Friday, February 13, 2004
REMEMBERING THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. While Russians commemorate their war dead in Inch'on, Japanese beer drinkers get a reminder of their glorious victory in the Russo-Japanese War. How will Koreans remember the 100th anniversary of a War that was fought at least in part in and over Korea? How will Teddy Roosevelt, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war be remembered, considering that part of his successful negotiations included the Taft-Katsura Agreement which gave American support for Japanese domination of Korea (in return for Japanese acknowledgment of a free American hand in the Philippines)? The fun of remembering never ends.
