, 1879-08-19

bow vl,icl, fn',r ordinary varrfpvs
cn,1s no. hcmt. aud tlciysn0 Ills Japanese pur-
surrs. Jfe srpl shalt At nne of 't1c aupr1arf.
in. vtsqcs tl,at n'rrcrd lie thin Runwnto and
sink It. md then. establishing himself upo0 Tho
tsl NIL bccatnc the fa her OF S,!ntcn. thu first
historical r,tlrr nE l4'o.l1uD Mcnlez Pinto,
the Portuguese atlvcn'tirer, fought 'he coraalra
Of these isl md. Tscynso. te M*ado, lrati of
Tho nruntl Shlnlndux family considered t!Icin In
1907 tic finest nj lts tabla pusacssioi,@. Their
ambassadors In fovii.g costume swcIlcd The
lila En- nlre In ls7, 1snt II happened Ia 'ho
same rtar that Looelioo Junk was wrecked on
Eastern rornnsa. The crow were killed bv tho
savagea. nf,st. It Is said. eacn The lo1 :ioonns
nnnea'cd to .l'rIr tributarv lords The Laoaneso
nr!nres Of Satsumn- vino rafcsrel Tho matter to
Toxic. The Aiikado 0rof"ascd hIinsclf uoabo
Ia helm them. anu an cnrov was sent from
1ktnawn to refer the matter to The Emperor Ut
China
This wns thc first nppcnl Of tho is1'nders to
the Celestial Empire, md It wns the origin of
sl'elr recent Troubles. They xerc GROWING too
strong. ton prosperous. too Chinese. A. Chinese
population liat bern ktcAlltT creeping Enso the
so't hrrn isl ,t.is: the language hal become
eorrupscd with ChInosc tlinms; ,no'lo Of edu-
en'1t,n waS nc'.ig introduced TINT was wholly
Chinese. China Ind BEEN irving for hundreds
OF wears to aanrx The isl ,ntls, .hc last Vigorous
n:tcHns h1v'n9 been tnadc 10 feo1 by fhe Etnpc-
| ror Of Yuen, in Mongolia. who halnHqed TO tho
dynasty .! KhoutIlia Khan. With Japan, on
Vie Dthcr hlfut 9t1tt PARTICULARLY Will CalHunHi
l.oochno had entertained cara al commercial re-
lnssuns from 1l5l until LIDS, when dlsa.rceHienss
nrose between sats,ssnn nl"t It's K'ng. n co1sc.
qucnce ot vhri, JnstFise, nan,tu Of Satsnma.
til M army to Oitnawn III 1909, tonk 'hs King
prisoner Hllll made the ifftM1s tributary To
Japan. In 1872, therefore, the Mtkad0 hc'd him.
as1f enttrev Ensttacd in tlenlnd nG tribute attl
tokens If Submission TAreu Lonrh'0An ciivnys
| wrrc accordingly sent to lite Japanese Court,
| who proIrercl tribute, which, with much ccrc-
tnDlY. was ncccntcI. ........
Tic s1ika,,o fondly l,onel Tint This ceremony
would dccIde The political status Of Loochoo
/ once md torovcr. iIo was mistaken. The np-
| pca1s OF the Islanders to China. begun IN The
case Ut tho Forn,osa cannbals, nccamc matters
| Of monthly occurrence, SO tint on March OF
| the prcsrnt year Jnpan threatened to make
| shcm department of the Empire tusicad Of 4
| tributary dependency, md nr.ncl body. ot
| s0terr tn Acrve nVatnst them. L0ocftoo '1i-
nlediately invoked the assistance Of China at!,l
were OIL fa1Iv proclaimed prefecture 0f JaDnn.
Under tic title Okin1wa Ken. l+nd the King wis
| tleposctl. Being summoned to The Capital, he
pira11cd illness, md sent his eldest aon, WIN was
IL vears OF arr. In hts place. The 1ad wns re-
l cetvc1 hy the Mikoco md ordered to await the
arrival Of his ia llcr Mt Toxic. wlnre Gnth wcre
| tn be Invested with rink and title t,F Japanese
| uohlcmcu OF the highest cass. t1npanrac Of
l:lnls were nut IN The p'acc OF The lcpocu Gov
crn,ncnt. Much ~ f"c!'ns was thcreos created
In China. Which claimed TO be 1o!nt protector i'f
tIte tsE ,,.tls. The Chinese Minister protested.
Ills protest ssas ignored. Da:tallons Of troops
nud inrge force Ut po1ice md mi1lor otllctala
! were hastily dfspAtctied to Looshno, autt war
! seemed TO bn tmtntn mt. And this was the
position OF ufrolrs w!lcu the t1ta OF au arbttru'
tion was frat snootc0.