, 1884-12-10
THE NEW EMPIRE.
The Revolution in Japan, and How
It Was Brought About.
story OF Inouye, Present japanese
Minister of Foreign Affairs
learning the Mighty Secret
OF EngIRnd,s lower


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sense governed, at Kiyoto. The old mobiles
at Japan were the real rulers Of the empire,
though for convenience sake, and with the
object OF preventing one or another of their
fellows from usurping the empty throne,
they wep content to do homage 10 the ty-
coon But when he proved faithless 10 all
the traditions Of the country by entering
upon treaties with despised foreigners some OF
them resolved TO assert the personal independ-
ence which had always existed in fact.
Foremost amongst these hot-hended chief
tains was the prince Of Chosiu. He swore
a great oath that the province of Chosiu
should be held free from the communicating
touch Of the Foreigners. Amongst his
retinue were two young men Of 20 or -
years Of age, one named Ito and the other
Inouye- They were Of the Samauri class,
and their sagacity and courage had. over at
this early age, raised them high in the conn
sells Of their prince They were daring
enough to offer him advice, and when he
talked OF keeping the foreigners OIL with his
puny forts they gloomily shook their heads.
tn prince listened 20 reason from his
young and trusted counselors, and n notable
scheme was Matched. These two youths, with
three Others Of the anne age and standing,
were TO go 70 England. spy out the land,
master the great secret OF naval supremacy,
bring It back TO Japan, straightway create "A
fleet and then let England, the United States
and France look out. lnouyo induced the
consul at Yokohama to ship them in the
dead Of night in the guise Of common sailors,
10 Shanghai, whence they could take passage
for England. The prince Of Chosiu raised
1000 pounds sterling 10 meet the expenses OF
the expedition, n sum he placed 10 their
credit with the house Of Jardine, Matheson
q Co, one Of the pioneers Of British trade
In Japan. Everything went well rs far as
Shanghai, but hero a hitch occurred. Three
Of the party duly sailed ns passengers, and
reached England after n more or less pleas
ant voyage.
Ito and Inouye mot with quito another
fate. Being questioned MS 10 their desires
and intensions, lnouyo expended the greater
part Of his store Of English In declaring
that he wanted to learn navigation" His
heart was full and his mind engrossed by
the object of his mission knowledge Of
navigation was the secret Of England's great
ness, and the foundation Of power which
enabled her TO be overbearing and insolent
i'm Japan. He and his dear friend ItQ-woull-
go and study navigation In its chlsf school.
They would come back AMI spread il through
Chosil. Then should the star Of the British
empire on the soas pale, and who knows but
what IL would be found worth while that
Great Britain should DO annexed, and should
| Dc even as a tLlD OF one OF inc COultleIh lhlnnQN
that stud the Inland seai Accordingly, when
asked what they wanted to do, Inouye an
swered: Navigation and that being all
the reply TO be got out OF him, he and his
comrade were shipped as common sailors on
board the good ship Pegasus, bound for the
port OF London. They did not discover their
position till Shanghai had become n dim
streak on the horizon, and they found them
solves bufFeted about, ordered in an unknown
tongue 10 do impossible things The sailors
took pains TO teach them their business, and,
with the natural aptitude Of the japanese,
they speedily became able scnmen.
When they arrived at the port OF London
tho sailors left the ship and hurried off TO
home or other haunts. But the two Japanese
runaways had no whittier TO go. They were
dazed with the sights and sounds OF mighty
London. with It's moving crowds, its inter
minable streets, and It's forest OF ships. The
next day.a message from Jardine, Matho-
son q Co. rescued them. Lodgings were
provided for them in Cover street, and they
had plenty of money at their command.
This they used in ~prosecuting those inquiries
which were the object Of their expedition
They were keen-eyed young men, and were
not long in discovering how ludicrously slight
was the foundation on which they had built
their lofty hopes. A sense Of the irwin
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upon them In their voyage up the Thames,
grew with every days residence In the coun-
try. At the end Of three months news came
from Japan which greatly added 10 their
trouble. Tho prince OF ~Chosiu-perhaps in
cited by the knowledge that tho five secret
emissaries in the enemy's camp who would
presently possess themselves Of the talisman
Of EnglAnd's power-had Kicked over tho
traces. He had closed the straits OF Simo-
noseki against British ships, and had threat
ened TO fire upon any that came within reach
OF his guns. The tycoon had solemnly re-
buked him, and he had defied the tycoon.
lnouye and Ito knew only too surely what
would be the end Of this
They called upon Messrs. Jardine, Mathe-
son & Co, and explained the peremtory need
OF their return. But tho members Of that
eminent and practical firm only shook their
heads. These young japanese had been con-
signed to their carr with other goods from
Japan. Till fresh orders wore received, they
could not reship them for any port But
the two young Japaneye had grown accus-
toned to rebuffs, and had already formed a
habit Of disregarding them. Since there
were no other means OF obtaining a
passage, they, prohting by their experience
on the Pegasus, shipped before the mast
az common seamen, aud. making tho long
voynge by the cape Of Good Hope, reached
Shanghai in safety. The next thing was to
got TO Japan, an enterprise even more Diff
cult than the journey from Europe to Asia.
They shrewdly suspected that the British
minister ut Pehin would gladly accept thel
good offices in furthering the settlement Of
the difficulties whisn their hot-headed prince
had created They appealed personally and
directly to Sir Rutherford Alcock; told him
of their conviction OF the utter usclessness Of
the prince of Chosiu's kicking against tho
prichs, and OF their urgent desire to CONS
face to face with him and report the result
Of their observations In England.
The British minister, touched by this
mixture OF simplicity and threw dness, or
dered Admiral Keppel, then in command Of
the British feet In the Chimes seas, TO land
them as near the camp OF the prince their
master ns was practicable. As soon as they
got ashore they FASTENED 10 tho prince, earn
estly besought him 10 desist from a hopeless
conflict, and IN part succeeded In stopping
him in his mad career. The prince was
helpless 10 stem the course events were tax
ing. lie had raised n specter which he could
not lay at will. As for the new and unex-
pected emissaries OF peace, II Jared hardly
with them. Ito had 10 hide himself from
popular indignation. Inouye, falling
Into the hands Of the angered Samourai. was
alasbed, cut, and left for dead by the road.
side. He had just sufficient strength left 10
crawl 10 his mothers house, where he was
nuraed back 60 life and carefully hidden