The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-21

be supreme, and In an infinitely varied
and Infinitely numerous list of other in-
dustries IN which cheap labor must be the
chief element-such as match making
she Will rule the world"
After the knight had made these i'm
portant predictions-and II is right to say
that nearly the entire English press and
most OF the important English statesmen
agree with him--he went into an analysis
OF the Japanese, their religion, their GUS
toms, their women. their morals, theif
manners, that was fascinating In the ex-
IRENE. II should be stated that. because
of Sir Edwin Arnolds statement that what
we consider immortality does not exist in
Japan, although In almost every Japanese
city a portion OF the town is given over
to the occupation Of what we would call
abandoned women, he has been intensely
clearly what he meant
"A people must be judged" said he, by
the same standards of right and wrong
on which they act Judged from the jap
anese point Of view. and from the point
OF view of the Japanese religion--Bud-
dhism-Japan is without vice. / can per.
haps make my meaning clearer when /
say that to me. European. who has
studied her, Japan seems to be the least
immoral and the most immoral country
in the world To me her women are pure,
even though they be members OF the class
which Europeans condemn: to me her
men are high-mnded and unselfsh."
WAS the Port Arthur massacre an evil
dence OF high-minded unselhshnessY /
asked
Nothing has ever pained me more
deeply" replied Sir Edwin, but II has in
no sense induced me to change my view.
When first heard of NJ. ] was inclined to
doubt the storys truth, But the evidence
Is overwhelming, and / must admit that
the horrible affair occurred. But the sur
nrise should moi be because thds one dread
full thing developed in the midst Of that
long and bloody war; 1t should be because
Il Developed only once. n must be remem-
means barbardans, the people with whom
they fought were barbar!anS OF the crudest
sort. II must be remembered that while
Japan has had a civilization OF her own
for centuries, she has only been open TO
the influences and standards OF our civfli-
zation-the civilization by which we have
assumed to judge her-for less than a
quarter of one century Why should we
not, instead Of cOndemning her because
Of this one transsression, praise her for
the wonderful way In which on other Occa-
SONS she had adapted herself to modern
methOds and developed modern mercies.
Should we forget that she had ambulance
corps of skilled physicians equipped with
the best Of hospital tents, instruments and
methods, on all the baftlefields but that
one2 Should we forget that these bands
Of mercy worked as earnestly among the
wounded Of the enemy as they did among
their own? Should we forget all these
bright spots, these evidences of more than
marvellous progressiyeness, and remember
only the blot of bloody Port Arthur?
'rhe japanese are a noble people. That
is ever true of a nation in which the
women lead. The women of Japan are
better than the men, and they are the
nations power Like your little North
American animal, the ermine, they are
ever white. no mater how life places
them. They will not soil. They are model,
modest and upright
1T Is the women who govern in Japan
despite the Internal laws with which they
are surrounded. They are the masters
and they will make japan into a mag
nificent nation. One Of the finest women
In Japan Is the empress. The religion
of the nation lives In the women. They
preserve its piety. / shall never forget
The mornings when / have delightedly
seen them going to the temple laughing
then. seen them, laughing, put their ba-
bies down; and then, still laughing, as
happy and innocent as the birds of heaven,
clap their little hands together In order
TO let Almighty God know that they
have something to say to him. japanese
religion Is nine-tenths mirth and one
tenth fear II is the women who keep
up the marvellous family love Of the
japanese. They care for the aged with
a tenderness OF which we can have but
slight conception. They mourn for the
dead with a sympathetic grief and lofty
Fenfimenf OF loss. which mean the very
highest heart development Tell me that
a Japanese woman rs vile because she
does not conform 20 our ideas Of NOR
atty, and ] will laugh az you"
Are they capable OF intellectual de-
velopmentY'f asked.
"Of the highest" he promptly answered.
but II j. not their brains which will