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THE ARTILLERY OF JAPAN. 
get the utmost of that power out of it. The artillery is being augmen¬ 
ted by one quarter. 
I was, when I went to Japan, under the impression that it was a very 
small country, but the following figures rather open one's eyes * 
The area of Great Britain is one hundred and twenty thousand square 
miles, and its population is thirty nine million. 
The area of Japan is one hundred and sixty thousand square miles, 
and its population is forty one million. 
Add to this that those forty one million are saturated with an ardent 
and burning patriotism—that they are led by an aristocracy whose ideas 
of honour and self devotion are equal to ours—and that in power of 
organization they are admitted to be behind no race in the world. 
Consider all this and one must admit that the nation of Japan will 
be a very vital factor in any war, in which it decides to take part. 
