The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-10-19
The japanese Abroad

We copy the following from the Panama Star and
Herald OF August s.;
A volume OF Essays entitled "Ths japanese in
America written by themselves has just been pub
Iisasd and favOFaby reviewed in the English papers
Of last month. The following yet frank re-
marks about the Americans will apply not only to
The United States but 60 al great trading countries
that practically consider making money as the great
duty of men aud nations. About the Yankees the
following opinion Is enznciated:
Without sympathy, without trankness and gen.
erosity Of feeling. despising human natIre, they
have no more use for their riches than the PeTuVians
had for theirs before the paniaTds came to rob them
Some dnd delight In the hne arts. In philosophy,
in science. in the exercise of the benevolent and
social affections but they have no relish for these
They can no mUre detect beauties In them than a
savage can appreciate all the intricate combinations
OF harmony in music. AS to religion. to consent to
pay their pew tax and TO be bored by an occa-
sfoual sermon Sunday for appearance sake I;
but their real churches their counting houses,
their real bible their ledger, and last of all their
real god is not ALMIGHTY COP, but the almighty
dOllar.'N
This from a japanese who is as sharp q hand at
driving bargain in trade any one Is as curious
as the circumstances which led the critic into the
country whose morality he takes to task.
About the practical working of the Christian Re-
ligion which occupies by It's failure so prominent
part OF the History OF Japan his opinion is equally
unfavOTaole and suggestive of anything but i'm
pOrtatiou de MORO of Christian missionaries into bis
country The missionaries. be contends. are Z" the
fathers Of ignorance and the enemies OF free
ligion - and be wants the schoolmaster to be the
first herald Of civilization. This doctrine is
very likely to be generally dissented from among
Western nations. but il must be considered far
a. the progressive Spanish American Republics
concerned. that the continued efforts now being
made by the Governments OF all South and Central
America 10 supply schOOlmaslers to their people de-
serves every encouragement. aAd is sure to prove
in the end wiser measure than the paying an army
OF missionaries to preach to peoples who have not
yet learned to read.
Another thing TO be wondered at and praised is
the standing the japanese have taken with regard
TO the relations of women to society. The condi-
tiou and influence OF the latter may invariably be
taken the safest exponent OF the true degree OF
civilization at which any nation has arrived. We
have five Japanese young ladies brought over to
the United States by the Embassy to be- submitted
TO the best system OF education for women followed
in that country and thus test at the claims of
the latter superiority the sereotyped routine
of Japan. OF the American modes of dress and Gus
toms, they have adopted n certain amount. but
when urged TO deck themselves besides with ex-
peusve jewellery they gracefully declined. saying
that their Government had been very kind n send
ing them 10 be educated in America, that a good
deal Of expense would be incurred, and that they
would prefer dressing in the humblest fashion until
they returned to their own friends. /" How many
young lady delegates" says the London NeLcs,
"a from England OF America would have replied in
similar fashion 70 such an Oferf"