Talk:Akashi Motojiro
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editA good start; it's got a picture and an info-nav-box. Beautiful. Is there anything more that can be said here? The actual text is kind of short. LordAmeth 16:34, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
- Actually, there is a LOT more that can be said. Akashi Motojiro was one of the most colorful and fascinating figures in modern Japanese military history. MChew
The Taiwan Governor and Death section is a bit politically colorful, LoL. Regarding the Kanan irrigation system, I think that's for the southern plain in Chiayi and Tainan only. There's another Taoyuan irrigation system serving the northern plains around Taoyuan. The irrigation system was first promoted by Goto Shinpei in 1901, Akashi Motojiro was just a late-comer to the project. I'm not sure where the author cited the 26,000 km distance for Kanan irrigation system? -- Adeptitus (talk) 22:24, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
correction for use of "uprising"
editshould in this section ;
"Narrowly escaping capture and assassination by the Ochrana several times even before the start of the war, Akashi relocated to Helsinki in late 1904. He traveled extensively to Stockholm, Warsaw, Geneva, Lisbon, Paris, Rome, Copenhagen, Zurich, and even Irkutsk. Akashi helped funnel funds and arms to selected groups of Russian anarchists, secessionists in Finland and Poland, and disaffected Moslem groups in the Crimea and Russian Turkestan.[citation needed] Akashi met with Konni Zilliacus in Stockholm as well as Lenin, then in exile in Switzerland. It is widely believed in Japan that Akashi was behind the assassination of Russian Interior Minister Vyacheslav von Plehve (whom many in Japan held responsible for the war); as well as supporting Father George Gapon, who had organized the Bloody Sunday Uprising[4] and the Potemkin Mutiny. General Yamagata Aritomo reported to Emperor Meiji that Colonel Akashi was worth "more than 10 divisions of troops in Manchuria" toward Japan winning the war.[citation needed] Akashi was promoted to colonel at age 40."
...near the end, where it says, "...as well as supporting Father George Gapon, who had organized the Bloody Sunday Uprising[4]..."
should it not not-say, uprising?
ive just spent time reading the history of both Gapon, and a few other things, and according to wikiP's own content, it was more of an APPEAL, that was treated LIKE, an uprising.
calling a appeal/protest, a uprising, is improper and misleading, as well as insulting/offensive, if not also agitatory.
Name is falsely romanized in this article
editThe correct romanization of his name is not Akashi Motojiro but Akashi Motojirō. Name should be corrected and page moved. 2003:F6:2719:EB00:E949:F50C:CD34:1D86 (talk) 23:26, 15 December 2019 (UTC)