New-York tribune., 1871-11-04
JAPAN.
IT'S MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT.

COMPARATIVE RESULTS or BRITISH AND AAfyRr.
CAN INDUSTRIES IN THE ENPWE-APpoIET-
MINT, OF GEN. cAPRoN TO TAKE, CHARGE
OF THE WORKS FoR THE MPRov RMEFf OF
THE IsLAwD OF YEc5o-cEKEMoNfRs UPON
HIS RECEPTION BIZ THE MIKADo. -s5.,, . =.
tPROA An oCcAsfpaAb OoRRBsPONDsEr on THE TRIsbHEt
YEDo, Sept. 20-A foreigner arriving in
Yedo for tho FIRST time Il forcbiy struck with the exist
ing edd mixture q Eastern with western enstoms Ne
tvo aer nstive meets him clad In every possible vara
ton upon European costume; suddenly he is compelled
70 step one Sde to avoid heavy carrisEe but IN En-
slish style, snd preceded strange comnnat5on-by
naked running footnAn while Thousands pass him In
nondescipt vehicles drawn BY hafclad or almost en-
trely nude coolies. Yet these little carriages have
strangely familiar air. for they built upon the model
Of our chldrens gigs Tho introduction Of these Jnfk'
shas they called affords curious instance Of the
readiness Of this people 10 sdopt now IDEAS when meet
ing an obvious necessity. Eighteen months ago. the
only Of conveyance for pesaeneerS throughout
the country with the exception Of few vehicles owned
by foreigners, on horseback, or By the Cango-e
very primitive sedan chair. some sharp Japanese
adapted the ggtop chlds carriage Of tho West for the
transportation Of children Of larger growth secured
certain privileges from the Government, ard to-day
there 10000 jnrikshas in Yedo alone, and the ehy
introduoer IL rich. Many larger carages manufactured
here, are also In use, drawn by the small,
but strong and hardy native ponies. The Cango
slung upon pole and balanced upon mems
u
stored in sheds In the back streets In "a melancholy an
abandonment old stage coaches In tavern yards a
the introduction Of railroads In America. The coolies
who draw the Jinrkshas have strength and endurance
that is wonderful They at steady trot and think
themselves wel paid for trip Of eight miles
by the liberal remuneration Of 10 or IL cents. The sol
ders Of Japan all clad in modification Of West
costume though generally discarding the hat and
adhering TO the peculiar Japanese sandal large pro-
portion OF the better class OF civilians have also adopted
what can hardly be considered Improvement upon
their graceful garments and have abandoned the
elaborate core of the country for closeropped hair
naturel All this, with the fact that every tenth
store is devoted the sale Of European goods s at
least partly stocked with them has greatly changed the
appearance Of the streets Of Yedo and made It hard to
realize how short time 1t is since death to for
eigner to walk where he is received with cyty
elaborate courtesy.
The trade Of Japan is already far important han
in America 1t is believed to be. England especially Is
sending immense quantities Of her manufactures
The demand Is increasing every day. and with the revision
Of the treaties must arise Of which share
at least should fall 10 the United States England and
English interests have long been paramount in japan
The history OF this could 1t be written would be curious
OF little known Of the Of this ascendancy
though the fact is undoubted English diplomacy does
hesitate to exert It's utmost powers for the benefit OF
English subjects in pocket in person. The sons Of Bull
have, however oyerreached themselves here The con-
tracts for building two railroads. the one between Yoko
hama and Yedo, the other between Kobe and Osaca,
given TO English engineers Neither Of these roads
is 20 miles long, and they run through country
presenting difficulties of construction whatever. The
road from Yokohama YedO has been building for lS
months and cannot he opened till late next Spring It's
cost, 1t is currently reported, will reach 100000
per mile This road ndulges IN strange vagares leaving
smooth plateau along the bay side, IL plunges wildly
and uselessly into hill, repdefing expensive cut
necessary; again 1t leaves the plateau and goes to
sea upon costly but fra embankment, much Of which,
by. the way was washed away in late typhoon which
damaged the road to the extent OF $4,000 or 10000 1t Is
said and believe truly that III this country Of cheap,
good, and abundant timber, iron balloonchars have
been brought England at heavy cost TO take the
place OF cs and that Of four locomotives just received
from the same country, two alike or made at the
shop that II part is broken 1t must be oered
from England or special machinery must be constructed
for its manufacture here. As the construction OF these
roads cost much more than was anticipated and the
heavy salaries and expenses demanded promptly,
money had to be raised by the Government. In this
emergency the Oriental Bank, English corporation,
stepped forward and generously loaned at the
modest interest of per cent month, taking as
security mortgages upon the road, rollingstock
and receipts from customs at Yokohama. As the
work has only cost immensely. but has dragged be-
yond the patience Of the japanese, they are evt
dently disgusted with its whole management, though
of many things that have tended to weaken the infu
ence that the English have undoubtedly heretofore
welded and the current Of feeling seems now setting
strongly Of the United States OF this there arc
many Indications 1t is TO be regretted that Americans
have no mouhpece here for of the four papers in Yoko
hama three are English aud one is French. 1t Is also
to be regretted that the policy Of Government does
not allow our able and worthy representative here 10
take measures connected with the interests OF the
country to which he accredited such encouraged
by England aude to cations into and reports
upon the crops and manufactures for which purposes
experts are employed by the English legation and from
which valuable results already been gined as In
the oase the able reports upon the silk industry re-
Gently published
History does not record more remarkable Revision
feeling and change Of timehon0red customs han mas
taken place Japan since the close OF the war that re-
established the MkadO in the temporal supremacy Cd his
predecessors and the usurpng Tycoon into forced
retirement. At the close OF the war, the Government
never rich, dependent the Dainios, true feudh
princes both money and men, was In no position TO
carry the many changes and reforms that the pest
men in Japan felt he allmportant. At this 1uncure
several prominent Daimos voluntarily resigned 10 the
Government their entire revenues and all their troops
asking only for q moderate salary as recompense'
Their example followed by Others I'LL the interests
Of the Government wen the sentiment OF the coun
try seemed to warrant the action which was taken after
much deberaton, upon the 18th OF last month by ue
cree the lands and troops the Daimios throughout the
country revert to the Imperial Government and the
Daimos themselves placed upon reasonable salary
hereditary In their families. 80 far, this tremendous
change appears to have been effected without serious OPP
position and the great feuds lords Of Japan viii PROB
ably drop out Of sight such Like their brethren the
mediatized princes OF Germany. At all events, ther
power 10 broken and to-day but few Of them are hhng
positions In the Government Of the Mkado OF Tenno as
he is more properly called. With the DaimloS must
disannaar tbe Ronins their dIsbanded followers mas