The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-24
FACTS ABOUT THE JAPS.
CHARACTERISTICS IN WHICH
THEY FAR EXCEL Us.
Extraordinarily Petite are Thsy, NarvsIessly
Clean sad Fearless Of DEATH Hatred o.
the Chissss- usiqss Fsstsrsssf
Their Public Bafkl


silks" said Mr.. Charles p. Dunno.
proprietor OF troupe OF performing
Japs. II have lived there some four
years now. and shall always live
there. No man ever lived In Japan a
year anc was willing TO leave or live
anywhere else. I'm anxious to get
back. There isn't Japan In my
company as homesick TO see Japan as
am. Flowersp--there Is no endl
They make the very air balm with
their perfume The chrysanth emums
the national flowor-arc alone worth
trip across the Pacific.
Americans are especially the favor
ties OF the Japanese The courtesy
and kindness which this government
has displayed toward japan, In con-
trast 10 the somewhat abrupt and
dictatorial methods OF England and
France. are responsible for this Eng
land made her demands with threat
TO blow down town II they were not
met; the United States bowed politely
and put the same thing In the form OF
request. The Japs appreciate the
difference and love the Americans.
"The Japs personally are the politest
people on earth. A frenchman isn't
in IL with n Jap. You lift your hat
and Jap will lift his higher; you bow
and Jap will Dow foot lower than
you do. This excess OF polite at
tentIon is Mt first little irksome. but
one gets used TO IL and likes It.
"The Japanese are adva ncing fast.
faster In fact than any people on earth.
They are building schools and filling
1t Is peculiar out true that these young
Jap students we'll educated. mind
you. and but little. II any behind the
college boys OF the same age In Amer
ica-are the most bitter and fanatical
expositors OF their old heather re-
llgion. SO far as the Mikado's gov
ernment and the people generally are
involved, they tolerate unhesitatingly
the presence OF all religions and lay
no embargo on the efforts OF mission
aries TO reclaim all who will to Chris
tianity.
These people are very clearly.
Their cities are models as being well
kept and pure. have been In one OF
their fishing villages. which Is the
poorest and meanest, and SO far AS Of
Tense TO sight or smell was concerned,
IL was like conservatory OF flowers.
In the big cities they maintain public
bath houses and all are free 10 dip
themselves at pleasure. That brings
me to another matter OF some delicacy
TO foreigners. People OF both sexes
battle together In Japan. There is no
discrimination or difference. IL Is not
gents 10 the right and ladies 10 the
left with them. They mingle In the
bath without restriction and In natures
garb. This. which Is shocking 10, any
but a Jap. Is altogether cousmon-place
to these nonchalsnt celestials II Is
their custom, their fashion, thc lesson
OF their lie. or anything you may call
a and 80 they think no more OF these
mixed layations than you would OF a
party OF men and women at dinner.
'<fhc Mikado's government Is very
Jealous OF any attempt TO take the
women away from Japan. venture
TO say / am the only foreigner who
ever brought any women away under
contract and did II by lawful passports
and on the square The four have
with mo had trouble TO get assure
you. and | had lived In japan four
years and was we'll liked and respect
ed by them. had To give big bond
10 bring them back all right. and even
then they fused around and made me
lose two steamers before | got clear
with them. They are afraid OF the
women being drawn into an immoral
life. which. In their notion. would
bring shame and reproach 70 the I'm
pcrial government Of japan.
THE Japanese laws punish crime
very severely. Their jails are awful
holes. The prisoner Is cooped up In a
little dungeon not big enough to swing
cat In. and has for provant no more
than one rice ball and about pint OF
water daily. The Jap authorities are
not allowed to punish foreigners In
each city Is a large tract. or part OF
the city, marked of for the occupation
OF aliens. This Is entirely maintained
by the foreign element and IL called
T, the .'foreign concessions"
"0hl these Japs are brave. Thoy
have no more fear OF death than has
bullock. They will kill themselves.
The time was and is still for that mat