Telegram-herald., 1889-07-01
STUDYING AMERICA


'saA.cal Noa'a nss3kans4 nge top "a
IA ~ NasAsas ~ wosaste that eject.
Vas tas salutas gwen Judge A lrse
bs Rev "a BaA Wright IA the Isl.G-
aEAN HGRAln Cir SATURDAY evening.
.'l4aeks mar Ae han SAX Dat
Toxic, replies tbe Judge, ana taeu
Mrs MIighi. $3.50 meanwhile had
shaken hands with lhe Judge, r.
marked ea9a4lys 'S.kIaa as..lnA
Yokohama IA Mlssu hisai kanu ~
Alohi
9udse hiye S. gentleman from
/ Japan, ho arrived "a tals cig = ieW
/ days aao. q graduate 0f the lAW
T department So t8e university at Toxic,
/ served after -faa Iaiion ar . Judge in
one ot the courts ~ that country and
! non hQl4s 4 iesllr "a judicial position.
4 somewhat s.ulsl a. that ~ the retired
officers oi oal array. lie i = guest Of
Dr. Dyer, sud intends 10 remain Ia thls
] city for some Iult, Ia study oar Amer
lean system of Jurisprudence, and espe-
/ cl@ily Our commercial law.
key. Mir. Wright and Mrs Wright
spent nine years IA Japan, and
naturally were pleased 10 meet one
mad come 50 recently from that pro-
gresslNe country, and NRo, az they dls-
| covered, knew many of their fIlenas
and acquaintance
judge lnye, during ms stay IN this
country, has visited several OF the iareer
cities, and made inquiries regarding
| the law schools, etc, and after LOOKING
the matter over has decided thai The
| Michigan code aud the Ann Arbor law
school are the best for hls purpose. The
| New York code Is too complex 10 Ice
| readily understood hv a foreigner.
while the principles are the same m
tins State and the methods of pro
cedure much more easily compre-
hended.
The courts of Japan" said Judge
/ lnye, ARE four IN number. There ~ a
| petty court corresponding Ga your las-
tlce of the peace, the court Of first m
| stance resembling tie circuit court a
court of appeals, and another higher
court IN some respect resembling the
United States Supreme Court 81 MAsn
lngton. Japan has no jury system. the
| Judges hear and determine ali cases
Three codes have been promulgated
one criminal, one for criminal proce-
dure, and one constitutional. A com
merclal OF clvl code Is now beng pre-
pared and will be promulgated. per
haps, next year. 1t Is founded largely
on old English law, hence my desire 10
| post myself on American law, which
| YOU know IS also founded on the old
| English common law"
| Judge Inye speaks English remark
ably for one who has been m tins coun-
| try only two months and explained
| that he had taken course ln English
al the Toxic law school. He is al IN
| terestIng cOnveTsatonalst, and tells
many interesting facts regarding Lis
native land. Although less than half
a century has elapsed since il Was
stepped IN semi -barbarsm, Japan D. one
of the most progressive countries ia the
world. Is advancement ~ the arts.
sciences, education and commerce has
been phenomenal. PTior % the VISIT of
Commodore Perry, in 1853, Japan had
no vessels, steam or sail, of any ac-
| count. She was hardly abreast Of
China IN this regard, and her merchant
marine presented a pitiable spectacle.
| Today she has a well-cquipped navy
and dock yards. Her resources have 80
| developed that she can design, con-
struct and equip and officer "A feet of
war ships. She has one hun
dred and thirty-eight national
| banks, with a capital Of foriy-
four million dollars; iorty y-hvo hundred
| postal stations; telegraph stations ia
one hundred and twelve towns and
! cities; eight lines of telegraph com
munlcatiOn and live thousand miles of
wire. All this shows progress. But by
| her educational system Japan cNcites
our astonishment. Her Kindergarten
| schools are far ahead of those ia tins
| country, II amply proved by the EXHIBIT
at Paris. In the matter Of elementary
education she leads the world. scat
| tered throughout the empire are thirty
| thousand schools of different grades.
| IN which sixty thousand teachers give
| instruction 10 we'll nigh three million
| pupils. She supports one hundred and
| seventy-three colleges, FIX schools for
| the higher education OF women. sew
| cnty-elght normal schools and two unl-
| vcrsItIes In the law school at TOXIC
are more than q thousand students.
nearly half OF whom study IN English.
| She has also thlTiy-one medical schools.
| IN one of which are 9op students. and
665 hospitals whore patients arr shell
| tered. The exports and imports Of
Japan amounts 10 about $50, ,Oo0 600.
The United States buys sl7 900 900
worth of products and sells her some
| thing less than So 900 .000 worth in re-
tuIn. All of winch shows that We have
a ncghboT n the west whose scqualn-
tance is we'll worth cultiysting. Japan
rs more c3o~oly allied 90 us CONNER
cIally aud politically than 10 any other
nation, and Il should be- the policy Of
our Government 10 establish between
the two countries the closes and most
| amlCahle relations