Kansas City daily journal., 1895-06-01
MINISTER KURlNO.
JArAS's FAMOUS DIPLOMAT on THE
WAR AND AsIATIC MATTERS.
The Island of Formosa and What Japan
viii DO with Tits Cannibai Saw
ages and Its Wonderful
Possibilities.

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r.,. - ,,o.unu,or
V3pyrlgnted,lNS,by rank ~ Ca,,penntsI'
Ihere is no abier diplomat IN W ashing-
,,yn thah ms eNceHehSy. Nj. snlhiShiIID
kurino the minister from Japan. He
we war, between ms, country ana Nh!ha'
anu anu ne mas handIed, japanese aualts ~ q
culture is full of ideas, and he is less
naekWaEd IN expressing ms opinions tnaI' M
re re Is man OF social qua.itles, ann n.ns ms
iuncuons at the legation nave beeh amohE
,nssT 9sa IN no,fd E,Nsh 1bc fnr
ana complexion OF a japanese, but nus per
sonar apItaranoe Is suoh as Wouin C Coin
neht hnlen anu ne mas shoWh hi'hssu ~ ~
be nNlns eNampit, OF me Wonuptlul
neopis' lie is man ~ vyide exnerience
His father was one of the most prominent
Of the Samurai in the service OF Prince
hqrGaf nSbf qnd Of Tsn ths' Poa Pr9ss o
70 be educated. Mr. kurino was. among
them. He went to school In Boston and
graduated there at the Cambridge law
school about lSSl. He then went back to
Japan and entered the foreign. office or
department of state. lie has been con-
nected with this Office In different post
lions from that time until now. when he
has come to the United States TO represent
his country at perhaps the most critical
time in its history He was FOR time
chief of the bureau OF international tele-
not long AGO TO an international con-
ference on the subject. He has al different
business and he was tbers in 1sSS and IN
1854 when the revolution occurred ana he
was again in Corea Just before the opening
tbera 70 r,snor. q, Nm, ". a,.o.pro,,, a ., ,b
situation knowing as he does ali abou,
expepience as al roat,srs " "connents5
Win emma, there 5 no man IN the world
=
him the other day at the legation and had
wap ,pns s,d ,ak fesaachg d ,ne ssttenen1 Of the
natlons ~ ,ba Wcst ''Tih, taIr ros s'G e,,,s.
lV personaI one and Ninistsr t,rino
wsSo bG9sn w o iU sna,f ,hst & ms m VIZ
only for himself and not the japanese gov gov
what Japan Got by the War.
one of my first ouastions was as TO what
Japan got ' by The war, and ID as 10 What
cbnnpas Tho iIv,r ,vo,,id ,,,ata ~ no f5Ts
or Hssis ''' ""' "ou'S ii'ahe u" '''e law
VI ua - ren,,o5 ..t, v,,,, r,ora chances ~ ,
,.or' re replIea; p ~ VIII MAKE chanEeSr OF a
vtiiif ,,iif itsepor,ant dsscrption IN ASA. Japan
,ns, mas ol ,, .ourse nave ,he ls,ana oi F4ro
,loSSd; oui as rtsarus the occupation OF thc
man ,na.hlhhnl or any PORTION OF It, the matter
nov now being the subject of nesoti5ation 10 Of
10, ne proper for me to express an opinion on
me subject.
would like to say, and that is as to the
sertion which seems to have eained some
10 agrranHpza tbS,nsai,,cs Ia bo az s,'',ff
lion of forsigp ,arrifor, w! o~ no, hin,l
crazy. and wn have ra,,sr striVsp fnr
colonial arouisItIon Whatever c1roossions
we may have gained from China in his
direction are the legitimats results Of the
struggle we have waged with her either
In the extension OF territory which our
geographical position renders natural or
proper, or by its acquisition for purposes
of necessary defense against future at
tacks."
The Island Of Formosa.
How about Formosa. YOUR excellencv?
/ asked. Does Japan gain much by Its
ac9uisitionE
"Eormosa is csSc,ti,i tte s'tt''i i lrt:
,rai, of Tho J9n,,Ssn sIartH ti' ,'b 'r,'5 r,
from Yezo down tG TagnSalii tben braait
out a iittI. further below in tbe Loo C,hao
Islands. Formosa is natural part of his
chain The island can hardly b. called a
chinese proyInce eS@ept t''S in name r,t q
Chinese population is not large. ana a graat
many of the inhabitants are savages, who
live by hunting. and who have long been
a menace to all strangers shipwrecked on
their coasts. They have in the past killed
japanese, English, French and Americans
and ii IS said that they eat part of the
bodies of their enemies.
They are not cannihals In the ordinary
sense OF the word, but they celebrate their
victories by feasts OF this kind. They tat
TOO thelr faces and skin. and they are
divided up INTO tribes. These men are
very nrrge' ana the japanese in taking
~ rl II votisr"i , th1h. tnHsr me
~ ,tf ,Iiic ictli! w! yyane ps'H alp"ra 70 40
Iapanege crew which Wa sbiDyrsII.,sss1i' ". % 1t
their coasts was slaughtered by them. We