The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-08 00:00:00

A JAPANESE EXECUTION.

Our readers will be interested in reading the
following authentic account of an execution in
Japan. It may be in the recollection of the public
that some time since a French soldier was wounded
for insisting on crossing the retinue of the Prince
Bizet), contrary to the laws of the Japanese empire.
The French having insisted on reparation, the Ja-
panese colonel in command was executed as is stated

below :-
4' We received a detailed account of the execution
of Prince Bizen's officer at Iliogo ; the scene appears
to have been most impressive. It took place in a
temple at 9.30 p.m., the enceinte being magnificently
illuminated. The officer was a noble, and leld the
rank of a colonel in Bizen's army. According to
Japanese etiquette, officers of his own rank alone
were allowed to be present, this rule being appli-
cable to foreigners, who were represented by a
member of each Embassy. 'The poor fellow made
a long speech as he knelt before a small round table
upon which lay the family sword. He proclaimed
his innocence, and protested that he had acted in
strict accordance with Japanese law and custom in
firing upon a man who persisted on crossing the
cortege under his command. He then turned
round towards the temple and prayed fervently,
the surrounding Japanese kneeling with their
faces to the earth, the foreigners alone standing ;
and then uttering an exclamation he seized the
sword and plunged it into his body, at the same
time stretching out his neck to meet death as it
were. Instantaneously his friend, who stood be-
hind him, severed his head from his body with one
blow and it fell rolling in front of him. The officials
present placed it in a lacquer salver and handed it
round for inspection to the foreigners present, ask-
ing them if they were satisfied.' Public feeling was
much against this execution ; no life had been taken,
and there were many extenuating circumstances
in the man's favour. He had had no inter-
course with foreigners, knew little of their laws
and customs ; all he saw and resented, unjustifi-
ably it is true, was a deliberate insult offered him
as he passed through the public street, and there
can be no doubt that had the insult been offered by
a Japanese he would most certainly have been
killed on the spot. Great ill-feeling is likely to
arise out of this bloodthirsty policy of a life for a
limb, or even less, and it certainly seems unjustifi-
able, and decidedly impolitic. The ends of justice
would have been met, and a proper moral effect
produced, had the man been disgraced in rank, or
reprieved at the last moment."—The Owl.

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