Kansas City daily journal., 1895-06-01

other. AS to machinery, doubt whether lntlnr
nation We haye penE Of ,6ns S9sa and and fn m
dia. We have not yet, however. discoNervd ca
large enough deposits Of iron 70 mai make ,,,s. 1s
fine quality. but so far 4 has no, been dts Is
covered IN large quantities II h'"5 "N
that we will find mines in 1e2o'
The japanese ne Inventors.
"Speaking Of invention. Mr. kurino IL rs
often said that the Japan,sse ar ,or I'M
prove anything, but merely copy Is TINS
mo. IT is not. The japanese are 70 n
certain extent creative The gun which Is
used by their soldiers to-day was, the M
yention Of n Japanese II IS true that they
are by no means slavish imttators, lneH
take the best Of jn9Iern ,r lmNeU,lVxS ,,ew Snrnd.
ucts You must remember that they knew
nothing ~ this civilization which they nave
have heep huildiug M for csnturiess, Is Az an
new to them After they thorousbiy .bnl,,, nl,
look oft for such inventions as will supply
them. The japanese are q people oi nsItt
and they are 9wa}s o radY roo5 to a5f9b' N ohers VI
what about the future ciyillzaui99n OF
j?Egn WSi Wll i gc ppTrei Ti Es 9sGdSnlfb Continuation
OF The best OF the occldent and orient
adapted to 1T the japanese character 3i rsnr1 ana
Is a strong tendency In Japan to. stick to
the old things wherever they, arr. best & &ant
in some directions | have no doubt put that
the old is the better"
Religion In Japan.
How about religion. in Japan? WHAT
are the missionaries doing, ana IS tnHts
tr,s the religion of the japanese people,,
"Who can tell2" replied the minister.
"he J9rHness are frn9tc9hy, at ,ha y,Ss wSSa 80
es' and notably those who have Travelled
much in christian countries. are practically
gnt n. off
Christianity Is concerned. They might be
called free thinkers.
in Japan They have made many converts.
and IT is curious thing that the Japanese
Gbhrlstb,sns pTeier he ndenendent of the
foreigners They like to map out their own
religious lines and to pray ana s think for
Of the Briggs question. which tore the Pres
byterinn churches of the United =; States "a; all
tlon found its way out to Japan, and the
native Christian pastors got together and M
It. ThSX shqTK nd 9f thew St WSTe Sy ar
more rigid than the ,opponents of or, Briggs
N their IDEAS Of liherali'N think ko,ind inGre
may at some lime so grow as to be one Of
the great. religions Of japan, Already some
of the Christian churches have been dis-
Christian missionaries to Corea and China
The Sandwich Islands.
"ny the way. your ,excellency, returnin,s
to the war question, now apout tne SdHu-
witch islands? Is II true that the Japanese
are seeking to acquire them?'
NO emphatically no." replied Minister
Kurino "'rhe Japanese never had any
such idea nor have they n desire to own
Hawaii The japanese who emigrated there
did so on the special solicitation of the
government and the people of the sand.
wich islands They We're accorded special
privileges. were told they would have the
rights of citizenship. and We're assured
that they would not be tried in the courts
without an Interpreter who understood
their own language was there to speak for
them. Japan wants nothing of the Sand
wich islands except that they be protected
in accordance with the treaty which was
made at that time"
"How about tho possibility of union
of the Asiatc nations as against the occi-
dental ones?'
'''rhere may he but It depends entirely
upon circumstances, the force of which
canrot at present be accurately estimated.
and concerning which. therefore, II cannot
at present be safe to make any prediction"
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.