, 1874-07-18

Oonnctlh tlouao OF KoproHehtatlTea, Bubdl-
disaements, oach with lts prefet It Inns rail-
waya and tolcgrapl,a4 tnints and educational os
tabllsi,nlontB with European ProfesBorn; Il haH
hont It's Legations abroad. roBidont or with rov.
ing il' commissions and It ',as national aobt That
country holds good. But, X tho successive
coatiugs Of civilized varniBh have not boon laid
on On sar too qniel The ataloaphoro Of Jaran must
10, 10 a'togothcthor oxcopttonsl. The revolution
s ' y as ssis my ayse RsF Il Tho "essTse ss
hayo tho yigor, Of intollcnt thoy arc credited
with tho country must ho pregnant with tho
clements Of discomfort and disturbance. Yhsro
n!od, and whoHo claws layo bocn cut, and who
must begin To repent their surrender whom thoy
bocono conscious Of thotr comparative inlpo-
touoy. Thorc arc tho priests Of D1dll,a, WHO
may consider tho permission to marry but poor
communication for the losB Of tho eraow1nonta
md offorinEn thcy could hnvo Afforded to marry
upon. Thcso arc tho lower orders, who used to
flock in crowds to tho templos of Du1t'l,a, md
wig are now commanded to go back to tho Or
dox worship OF shinto. Thoro is tho voxatlos,s
imposition Of inureaael ta1os, which ,nust DO
vigorously onforccd IL tho Government III to pny
its way. III old timos tho foudal ynesals paid
Seo "oi"a or worry Or It'll tts whsa i,a 'Is tSse rss. s'a
crop was q failure. III old times It wnH only sl,e
agrculturista who paid. and the industrial and
commercial claases escaped altogether. Now,
all aro rated alike. Nor 1u tho doverunont aon-
tent to Interfere moroly with the conBcicnccB
aud tho pockets Of its subjoets,-both of them
points on which tncn nre extre1naly sensitive nil
tie world ovor. 1t extends THUR initiatory rcgu-
lattona to their persons. autl
NOTHING ~ roo GREAT on TOO BalAL1.
to DO logslatod for In elaborate detail. Now
adays tho greatest mobiles arc doniod Tho liberty
OF living whoro they pIeaRo. Formerly they
wero bo.ind to spend tialf the year IN tho capital
OF tho Mikado; now, they must pass tho whole
Of tho twelve months tlloro, aud arc forbidden to
rosdo on thoir patrtmonial domaina. It may DO
right to put atop to tho salo Of young girls,
aud to rostriot tho unhounacd license Of di-
vorce. Bnt 1t was d strong measure to lay
down Bumptuary laws for tho ladies' toilet. and
to compel every JAPANESE to cut his top-toct
aud lot llig lln1r grow all ovor hfB hoad. These
miscellaneous measures OF all sorts and sizeH may
lie right and wiBe III themselves, or they may
not. But thtB much seomB certain, TINT no na-
tlon with o real capacity for progress md Bet-
education Gun sit down compIaeontly and cor
tontedly Under legislation Ut onco 40 trivial and
imporious
In mnking our rapid summary Of tho vested
interests that havo boon injured or outraged, we
have loft one class for special mention, bocnuae
our countrymen settled In Japan are especially
concerned in lts future. We hayo no means Of
estimating tho number OF
THE DlsDANpEp sAMunA1s
Wo only know that each Of tho Daimios used
according to bis degree and tho entont
Of his revenues; that, as wo anid,
satsuma and Hitxen thought nothing Of bring
ing 80, 900 men into tho Held or of keeping u
fifth Of that number on permanout garrison.
duty at Yoldo. And wo know that, roughly
speaking, tho new nationnl army, including tia
line aud tho Imperial Guard, consists Of no
moro than some thirty infantry battal,ons. A
few ot the Sa,nuraiB have talen service with tho
Government; tho rest arc thrown On their wits
and thA world trhnaa fhA NM yphr
havs turned Konins q fow yoass ago. roaming
tho country In searoh Of reckless adventure.
Some very inadequate provision has boon made
for them by tho Legislature, and they ore off,
more peaceful professions. Evon wero thoy
ready and willing to do go, it uust be long before
industri ial society could absorb 10 many I'LL
dividuals utterly unfltted by previous train
Ing for ordinary work. But, IN reality, work
Of any kind must be intonsoly repugnant to their
training aud rasteH. It In dor0gating from their
superiority Of caste, aud renouncing thci1 esprit
do corps Agriculture is relatively respectable |;
but 1t can scarcely be plonsaut for q Court
swashbucklor to exchange tho sword for tho
Bile, and commerce is stil more 80. Thus theHo
men, who arc strong enough to cocrco the COM
munty, ani who possibly might got tho bo.ser
Of tho troops Of the State in spite of brooch
in the world to gain by d revolution. Even do
nlastio disturbances or u foreign war would re-
store thom In tho meantime, their old occupa-
ton. And In tho oyent either Of . revolution
or an emoute, what would be their foolings to-
wards foreign merchants and tho foreign Leigh
tions for It is certainly foreign interference
that has turned their world upside down.
80 far as we can judge, knot OF able and
pushing RtatesEnon arc tho only porsona who a.
yek hayo protitoa by tho changes, mud
ALL or THESE AnE ADvEaTunERB,
moro or less, There gro Iwakaura, who Ia Pro-
ylgional Primo MiniHtor; and Sanjo, WHO WAS
President Of tho Council. Both are mon of tho
tlrat rank and connections. but they arc both
tho Court OF the MiliAdo; mud the Kugos had
neither tho territorial influence nor the worlike
following Of the DamioH. There ia KIDD. whom
we have already ,spokon Of; pe.haps the ablest
power aa delegate for tho Cbosiu clan, az
Oku1ns for tho Hijen anu 1tagald Tor tho Sat-
suma; and, previous to tho revolution, Kilo
was nothing hut an ordinary samura,
while Ohuma waB q humble student Oh his pro-
motiou. Whether they worked upon moro pow
erful men or mere put forward by them, it ap-
pears CIGAR thnt, at tho prese.lt moment, they &c
tually direct tho State policy. In other words,
the formidable elo1nents OF tho old socioty aro
being doxtrousls aat off against each other, by
slelght-of-hand or Hhrowdncss Of bruin. Tho
recent troubles are said to have arisen out Of
the question Of tho Corea war, and it is ro-
ported that they have boon pretty nearly sup
pressed. Yot the symptoms were very o1nn-
9lls- 1ueIO hhd al VI xdSAshIuAEG
Iwakaura, which nearly proved successful; aud
men who arc wolt informed assure us that tho
mutiny In the Island of Kiusiu IL believed to
hnyo been fouonted by those Princes OF Sat-
Hun,a. ToHa, and Chosiu, WHO already begin to
repont OF tho preoipitate surrender OF
their feudal powers. Do TINT NJ it may,
It is certain that the dlsbandod 8a,nurais must
laye SGT their heats upon 8 foreign war, and
that tho pacific policy Of the present Minister
must have gone far to
A1GnAYATE THE PREVAILING DIscoNTEHT.
W0 hope tho boat. because everything We have
lately soon OF them assuros un that tho Japaneso
hnvo greRt capabilities for improvement. But,
juet becauso they hnve great capabilities, be-
cause they hayo shown themselves thoughtful
and intelLegout, with quick feelings and earnest
convictions, VIC can hardly help apprehonding
tho worse. Tho Ministry who havo nlado tho
revolution must understand their countrymen
far battor than we do, and may be ablo to guide
it through shoals aud breakers. In any caae,
tho progress OF Ov0ntB must speedily give 1,s a
clue to the deuouement Of tho historical druma.
Destruction of Dogs In RllllatHelf, In.
The Pennsylvania Society for tho Prevention,
Of Cruelty to Animals, wlIuso headquarters aro
iu Philadelphia, erected some two years ago a
Hieitor and uuina for Yurrant Dora and Othar