Arizona republican., 1891-04-21
INLAND SEA OF JAPAN The Greatest of Nature s
 Works of Art. s.r Japanese Entertainment of
 Visitors.
How. the Government Regulates the Social Evil" A Prince
 Travelling in State.
Written for THE RBPuBLIcIS.I !

mariner into the spacious harbor of Yokohama. As Longfellow sings:
 Cradled and rocked in eastern seas
 The islands of the Japanese
 Beneath me lbei OCT lake and plain
 The stork, the heron and the crane
 Through the clear realms of azure drift
 And on the hillside can see
 The villages of lmari,
 thsunshine streaming through each rift, And broken arches of blue sky;
 All the bright flowers that fill the land,
 Ripple oi waves, on rock and sand,
 The snow on Fusiyama's cone,
 The midnight heaven so thiCkly sOWn
 With constellation of bright stars,
 The leaves that rustic, the reeds that make
 A whisper by each stream and lake,
 The saffron dawn, the sunset red Float through the azure oVerheadr The counterfeit and counterpart
 or Nature reproduced in art
 In these ten thousand islands, accord ing to Oriental hyperboley the Emperor 0i. Japan has ruled for ages eternal over irom 3O,OuO,UOO to 40, 0,O0U,OO0 of Asiatics, | dramatically sealed rom the resS of the world until opened by the American fleet under Commodore Perry in the year oi grace, lSo0.
 The history oi Japanese politics would form large volume, but suffice for the present that Western ideas have pene- trated the concrete of ages and that the Japanese Empire Is now a aConstitutlOnal uovernment, with representative Parliament modelled after the best Goy- ernnents of Europe.
 | Our intercourse with the Japanese has been far more satisfactory than With any other Aslatlc power, ana their adoption ot Western customs turnlshes a nope that It may be continued to the benefit of both nations. The Government oI Japan has recently voted 5OO, ,OOO yen, or dollars, to make a representation at the Worlds Fair Tn Chicago Tn lS92-93. There Is nothing in European history to compare to the magnanlmlty wlth which the Japanese Princes surrendered ther ancient teudal rights ln favor O. modern progress and the prosperity ol the empire. They were older than the Caesars, the Hapsburgs, or the Barons ot England, anu yet, with an unanlmlty surprising to foreigners, the entire Ieudal system of Japan was abolished by the Princes themselves for the benent OI progress and civilization. The workings of constitutional government Tn Japan ) will be watched with much interest by statesmen in the Western hemisphere, as well as Europe, as the lever which  m Aslauc countries. The Japanese
 nave manifested little or no desire for emigration, but seem to have patriotic desire for the improvement and alorn-
 ment ot their own beautiful islands.
 One peculiar form oi ornamentatlUn |,
 the artificial construction in every vii
 lage, garden and public place of model - ot | tusl-yami; anu another IS the cree l fInn nf nY,l m . eminence. Their skill In landscape
 Ornamentation excels that of any other |. people, and with country prolific in
 verdure nature assists art III the orna'
 mentatlon Of the country.
 The strength of every government may
 be fairly estimated by the state ot it's /, social compact. Just as well as the stability of an edifice may be estimated
 by the solidity of it's foundation. The ' extreme sOlidity of the social system Is s Tn China, where women nave been eX,
 cluded from any equality with men fol a countless years, and the goyernmea is s concrete. In all Asia the females have
 but little influence in governmental
 affairs.
 In Europe, where the social compact a has been disarranged, disintegration fol lowed. In England, where divorce i.
 difficult of attainment and women art r confined to the sphere designated fol :, them by nature, the government IS solid in the United States the demoralizatlor a and disintegration is scarcely percepli
 ble, but 1t may grow to dangerous pro d portions.
 t INLAND SEA OF JAPAN. From Yokohama to Shanghai the pas I. sengers by the Pacific Mail Company,
 steamers are changed to the Costa Rica n and go through the inland sea of Japan n landing native passengers at native n ports, and adordlng an excellent oppor Q tunity to see the country. 1 was rather e surprised upon coming on board to finC 1t oOO Japanese passengers, the best state e rooms having been sold out at the
 highest price, without regard to through tickets. My room was occupied by two "a Japanese officials, carrying two sword. n sharp as razOrs and inspiring the most |. profound politeness. The inconvenience 'e of being temporarily deprived of state , room Is amply repaid by the opportu If nity to study the Japanese passengers fl who at least present new phase O.
 humanity. Among the passengers wa'
 dalmio, or native prince, with hi'
 wives, concubines, retainers and house
 hold goods, returning from Yeddo to hi. '' native place on the inland sea. Nc wonder It impoverished prince to live n in 4eddo with such retinue. His pas d sage and freight was S50J0 The ladie. d were evidently of gentle blood, fair a, e. Europeans, with luxuriant black hair m small hands and feet, very graceful ir d manners, clad in the loose flowing cos D, tunes of the country, with folds of light
 gauge silk slightly concealing theil n busts. ... ...
 1t was difficult to get into converse ,,r tion with ladies of their rank, especiall, rs n when one could speak very few words O ', Japanese, and those not classic; bu x women's curiosity proved too much fol them, and the mysteries of a repeatinl
 watch overcame their timidity, and they d were never weary of having the time O @ day ring in their ears by the clear, sil If very bell of Jurgensen repeater. Ring: D. and personal ornaments were examined
 with naturalness most refreshing, ana , finally a derringer projecting from V tho pocket was discovered and fingered n amidst the merriment of the ladies and q the confusion of the wearer. Our idea: n 1, of modesty are continually shocked by l. Japanese customs, such as bathing in IT public and unveilng nature. With Is married ladies in Japan in6dalitv is