The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1882-10-19
Japanese Civilization.

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No monarch, and very few nr;vate
persons, can have led life of higher.
more intense and more absorbine 9 inter.
est IN tlan a the young man who, in 1868.
when but sixteen, found himself Mikaao
OF Japan, with the ancient but long dor
mant rights OF sole and supreme ruler
restored to that Office. By fortunate
chance the purple fell, in his case. on
one well fitted to wear it, and the work
done In Japan in Which he has takei, an
active and intelligent share in fourteen
years haSheen enormous Between 1869
ana 1871 the Daimios, the great feudal
t,rllnq4ces, lq4e, We're, with the exception of the
can Satsuma-not radically subdued
until lo77--Whose chief was Che miobfv
Salgo, denuded of their power, they and
thelr military retainerS receiving a Decu-
mary compensation Ine1S73 ali classes,
OF able-bodied men were rendered liable
4 to conscription in the imperial army.
Ihs army, organized by HFrenchmen,
mas now for nearly ten years been in a
hlgh state OF efficiency. Its West Point,
conducted chiefly on the pattern of that
e, establishment, is Teyama, near Toxic.
The total military force is 12o,00O. The
japanese .naYyCis on the niodellof the
british. ls,h. It includes twenty war vessels,
nlneteen being steamships. National
education on the new model dates from
leI, By 1873 the Government schools
had 100000 pupils To-day they have
over over 2,5O0.000. Toxic University
has nearly 1000. One well acquainted
with Japanese pupils says that ..intel-
iectuaily they. are on the average equal
TO those OF Europe or America while in
me gentler virtues of respect, docility.
industry, politeness, and self-control.
they are unqqestiona5ly superior" A
prevailing feature among this peo1ie.
and one which strikes even the least oh
servant, Is s~their almost sexasperatingly
sweet temper. 1t is well-nigh impossi-
bic to make them angry, and lady, long
resident'in Japan, says it is really true
that Japaneselc children are seareely,eyer
heard to cry. This celestial condition
IN the nursery is not produced by the
soothing syrups of q Japanese Pinkslow,
bph IS the result of the tact of the child
Observation-Disclosures old men. lThe /
japanese post7offiee is another of the
Nations triumphs. A mole-hill has in
ten years grown into aaff1aotntain.l 9The
railroads, though not numerous are
cheap and pay well. They are now
chiefly superintended and worked BY ma 4
tNes. Accidents are almost unknown.
From half mile in September, 1869, |
the telegraph lines have grown to 4, eco
miles, Worked, bys,1, 800 employes,yso
whom ten only. are foreigners. It would !
be well for this country if it's fails were
~ half as satisfactory plight sare those
OF Japan, and in this matter Japan has
borrowed but little from the foreigner.
The most minute precautions are, taken
TO prevent abuse of authority by prison |
officials. The Governor of q iaii may |
lnfilct no punishment more severe than |
he dark cell or shackles, and this but |
fora striely limited period without the
sanction of a District Court. This svs-.
tenn IS carried out with as much strict |
ness in the most remote provinces as in
the capital. The vast system thus in
little more than ten Years created is di-
contrelledsGbyna Cabinet of
thirteen, over which the eaMikado vigil
lantly presides, assisted by aleouncil of |
the ablest and best informed men, who
give advice and attend to the details of
made by the Cabinet. Pro-
vineial assemblies have existed since
1878, and National Parliamentary Gov.
ernment is to the order of the day.-f
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