People's voice., 1896-04-16
Life in Japfn n.

Governor Hu5bar! was greeted by
a fine audience at the auditorium
Monday night.
The lecture was full of information
and grand in its description. Gov.
Hubbard was appointed Minister to
Japan by Grover Cleveland in 1885.
He set sail for the fOwery kingdom
on the steamer Toxic, which was
wrecked off the coast of Japan, about
thirty miles out OF the Yeddo bay.
The passengers were saved through
the efforts of the life-saying service
of the Mikado.
Gov. Huhbard'S description Of the
warm reception the American minis
ter receives in Japan was very graf
flying. Americans have first place in
the hearts of the japanese. They
love US because we first OpeLed their
ports only forty short years ago and
showed them a more perfect way OF
living. Their progress in civilization
and enlightenment has been wonder
full. Co.. Hubbard said we turn up
our nose in America at paternaliSm,
but it is magnificent thing there.
The government owns nearly every
thing Of any magnitude, including her
railroads. Her public schools are
very elaborate, and her colleges i'm
mense. They are under the direct
control Of the government. They
run twelve months in the year. The
curriculum includes everything we
teach. Text books contain the Japa-
nese and English version side by side.
The japanese are apt scholars and
forty years has brought about wonder
ful general intelligence.
They are also making wonderful
progress in the manufactures, arts
and sciences. The most learned pny-
sicianS on earth are japanese. He re-
counted practical demonstration of
this. When member of his family
was stricken with ASiatiC cholera and
given up to die by the physicians from
the English, German and French lie.
cations, a noted japanese doctor was
called aud soon had the young lady
on the road to recovery.
Japan Is the prettieSt country on
the globe-cOvered with flowers and
vines at al seasons, which hide the
jagged points and give it a complete
carpet of verdqre. The flowers are
beautiful, but not fragrant. 1t is a
very healthful country, but it has one
drawback earthquakes. The Gov
ernOr's description of his first exper-
ience in an earthquake was quite
laughable.
He referred to the late war in
which Japan, with her 4O,OOO,OOO of
educated people had whipped tie
Chinese Empire with her 3OO,OOO,OOO
OF ignorant subjects. CoTea, the
golden peninsula over which the war
was fought, is the richest gold field
yet undeveloped. Cripple Creek and
California are not in it with Corea.
AL nations are watching this treas
'ure with jealOns eye.
Since the war Ii Hung Chang, the
great Chinese statesman, has signifed
his intention nf developing China on
the same line with Japan. A few
more years will show wonderful pro.
gresS there. 1t is in this direction
that American commerce must look.
India, Japan and China have paid
tribute so long to England through
the Suez canal that they are tired of
it. They are ready to furnish the
money to dig the Nicaragua canal, if
America will issue her paper for it.
They want our wheat, our cotton, our
iron. They want to trade with US il
we will but open our doors to them
In other words, cat down our tariff.
With deep water on the Texas coast
and the Nicarauguan canal, all this
country will be drained in that di
lectiOn. He had a telegram in his
pocket that Galveston boats had
drawn 22t feet Of water this night.
He plead for union of the west and
south for the accomplishment OF this
great purpose.
He closed with high compliment
TO the magnificent Wellington Lee
ture Course.
Commissioners Proceedings.