The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-11

| the destruction between thc 'V.ft,.S.h
! and conquered was kept up; az lehstn
| - fusion was complete ana the result
| rag the homogeneous Japanese. Ailos
sceros a modern term, probaDy rom ihu
/ -dog-signifying their regard ior tne iace'
| eLo AInog and japanese learn 10 con
| -, easily IL must he noticed that
| 'ha rlvers and valleys OF Hondo nave
! Amos names. Such sweet names as
! Juniata. Atamaha. or the sohoIOus
names such as Niagara, katahHih' iuS-
/ carora; resemble toe weu-nigh eNuhct
aborigines Of America, VINO may pe
brethren Of the Amos. -, g..
Many Of the Amos are very hairy Ire,
ouenfly they are seen with limbs ana
h"dins covered with thick black hair
about an inch long The Amos tahhe
k,ndlv TO the hairy foreigners, WINE
the Japanese child thinks q man wlth
mustache Is a dragon Wlthotut "ins - Ga
tail The language Of the Amos - Iuie
and moor. but much ike the japanese.
The religion OF the Amos diners essen
tally from that Of the Japanese. Ihey
worship kami or spirits.
Tho outward symbol Of religion IS Il
stick whitfield toward one end INTO sndN-
ings. until the smooth wand contains a
mass OF pendant curls. These are put IN
aiI places Of danger The boatnah
throws them in the rive, Tor ral,d3 Ibii
guard against rocks. The bhdnhia'
6o1Izes nave in vain attempted TO- con
vert the Amos 70 Buddha. tnuou1 ''uLS
the Japanese are descendants OF tnt
Amos but infusion OF lVi 'iSu -
and the long effects OF dahy hot pa.L9
have wrought a chdh6e bc'"NN" ~
Amos and japanese. h.,rlrad
The NIikado Mutsuhito, the one hundred
and twenty-third Of the linpeIidi l,"0 IL
Dai hippo, is the PrcSeht, , m'.t1 Iomei.
u.hom he succceded, and the Empress
Tugiwara Asaka. He was born N0sSNl t,,,,
Q 1870. He was crowned on tHr I''l - -
Of August 1865. and was married ON me
fgl4 ~
laughter of noble. ... ...,,-,,, in its
Japanese mythology Is 50 curIent IA 80
history that but little can DC Ie.lvH V ;n.
'rhe three DISTINGUISHING cndrdcttilStlo7
af Tu1dhish worship are athelaIh
tnaternusvchosis and the absence OF ca ~
Thev believe that il they 40 bVt UDJFs
the laws Of Buddha they Mnl,etIs Ia
to pass into some more mSei any ,i. ~.
No japanese Caesar ever bad ms t'' w..
Inc royal army is always Loyal. ne ST f,'i
Of 1872 vas A confused picture OF ln'S9,,''0
war. and Corea was nEadstt 49,, 49, "o Feb-
treaty was made with tolca on i ~
rrorv n 1S76. COreans were pfoHpuy c".
tertained with great splSndpr' IHr ~ in
time FOR a millennium inc CIV. va ,1d
M beeau 10 create much dlsCoHteu'' anu
MANY parties were created ihese Pa,tt W.
NAV nov be divided into three ulS1.irt
ORGANIZATIONS, with newspapers SPn"tit,-
and canVassers. They are t"e u|rSti
tional MOnarchists. IhDeraHS's IN az. snail
tutional ReiOrmers, emitting Hl""'
Corea made a treaty with The ni ned
States on May O. ~, at llCIl'u.'' thi,
snou after treaties were mace W ltu 49,
nations Drought preyalel III. O,.e No.
tEe country and the bisot"d tV...o.'
lives wrought upon the supe'57e 80 min
inc masses 10y ASCENDING the IdCh tr.,ftne
IN thc anger Of the spirits becauSe ~
Ma heeu made with foreigners me So'
diere If the capital were Oh the NeIE,@ Va
mrtinv because Of arrears Oh P"S' mi
,rere further eXasperated pecdus,g, ~.
NOR ratiOns of rice were cur TIT.
tnr5iqners Japanese had plenty. } h ,,
provoked a bloody noL az 49, SDn' .%tffa,5cted
iNN2 The populace ana so4utiS "''..,tinn
the rice granaries, the Japahese - 7vrhfeH
he roval palace and barracks, az Wiz Wiz
"" ,icted force Of native mlntafl Ntie
hing drilled by q japanese M @rd
Many Of the japanese Were h h.i,t'ons for
immediate and thorough pIoPa,i," CCreons
w. we're made IN japan. ne VI , Ill
"fter DELAYS and menaccs OF wa @@ ~
"o,,io on0iogies and the demands on w
in,lronees were accedeA 10. Coied piIlu ,, a.,
the families OF the slam $",vt' ''''1
I" fter his further privileges WeIe "a
,.,dod m the japanese Oihcefs anu 49,
dents in Corea. \ iaf5e 49,, ,,,da
(,oreans visited Toxic IN pDu4O, zion
a long stay. ana lecci'cu
from the foreigners. ,..,, ri,t ,,os
Cbin1's action after the toledi1 ~ -
remarEable and un)uslhapit. t.t,ir,,e.,,,,l
inc a large fleet. with several ,t,DiS ,,.
soldiers. to the peninsula .'le - nov.sr
ocnmnici and the King restored 10 ~" ~.
~ ~ IT,, sun was then cntrapped on
bnard a Chinese Runbolt, was h $500 - ~.
and taken to China, 10 I've lhpIlaVI'',u "'
IN eviie This object OF hlgh- th1fu a..
slrmntion Of power In really lndePe huel't
state and only nOminally TRIBUTARY Wa
Evidently TO checkmate The suSpectrd
designs Of Japan, To assert NHlhestS su
premacy. and 70 warn hcIr, "iit'I -, ~
Peighhor that a third affair Ike those OF
~ ~ on1 I7orm0sa was no longer pos
This warlike policy Of China was but
an indication of the state OI leeAus "'-
tween the rival nations. which was thth
evident in some future day must erentu-
ate I'm war Ever since JapanS run as
SUMPTION Of sovereignty over lin km the
relations between China and Japan nave
been strained. There were many Jap3u-
pse in Corea. and quite number OF thl-
ucsc and among these the strained re-
latiOnS existing between the two nations
was brought I'm contact, each wishing 70
have more liberties. If the races We're IA
more civilized state there would nave
been less chance for war. The Japanese
aye making more advances towards 'lNili-
cation. and are beginning 10 regard inc
Chinese with contempt. This also gives
the japanese desire 10 show their SUI
mere is one thing that al who have
visited Japan Will agree o.. II Is the feet
that the japanese wish to 10 som thing
great in order 10 attract :'tcn-
tion to themselves. They think that
they are budding forth into the highest
stage Of civilization. and have remained
quiet so long that any chance which cir
cumstancc offers should Doe used 10 show
their greatness 10 the world. on account
81 internal troubles one party WIS anxious
10 get the country In a war with China
I'm order 10 call attention 10 some out
side points and thus increase their own
power at home. China would rather have
avcrtc1 war. but at the same time, wished
to have power In Corea.
The North American Review Of April,
1919. has a very able article on "Thc Re-
cent Revolutions i'm Japan" "'The Mika-
dos Empire. or History Of Japan" by W.
r. Gritfs, late Of the Imperial University.
Of Toxic. japan, gives fun history from
GO Il c.. 90 1883 4. i. ST. GEO. r. G..
Rapllan. Va. Angust L 1871