The"m.ita" ii not -on-iiler,d dan gerous i;i i ulM. ex it pt to domestic fowl. The proper moment to capture this ser; ent is ju-t after it has laid down t re-t, with a few f..wl snugly -towtd aw ay within it- an at.e'iv. Then oii ap pro.K h it waril- , and jui' a- it ri-i to ri t, i- ""i, ou lop off i's Ii,. i 1 wish a ni.i che'i. It :- a sit .; Ie i.j.t n. S, i i.d '"ulian rn dui ntimlier two i-"he hg "ingliitg. or i.re K,'le. win, h is ten tin ii as larve a- our tior"l.,rn :.n '!v or glow w rm. 'lln-aer-age f re-'.tig in i -i" ,t is an siah and a h.i'r in lelilf'h. .Hid iti two T phi ire-, ent hi ad-lig!."-. one on e.ifh side the f lior.iN. ap; ear at a ili-f.ini" like coach la" ps. Tin "u Km lightning Lug the I'linini', :.- w,!l as m Mexiio, is worn as an orna ment at night. i ei Lilly l.v the women, in the !.e of dtainondi. for it is inly ll-.e arv to tie Up a t Ul '! in a little mu-ltn Lag and pm it on one's dti or coat, f o prodtn e a glitter not unlike a diamond, hut mm h brighter I off, n have read tine print !y tin- light of tv.i or thru; t:t:yos in a l-ittle. when in camp in the W.-st Indies, win re they swarm hv the million. Tin" le.ig i- tl: ; of t:.o-rjuitoi. deadly