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ERE is presents to-day the ex¬ concluding learned any lessons and will take the proper warn¬ tract^ from "Thj War Between from this * Japan ing- Jananese Bornhardi, whoBe spirit and America," the highly significant book and threat are the Issued same to us as the German by the National Defence Association of Bernhardi's were to the rest whose of Europe. Japan, membership includes the highe3t In the first instalment lest week naval officers, army Cabinet and tion the transla¬ officers, govern¬ dealt with Japan's'alleged causes for war ment officers of that country, and whose president with us and its is Count Okurna, the Premier of insulting opinions of our men and The Japan. women, our morals, our history and our "con¬ translation given herewith is a strictly temptible" army and literal one by the well-known American In navy. Lawrence in writer, this instalment the actual Btrp.tegy by Mott, collaboration with Mr. Hain which Japan expects to seke our Jou Kai, a distinguished Chinoso writer and Pacific island scholar. possessions and our Western coast is outlined, and there are given also the terms of It is the first translation of this most popular which has humiliating peace book in to be to Anaiica. It will Japan already formulated. While Japan given be descriptions of battles which have never taken remembered that before the present war in Europe place may read to General then a member of the curiously American minds, it Bernhardi, General must be remembered, as the translators point out, Staff of Germany, wrote a book which he called that this is a form ''Germany and the Next War." In it be outlined peculiarly designed to con¬ vince the Japanese of the ease with which we can A Popular Japanese Print That to Be a C«lin much of the actual course which Germany has be conquered. In Purports "Prophetic rakso in the war. If the fact, every paragraph of the present other European Japanese "Bernhardi" reveals the most careful aim, and their shells will do great damage. The United nations had realized the significance of Bern¬ effort to tUfttes battleehip Idaho.a The U. S. S. hardi's book would produce upon tho Mikado's masses very fine.big ohlp.will week they have taken precautions the effect that those to protect the much as a man Georgia, which have made the behind the book desire to Brooklyn, big defends a the First might situation in Europe create. This is so, even in the and ab¬ smaller one, and will fight bravely. to-day entirely different. for distorted cunningly The commander American them did not. "Unfortunately surdly historical iacts, the falseness of of our ship Mikasa will signal our they which 110 one knows better than the torpedo boat to attack the Idaho. This will Battleship, £~\ .It remains to be seen whether this has the compilers of be done, and country book. on the right hand side of the Idaho a column of water According will be Jo the seen to leap high In the air. Hut by bad luck our Japanese I torpedo had not struck the Idaho, hitting an American torpedo boat that had come between at the last "Bernhardi." moment. * *> Although we will not have secured our desires, we will to Be viU Mow Will have sunk a torpedo boat, and tho vr-V: Defeat Idaho, Destroyed .. the United becoming ,v%. Japan States afraid of our proximity, will swing on another course by the J.. From "The War Between and to flee. We will, however, close in steadily, and with Japa,n the United States" all the bravery for which-we are so justly celebrated. Japanese AS we have said, the greater,t wars that the -world The will be Klpnt tho American ships will be seen in Iholr ridiculous Brooklyn leaking badly, aa will have has ever known have been in the cause of been seen by the of her w free- battle formation, which is shortening freeboard, but she like the scales of a fish, one will be left to fight on as the Our dom and to the detriment of laws whoso intcut alone, other of the enemy projectiles do not always R'.rlkc the enemy, as cr 1*!n great Phip ?. Ihe Cnited State? ship overlapping the other. A fine target! will also have been severely struck and will ships art' and und battleship and purport were to Mock the progress of humanity. only bManila and await out jdo die.) really obligatory duty on our part, for the sake placed in ite main powdor magazine. Banzai! of of dently relied on the total ignorance cf ninety per cent After this coij ¦render our officers uili take of humanity, The other United States in the range the Manila forts the signal .from shore by of their readers of naval and of the A ships engagement wireless that our have landed and are Japanese matters, have charge |akiig prisoners of all those (TRANSLATORS' NOTE..The curious of will fire as fast and as well as know but troops in the rear written these with the desire of alive. much of style' they how, of the city. clumsy ceccriptiono the following matter, Its wealth of detail told ours will have answered to much better ofTect. inflaming the minds of the populace against the United The United S rill then be nulled down and as the Four of our ships,-led by the Mlkosa, and ' though etrUggles deocribed had actually hap¬ The battle will have lasted, let us nay, ono hour and Including States and at tlvs same time creating a crininally false thrown aside ar Iriois emblem will take its pened, is peculiarly to the thirty minutes to the Tsukuba, Azuma, Tokiwa and Tango, will approach The designed Impreee Japanese up that time. The United States pro¬ the who have been impression. following paragraphs prove thie inten¬ place. mind. Its intent is to make the readers believe it will tected cruiser Brooklyn has wasted much ammunition enemy, forming for battle in tho tion still further.) The Mikasa the United States be absurdly easy to the by bad distance. As the (j Icar'.ured conquer United States, and the shooting, and, seeing that it is getting beaten, it We Americans have never seen such tacMcs he- ba'tleshlp Ohio 1;| meaner. The United Cli-tes collaborators bring in the clum3y trick of will withdraw, and because of its la will suppose it to be 3 o'clock In the afternoon, fore, they were and literary pre¬ speed (which great) aud because of the thick storm clouds is greatly surprised frightened and battleships Main irk ind Washington, hard hit senting their pictures as "a prophetic dream'' of what it will try to escape, but our two fast the Izuma it very dark. tried to retire, become and com¬ and lashed th wiil be to Is to vessels, almost as if the bhadov/s of were having disorganized, by las, trying flee, but occur.) and the Azuma, will follow swiftly, with evening falling. But pletely lost their heads. our prevet lid .he hull of the And we will see that firing deadly this does not our progress, all the time. ships Washing- the day this war is declared impede firing The coiymuuder oi the Tango (N'akamura) »bly put ton wiil be so f les from one side straight will be a beautiful one, as a good omen. The sea will be smooth and smiling, and our great Meets at Sasebo will sail away under command of Admiral Yamanaka, while mountains of madly cheering people will shake the foundations of massive Mount Fuji itself with theri thou 13 of "Banxai!" At the same instant in our A will Washington, Ambassador Widely reverently lower the Japanese flag that flies over Circulated hie house tmueh to the fear of the Americans) and with all hip. luggage will return to Tokio. All the Attaches Japanese and rouncillors will do the same and -accompany him. Print And also at the same time our Consul-Generals at the Philippines and "Hawaii and in all United States cities That Is will come proudly and gladly home. All merchants Treasured everywhere in America will close their offices and shops and come back to their native Khores to arm. That is all in Japan those excepting whose certain secret duties will necessi¬ as a tate their remaining near the United States at points. important True Picture Other of our great fleets will at once seize the Philip- of How tho pines. destroying the few forts that there are at Manila, taking charge of the wireless and cable also Japanese t! e Monks fitationu, Weather Observatory. After that, and an Fleet Will ample Kuard being s upplied by our troop shij>s, some of our ve.-:-»;ls will ^o to the of One P.ay Taiwan, Formosa. Penetrate beautiful morning, with a sun