The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-10-16
JAPAN'S LATEST.
A Worlds Fair Proposed By Count
0kuma.


While numerous measure subse-
quent 10 the war with China are pro-
} posed, Count Okuma urges the open
ing OF worlds fair in Toxic within
three or four years. The Count con-
siders the step necessary for showing
/ the real nature Of the country TO for
| eigners, and after enumerating the
! benefits of a worlds fair in Japan
| says: zone OF the most important
! measures after the war is the develop
| ment Of industry and commerce.
/ China is opening her ports and inter
/ Tor TO Japan, and Europe and America
are looking hopefully TO the latter. In
| other words, Japan is becoming the
/ center OF Eastern commerce. II
| under such circumstances Japan neg
lected her industry and commerce, not
| only all the benefits due to her would
fall into the hands of Europeans and
Americans, but she would have also
to lose all the honor and advantages
which she has obtained by many
months hard fighting. She has
passed through the campaign of arms,
and she must now enter the peaceful
campaign OF business, the second cam
paign being necessary to maintain
and enjoy forever the advantages she
has obtained by the first. Unless she
wins great victories in the second
campaign, all her victories in the first
would turn to nothing. a great slim
ulant for developing the industry and
expanding the commerce, so as to en-
able Japan to win in the second cam
paign, would be found in a "world's
fair" In the Counts opinion,
l0,0O0,000 yen would be enough to de-
fray the expenses of such a fair, and
the sum may be paid out of the in
demnity. 1.-The indemnity should not
be wasted, but there is nothing to be
objected In applying the money to a
certain way of concentrating Jap
ans victory. A worlds fair will, be-
sides the benefits it gives in various
other ways, serve as q substantial me-
mentO of the war. Ten million yen
out OF three million yen OF the indem-
nifty is a trifiing sum-" The Count
regrets that there is no sufficiently
wide ground in Tokyo for accommo-
dating ten or a hundred thousand
men, and the authorities cannot find
a suitable site in the capital for the
celebration of the triumphaI re-
turn of troops. He urges that
if the worlds fair plan is accept
able, the opportunity should be
availed of for opening a new
and extensive public park. 1.-THE
UyenO, Asakusa and Shiba Parks are
al 100 narrow Tor WOrldS fair. a
new lot of ground should be selected
and made park, which can admit
into it more than 100000 people. It |
can then be utilized as the site OF the |
fair. If so, the fair scheme would |
afford an opportunity for establishing |
a large park, which is necessary in |
the present stage OF progress The |
Count fears that there may be some |
who are reluctant to spend 10000, 900 |
yen for the fair scheme at present when
there are many other urgent meas
Ires to be carried out. "But such an
objection is a near-sighted and shall
Ow one. Foreigners invited to the
air will come in large numbers. Sup
POSING such visitors number only
{, 200, and each OF them spend 1000
zen in the country, then Japan will
'et 100000 yen from them. Jap
n Mail.