Mr. Yano then goos on to argue that, the aggressive age is gone, that, asthe world progresses the direction in which itis progressing, the chances of conquest force of arms will diminish continually till there will, in all probability, be mo. such chance at all.
When we reduce our armaments, cour offensive and defer will suffer, it is true,"
"But, equipped with powerful wea, pons' of offence, where in the world fre we going to use them? What fare we going to conquer? Some comer of China? In the fore-Seeable future, such a chance will ever come." Even if such were possible, it would never result in' 2 paying proposition. The result fof the Great War has proved that doth victor and vanquished will Plunge deeper into the mire of ruin. What did we gain through the annexation of Korea, except that wwe secured a zone' whereby mitigate the pressure of China in other respects, the hi far, proved losing bargain.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.