THE CAUSE OF THE JAPANESE VICTORIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 3

THE CAUSE OF THE JAPANESE VICTORIES.

lii ;i l'Tench magazine Loo-Py write"ii the (Jhiueic and the -fapanos--, and to correct- tlu* general but erroneous iiU'ii in Europe that these two nations arc of till; same nice. The Ohiiie-c belong to the Mongoliiiu race and the Japanese to the Malavan nice, and it is tlii~ difference in origin which has d.'tennined their distinctive characters. The Japanese, free politically and l'cligioush, voluntarily conn* into contact with Europeans, and borrow their ideas, manners, and modem invention-. The ( hine-e. proud of their ancient civilisation. conscious of their strength, and distrusting tne Westerns who luivc entered the Asiatic continent to commit all sort- of misdeeds, only accept the teachings of Kurope after much hesitation and under the pressure ol events. The Japanese have transformed themselves to Europeans with the s])irit ol juveniles, as thev formerly tried to become Cliiaese, even in their vices. Ij Cliiiuse society tlie family is much more solidly constituted than it is in Japan. The writer* conclude-, with some interesting remarks on the true cantile -pil'it of liernislil ol the Jap-ine-e

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