Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-22
A NATIONS ADVANCE.
Progress Of japan During Last
Year.
Fluctuations in Currency
Large Crops.
The Failure OF Missionaries-Re
tions OF china and Japan.

| Cores, ondenco Ct tho San Franclsco Chronicle.
YOKOHAMA, January 13.-The past
year has been one that has satisfied
The husbandman better than it has the
| MOI chant. drops have been bouuti
| full. but trade and commerce have
| been eflicsed with stsgnation. Tho
| debtor clsss have been tried ~ by fire.
The paper currency Of the country
has appreciated from an average quota.
ton of 100 to 1913; and as oil accounts
are squsred and ~liquidated at the end
| of the year, creditors have reaped q
| rich harvest ia the fuctuation. The
| fairs of the empire are In a better
condition apparently than they were
one year ago. The balance of trade
Is largely ia favor Of Japan, exports
being on the increase, while
| importations have decreased con.
slderabiy. There is no demand
for silver to exort for 1settlement oil
balances, hence the appreciation oil
paper. Given one year more OF con-
| tinuance of the current OF trade in
the direction 1t is now running, and
paper money will be Of equal value
with the silver dollar, but in the pro-
cess of equalizlng the currency many
q debtor will go tho wall. Extra
territoriality will have to be obliter-
ated from the treaties and all resi-
dents OF tina empire be subject to the
demand of the laws Of the land, or the
retreat of the larger portion OF the
trading c. immunity will ensue. They
will have to fold their tents and steal
away for pastures new This is 80
patent to the observing onlooker
that il is strange beyond degree
that the guardians Of national inter.
! ests English, French, German and
American cannot appreciate the
problem and solve it at once. II Is
! the fasl ion to assert that the admin
~istration of Japsneso law, where for
eign interests would be in jeopardy,
would result In spolis!ion ana u 'icisl
robhuy, yet y !a all assers..ccl and
/ speculative vltuperation.
TIKI FOREIGN PRESS IN JAPAN.
1t ia the shame of the times that the
foreign press Of Japan hold hrm In
their constant attacks upon the gov
eminent and it's capacity, constantly
impugning Its honesty and aims,
thereby sowing the seeds of suspicion
and discomfort in the minds OF the
Japanese people. As censors of what
should be, as well as what is, 1t is but
natural that tho Japanese press should
become tinotured with the teaching.
Of the foreign press, and especially
that portion that ia In opposition tc
the government az now established,
aud which is clamoring for representa-
tive government and the elective fran
chise. The foreign press of japan
seems to be possessed with a spirit
that Is near being pestiferous, and arr
constantly growing at the govern
ment. One exception there is in thu
Japan Mail; sometimes it car discover
that II can commend, and because Il
does sometimes so commend, the othel
papers charge that it Is venal aud sub
sidlzsd, and not at all to be considered
q reliable exponent of the truth
"Tims at laat acts all things even;'
time will surely bring Its revenges fo1
all who dare to be true to the d'ctatel
Of fairness.
There ia q dearth Of current new
of interest 1t Is announced tina
Prince Hachisuka has been given hi
portfolio as minister to Paris, ant
that he will leave for his post during
the coming month.
Admiral Ito will shortly proceed tt
Europe to purchase q number o
steamers for the Kiodi Una Kwaisha
4 new steamship company lately inau'
gurated by the government.
AFFAIRS IN ooREA.
The latest advlces from Corea indi
cate that the government will have tt
watch the movements of the people Il
guard against being made the victim
Of instruction and avoid compiled
tisna with the treaty powers, as there
seems to be intense hostility on thu
part Of large numbers towards tn,
foreign Eruption that has been sanc
toned by the king. It Is to be hopet
that Christian aggression In attempt
ing to proselyte the CoreanR may moi
precipitate matters. 1t would b,
greatly to the advantage of the for
elgn populations settled In the fal
East II all clerical and misslonar,
work were confined to the spherv
of the demands of the foreign resi-
dents. The sooner the grand sohem
of attempting to convert tn
peoples from their religion
notions can be abandoned
the better. This may seem ultra an
conflict with the aspirations of tn
churches, yet It must DO the candi,
opinion Of all who have watched tn
missionary operations In this country
The peoples Of the far east, especial
of Japan, are not untaught savsges o
eannibals they have a religion tina
10 founded upon a rock older than tina
of Christianity, bat the base therec
is as broad and comprehensive as |
needed for the structure, and tn
teachings of Its founders as sublime a
any to pc found inculcated by Chris
himself, and possibly the deviatio
from the cardinal principles taught b
Confucius and the Buddhistn has nc
been more marked than has happene,
In the Christian church. One divin
injunction is not infriuged by the pee
pie of Japan--they swear not at all
|, No oaths are In their vocabulary
The extremity of their swearing 1
reached when they call a man a beast
They damn no mans eyes, neither d
they outse their God.
hi TWO RELIGIONS.
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