Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-24

Washington society expresses some regre,
that ft Is decidedly bachelor household,
and Mime. Tateno, wife Of tho former
minister, and Miss Goto, her niece, arr
very greatly missed. Mr.. ShinicIaro Ku.
rino. though he presented his credentials
as minister so late as the 2Sth Of August,
Is already quite popular In social circles,
and his two japanese attaches are true
gentlemen of their race, but there arc as
yet no ladies attached TO the legation
The Chinese legation
In this inspect IL presents a very marked
contrast with the Chinese legation. whcre
Mime. Yang Yu has quito won tho hearts
CT all the official ladies. so to speak by
her graceful manners and pleasant almos,
childlikc artleSsneSs- One by ono tho re-
stricuOns which hedge in Chinese ladies
have been laid inside until this year for the
drst time there Is no distinction whatever
Between that and any other legation Din
ncrs and Mt least one hall Will DO given
there this winter. and at the Informal teas
and afternoon receptions tho ciiquctfc Is
American In all respects. To return TO
diplomacy, IL Is only necessary Co rcpcat
that the Treaty recently signed by Sccre-
tary Gresham and Minister kurino re-
moved tho last distinction between japan
and other cuuntrics-that Is to say, a. r,s-
nounccs those claims which tho lcadins
:
Ing with the scmiclvilizcd.
For IS years the United States has en-.
deavorcd 20 secure n larger autonomy for
Japan. hut the nations Of Europe have OBJ
icctcd, and Great BrItain's latest treaty
with her fixes Japan's customs duties fcr
q term of years So far as We arc con-
cerned, Japan IL now free TO pass n McKiu-
Icy bill or Wilson bill or any other kind
Of tariff bill she plcases. and our consuls
In her ports have practically the same
powers rs hers In our ports. Tho dlplo-
mats here, and. most Of all, the japanese,
are inclined to laugh Mt the propositions
for clauses restricting japanese immigra-
tion to this country, and Japan has n very
stringent law fOrhldding her citizens &c
migrate to any country where they arc not
welcomed In short. &c may be said that
the rise OF this great power In the orient
in less chan one mans lifetime Is the
phenomenon OF modern history, and the
fact that We Americans gave the first i'm
pulse and are the first to recognize the
completed work must SO upon the recOrd
TO the everlasting honor OF the Pierce and
Cleveland administrations
II seems to me but yesterCiay-for was
then just beginning TO read the daily pa
pcrs-that All this country was ElOrifyine
the achievements Of Commodore Perry
The Crimcan war and the great spccula-
tiOn in hrcadstuffs which IL excited in this
country obscGred the fame Of the Perry
expedition fer awhile, but soon all the M
pers Were full of IL. and when the book
pCNidlcrs OF these times tTlVerScd the west
with the big rci volume in which the do
inEs Of cur sIilSrs in Japan wcrc most
lCridly r,lnteSl and Gorccously illustrated
it was u the rs,.rIc like hearing and read.
ing about the discovery Of n new world
Ii was in lSJ5 that the murder of some
American sailors shipwrcckcSl ON ono Of
the ISLANDS led to the QUILTING Of the
Perry expedition In February, 1854, IL
cniCTcd the bay Of Yado. and soon afgcr
the treIty WAS made which opened time
ports to Americans Six years later the
famous japanese embassy reachcd this
country, and such was the crowding to seS
them that we'll hammered people wcrE
shocked, all the comic papers buFlcsqued
took it mp aud inflicted On tho public 4
mess of doggercl beginning.
oh. went To SO de- japanese.
And. Golly. hat / got sqUcrrri
More Than Likely.
But whiiC-SCvy oTk Pased and won
dcrcd, tidinE~ II grave import came from
South Carolina The JapanCss went home
with the Information that this -csuntry
had split in two. and for seven years ~
scarcely remembered them or their coun-
try. ThcN, had. however, been n great
revolution them. and then came on Us .
great invasion Of japanese jugcicrs and
acrObats and little Tommy All Right was
the pat Of all the ladies and greatly cclc-
bratcd in the daily papers Now tho Japs
arc our ncighbors. and central Asia Is trav.
crscd by hicyclcrs, thu British are pressing
into China from throe sides. and what i
to be the longest railrlad In the world /.
being pushed eastward from Russia intC
what was called the breeding ground q.
harharihns."
Still gpcatcr changes have taken placE
elsewhere. When / studied geography,
the pupil was not rcquircd TO cnumCrafC
the separate governments Of Germany and
Italy. for there were 81 Of the former and
IL OF the latter. Franco had rcccntly be
, como an empire. scrfdum was the basis O.
society in Russia, pcOnage in Mexico and
slavery in many other lands In ono
short lifetime VIC have witnessed the con
solidntiOn Of Germany and tho unincatiOn
Of Italy. the establishment Of n firm rSs-
public in France and Of n grcat empire In
the orient, religious liberty almost every
whcro and the abolition Of slavery through.
out tho civilized world. The first political
speech ever heard was delivered by whig
congressman In defense Of the fugitive
slave law The last specch listened 10
was by Democrat In favor Of increased
facilities for educating the ncErOoS- Is IL
not poSSihle-nay. Is IL not mUrc than like
ly-thht the rising generation will witness
the establishment Of an international
coinage and n really stable money system,
universal free trade and tho displacement
of war among Christian nations by per
mnncnt congress Of arbitration
J. II. PAEKE-