Kansas City daily journal., 1895-06-01

measures OF REFORM. In the first pace ne
advised that the public administration
should be directed by one sovereign power,
the king This was to avoid the evils
OF the Inherent ministers ana the queen,
claiming that they had an almost equal
right with the King as 10 certain classes
OF public affairs. Anoihcr provision mod
him bound TO respect ana obey the laws
his country. Heretofore the king. at the
lnstlga'ion OF bis advisers. has ,e9hanged
the laws without due notice. and his serv-
ants and himself have sometimes dtsIe-
garied the laws altogether. Other proyis-
mai laws uniform in their nature. They
put the police authority under one Dire
ton and nxcd laws against hrihsry am a, iIr- nr
eanization OF the local officials, so, that
their exact authority should ne nNso al1i an
that they should Work under the central
Count inogye, suggested the putting n {;
the army and OF sending students antoau
to study foreign civilization one OF nlSS
sggresS9ii stGyioG Ge'2bfgG iba should be OentfSy
separitted from the general administration
Of The FGygrnmesbt sbou9 re be sdyi5Sd eeSdutted @ 6H
household should have the right to IN i1ntGr
he treasury department and no taX shonia ,,li,
hc imposed upon the people under an! pre-
text GeyGlna las, !hy said a Minister Kufuo was
very important suggestion He,retotor9i
the km,ns o ths r9i,Sns 9neSn 'nf SS eoyernment
have been in the habit of imposing taNtH5i; ta,Nt,5i;
and the people did not know what ,S, taNes
they would have TO expect, Count inouke
sHgsies,bsg gsi s,bsognssshoId should be hxed hy law,
ard hts scheme all told. II carried out WI
give Corea a good modern government"
what Japan Has Done
what has Japan done as to carrying
/ -. .aFg. ..,sp
out ott, has has MADE It possible for the Coreans
to carry them out L they viii. repl,iSSG
Minister kurlno; They are has''s ~ ssh,cs, S.s
men of the Fast No statesman stanuN
higher In my country than Count lnouN''
lie ranks with count Ito as one oil ,n3S
the most important positions IN our Eon-
ernment. He is one of the chlei, auNlsers
of th,, emperor and he sacrificed a great
deal when he stepped down from his hiEh
position and took the Office of minister 10
Corea in order that he might ,1,,y,,toy Pe eolg 10
Count Inouye signed the first treaty OF
peace which Japan made. with Corea'
about twenty years ago and he was con-
nectad with the country in nearly every
movement in which Japan has been con.
nected with II since then. The most OF
10 the Corears have been suggested by
Count Inouye He has been the adviser
Of the king and the cabinet IN carrylnE
out these new Ideas since the Chinese We're
driven out of the country lie gives ad-
vice, but he believes that corea should
"Then il is not the intention of Japan to
make Corea in any respect tributary to
herr" -, ,-.,
no ''The administration is left entirely
with the Coreans The king. the queen
and the TAI Wen kun.or new kings father
are all concerned in the administration.
\ new cabinet has been organized and 1t
contains ten members now instead of siN
as before. i has its ministers of finance
its secretaries of Justice and its secretary
Of the interior and other officials just as
consult with Count Inouyc, and some of
them undoubtedly wish to see Corea mod
ornized. Others do not, and the desire for
personal Acknowledgement and personal
profit is n strong element in every ques-
ton"
What tho World Gains.
.,, What has Japan done for the world in
~ think it has done a good deal" replied
the minister. 1T has made number of eX;
perlmehts IN Inc artS OF war Mhich WIZ
the future. 1t has tested the value of mod
ern boats and, guns, It has eiven the world
seen them, the Chinese now agree to al,
into their country, They consent to allow
foreigners to establish and engage in man
HfasturHig indgSres gn Japan ga not not ask Ask
manded them for the world, and they are
more to the advantage of the United States
ana Europe than they will be to Japan.
We do not vet make machinery for eX
port. 1t is doubtful whether We ever will.
The Americans make some of the best
machinery of the world, and one of their
chief articles of export is machinery on
the above lines such development as occurs
in China viii be largely through Europe
and America: The other concessions de-
mandcd of China were also fully as. valu-
as for Japan. Take the deepening of the
river which leads to Shanghai. The ships
and the opening Of the new. ports will give
the whole. world access, to vast cities
ana to millions of people, The new ter
one of the richest of the Chinese empire.
i comprises a number of cities and towns.
iJo G9n1t@ins oo1 tai # is SAID p9pnIai9n Of nearly
opened up to Chun-kng and FOREIGNERS viii
ever have before"
''Teil me something about our new treaty
with Japan. Does II give the Americans
many more advantages than they now
"Ycs indeed" replied the minister. "Ry
IT citizens of the United states can 20 TO
any part OF Japan and engage in business.
iIey Tah ~ anii,sh ilalu4iIIoilts anu l!Sue
have been confined to the open ports, and
ne most Of their business had 70 be done
can now lease property, and from now on
Japan will be open to American manufac-
lures
American Capital in Japan.
'Is Japan good field for the investment
of American capital?'
In some, respects, think, yes, Facto-
ries could he built by foreigners in Japan
to use Japanese labor to make articles for
export to America The Japanese buy
great deal of machinery, and more Ameri-
can machinery should be shipped to Japan.
What the United States needs to do busl-
ness with us Is lower freight rates. AS it
is, we use millions of dollars worth of
your cotton every year. our cotton mills
are rapidly increasing, and our consump-
tion of American cotton will Increase, as II
is of "A special kind, and we need IL to mix
with the cheaper COttonS which we get
from China and India, A. present, how
Pacific lines would make special rates it
could be shipped by San Francisco. II the
Nicaragua canal Is opened the United
States viii probably ship direct through it.
| am surprised that Americans do not
study the Japanese market. The people
vast trade among themselves that they
have not yet begun TO consider the trade
outside OF their own boundaries. In order
10 do business with the japanese your mer-
chants and factories must study the Jap
auese people and their wants, and when
they do that they will probably supply
them with many other things than ma
chnery."
The japanese as Machinists.
ly well with the people of the United
States?'
YES" was the reply. THE japanese
are a nation of mechanics. They take nat
urally TO machinery and use IL gladly. All
over Japan foreign labor-saYing inventions
are creeping in, SILK y now reeled and
woven by machinery. We make our own