, 1877-01-16
JAPAN.
afternoon.

afternoon |
JAPAN.
This Recent Insnfrectton.
ens.tspandsnre Iandoa Ttues.
YOKOHAMA, Nov. 1A.-T11cre has been much |
evidence during tile past three weeks OF the cx-
lstencc Of serious discomfort among the Sa,nu-
raj class, but evidence a1so that the Govern |
1ncnt Is determined md able to deal vigorously
with any overt act Of rebellion 10 which It may
give rise.
On The 18th ult. large band Of men forced
their way At night into tho barracks At Kuina-
tnoto* garrison town IN the Province of Iltgo,
In tho Island Of Ktustu, surprised the occu.
pautt killed considerable numbers OF them,
fired tho barracks, and Withdrew. They at once
proccedcl to destroy the machines at tho
trlcgrapf, station 20 a. 10 cut on communication
with the capital, md received considerable at-
ce.sons to teir M M numbers BY the mi.'.iio 81 t'e
very .'tserc'lftablc surprise md attacked the IN
sureeutf, and by midday OF the @ish the prov-
inee was reported quiet, :aftcr severe pin!tlt-
inent lia'l bren Inflicted eu tho rioters. Willie
tlse.c events were occurring, reports arrived
| flat movements Of tho sane ktnl we're being
Hlae Il, many q the other ken N the island.
notably In thc Yanag1icl'! ken {clloshin), where
military clasal tla. riecn 70 the number Of 800o
| under the leadership Of MaycGara, tnan prom
tncntIy Identified with The revolution pf
la,s as 2 tuppofter Of Tue Sllkados agalnst TIE
tine, Which were many and valuable, he had
conferred upon lin, the Talk of Jnishu Otter
ally lower fourth rank. b1rsic by many OF tic
cx-Ualntos anu thc ffcc-AttnIstcrsDf Of the varions
Departments Of Statr}, which, however, WIS re-
| ruktl by special order Of the Council OF State
Immediately after the announcement OF his dc-
fcrtion. On tLe 81 Inst. an engagement o.
| Cured at Tia0i between the insurgents under
MaYe!,ara aud The Imperial troops, In which
native paper Of good authority says that thu
latter were xofaicd. But on the following
tay tic # Insurgents ,,o ~erS totally 1l r.. r.
rcct!on. <Diitgeut search was At once
made for Mayebnra mil Ills ,nore prominent at-
hercnts anil OH the 9TH TUG papers reported tint
kta. The CoMm'*aary Of tho rchcl forcc waa
taken atJout the tame time, md divulgcl tho
facts TINT the outbreak WIS planned ~ Mnyc.
bara IN the spr!ng Of tic year, md thc satnurai
together will, some Of tho*e from Toxic and tho
Province Of Etchgu. wcrc invited antl Ind
promised 10 toIn It. The ku1namofn men, how
ever, nctcd with too much precipitation, and
thus tlisurganzci the larger plan which was 10
Lave bcen followed out for the overthrow of tho
Administration. ..
ii must be ronfested tint tho Government
fIas acted with Ercas vlgor n supl rcssfng tue
outbreak, though considerable blame attaches
to both the civil and military officers At kuma-
tnuto; to the first for not having disrovcretf
that such movement was In progTcss,-no df-
ilc,,lt task for 4 yRnnt executive In a country
like this; to The sernni, for tho lax discipline
Which permitted Garrison Of SONG 900 men
tp he surprised, und largc number oi them
hutchctrtl. by the mere halrlful Of ilt.armesl
nrn WIN nttnekcl them. Thsra have bern
many ristngs Of sympathetic character in ecv-
cral of tile northern kcns, hut all have hccn sup
pressed by the police, and Without blooashcsi,
| gu far us Ia kn0wn.
Tie cal,srs OF the movement arc various, hut
the chief exciting md pruximnte cansc Is, u1.
tonhtcdly, II measure fur the capitalization Of
the INCOMES ri the nulcs md gentry. TAA lae,
greatly irritaie,i The majority Of those affected
by II, and the fact that 1t lid not light up a
tlnfne Of rebellion throughout the country Ii |,
remarkable tribute to tho solid nature II the
power nov welded By the Government. But Il
should not l'e forgotten that the military ser
Vie, or realincfs Tor 1t Which ,hrsc I,cnylnns
undoubtedly Implied, is no longer demanded
, from tic nnblcs. grn.rr, aud tanura;, md
thus their clail,ls 10 Them do not stand
on tho foundation they once dill. The
| restored Government had to, choose between
!, permitting tho wisule power of the sword to re-
slant Aungrr 10 Its own existence. wlici. thls
inyulrc aud forming regular urlny from tl,e
, ranks Of the pcu,c, Thereby rendering them,
selves inlepenacnt ot sla;s With nesvr rnuli
! sumo thrcc or four Years been forming au nril,
nu tl,c European modcs, i, chose quite. wisely
anil tho little aruty-sn,ne u, 00 ncn-ls AM: i
: for Tic reo1,rel ptrpoees and very respect !;
bic thuiy of troupt, tlo surprise at kuniano,t
notwithstanding,
The second rause is the existence In tho coun
try, md especially 1t, these n,,llwestesn Er,s,
: many mstl wl,s Cling to oll Japanese c,.stun
/ nni t,,tslcs Of thought, anl who regard tht
u1elcrn INNOVATIONS uuosl them us violat1nns O
The will Of tt.e national tutGlary gods Thu l.,.
ii tEctr swords, thc ort,rr that they shall wea
tlcir haIr III European. fushitn, thu presence
men among thcm dressed In tlu gnr6 Of The d.
= trslei a,lt|, d. tbcy bcijesc, 0yeresti,ratct
. forrl,.utt, aud lastly thu threatened extinctIo,
u II tic incomes which they and their father
. have TO lung cn}o,csj, have proved too m,iul, fo
? them. and they huyc rIscn nraI,,s, t:1os
: wh,Wn lhyy designate A. tie trIituro,,. a.l
|. Ylscrs Of tic sun Of Heaven. Fur, lie 1t re-
\ mnrkcd, tbr Mtkaduate Is not endangered b.
these freIfn.ts or the rnurec rt action 10 wrIyl
: thcy rive ri.c Tie stlka!u Ia to all clasecs o
tiIc Jat,ancsc what The Tonc ts to the .ieyou
! | T,nth.fj nri II IL tor.Stt,I,, IN nvrrrnt. ri,
..1,,. f.,-,, tht. ,.,,t ~, rrnu