The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-07-11
THE ORIENT.
Japan's Great Colonization Pro

from late China and Japan eXchan-
ges, to hand per S. S. Peru yester.
day.
The grant of the sum of $4,000
last session for the purpose of con,
Quoting explorations for suitable
land for colonizing, shows that the
members of the Diet realize the
necessity for discovering an outlet
for the growing population of the
country. At present Hekkaido af-
fords the only available opening
for this surplus population, but as
the population shows an average
annual increase of 100000 even the
resources of Hokkaido must before
long be exhausted. 1t is now stat
ed that of the $4,000 granted by
the Diet, $500 will be utilized in
exploring Mexico, $500 will be ex-
| pended in California, and $500 will
be paid to each of the japanese
consuls in Vancouver, San Fran
cisco, Honolulu, Manila, Yladivo-
stock with the. view of obtaining
from them suggestions and reports
as to the prospects of colonization,
while about $1,000 still remaining
will be spent in printing and pub
fishing reports.
A scheme of Japanese coloniza-
ton on an unusually large scale is
anticipated by the promoters of the
Shokumin Kyokwai, a colonization
association who have established
offices and who propose to form
themselves into a joint stock COM
pany to be known as the Nippon
Imin Kwaisha, or Japanese Colo
nization Company. The capital is
to be $3,000,000, and the intention
is to seek out suitable colonization
grounds for japanese.
The Brazilian government, says
the Kokkai, have made a request
to the Japanese government to send
emigrants to Brazil with the view
of Japanese colony being estab-
lished in that country and have
appointed Mr.. Carol as ambassa-
dor to Japan. The ambassador is
reported to have left Vancouver by
a mail steamer for Japan.
Japan has apparently gone off
its head because a Lieut.-Col.
Fukushima has ridden across ST.
IBERIA. He is being received by all !
classes as if he had accomplished |
some wonderful feat. Had he been |
the savior of his country he would |
scarcely have been magnified into
a greater hero.
From various parts of the coun-
try subterranean disturbances are
being continually reported. From
Mount Izumi, situated between
Nishi Saijo.gun and Nishihojo-gun,
Mimasaka province, ominous
sounds like rolling thunder have
been repeatedly heard by inhabit-
ants of the neighboring villages
since the beginning of the year.
There seems to be a prospect of
more trouble between Japan and
Corea, in consequence of the gov
ernor of Ryusantsuin, situated be-
tween Jinsen and Seoul, having
issued an official notification pro-
hibiting the trade in rice and other
cereals there. A number of Japan
ese families are said to have
suffered considerably in eonse-
quence of the prohibition.
Mount Azuma still gives serious
cause for alarm on the part of the
within. an extended ra-
dius of the place. On the morning
of Sunday last (1Sth inst. the in
habitants of Fukushima heard Sc
we're rumblings in the direction of
the mountain, and when the day
cleared they observed four pillars
of smoke ascending. On the after
noon of the following day there was
a continuous fall of ashes in the
town, but the inhabitants were
practically unconcerned, as they
are becoming used to these volcan-
ic phenomena.
The Brazilian warship Almi-
rante, reported in an Australian
telegram to have been lost in the
Red sea, is the vessel which was
bringing the Brazilian embassy to
China to negotiate an emigration
treaty.
The stranded Russian cruiser
Vitiaz has, it appears, become
total wreck, the gale which visited
the Japan sea at the beginning of
the week, having irreparably dam
aged her. She will be a severe
loss to the Russian navy, as she,
with her sister ship, the Rynda,
and the Admiral Korniloff, were