The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-29
SITUATION In The FAR EAST.
The Origin and PRESENT Status Of
japaa's Anti-POreiSn Feeling.
RETIREMENT AND RETURN OF Ito.
The lingo O'Kums Was Wrecked on the
United states Rock and the Great fre-
mier, Ito. Will Now Return-No For.
eicncrs but Engiishmen hespeete"'

mai China. lie is q newspaper cores
rondcnt OF some note, and came mere 10
,note arranccmcnts with The Times, 10
represent II In the far East
Aware that great changes arc going on
both An china and japan and that the
probabilities are that the Mikado wiz
sooner or later come 20 blows win the
Car. and that the present awakening Oh
CHINA will offer golden opportunities TO
,ha man,facturers of this section, The
rincs remembering its motto: The news
always The news. not only entered into
the necessary arrangements. but com
missioned Mr.. stein to prepare an elaDo-
rate review OF the conditions in DOth
countries. As he left Yokohama In June,
ne rs fully able to give a correct account
Of the feeling In japan towards US on the
Hawaiian question.
I,be following is the first account on
.Japan. The article on China VIII DE
published on TUESDAY next
Ifpon the general situation In Japan
Mr. stein made the following important
and interesting statement;
ANTl-lcOKElGN FEELING
.~r7her. is no housekeeping with the
Japanesc az the prcscn: time. You may
remember the time when Dennis hearny
and his Sandlot associates on the Paclhc
Coast raised the cry OF The Chlnese
must goi We'll. the Japanese do not seem
10 have decided. but actually have done
so that we. To-tn. that is foreign devils
must clear out. They do not yell or
sbout although the mention Of Sonno-Joi,
Revere the Emperor and Expel the For
eigner. in the Diet is sure to bring down
the house. But they are experts AT max
ing IL hot for foreigners. and life In Japan
can not be called pleasant just now
Trouble has been brewing since 1873.
II e. from that time that the anti-forcign
feeling began 10 express itself. The pre-
text was cry for revision OF the irea-
ties. Japan tell insulted with the extra
territorial clause OF the existing treaties
and demanded that foreign residents
should be placed und6r her jurisdiction.
The treaty powers, very naturally, refus-
ed TO accede TO this demand. 1t has al
1yays been the rule 10 maintain this clause
win non~Christian nations and why
should an exception be made In favor OF
Japan. "a country whose political corner
stone Is the belief in the divinity of the
Emperor? 10 IS true that Japan has IN
troduccd and appropriated many outward
signs of our civilization. She has great
many railroads. and IS building more.
There are not a few Japanese who ina
CINE that ii is owing to them that the
steam transportation. one of them, in
a conversation with me. with Characters
tic modesty averred that the first Ameri-
can railroad was built by japanese engi-
neers and that the inventor OF the tele-
phone was a native japanese. Her tele-
graph system Is very complete. Her army
and navy are in a high state OF perfection
so are ner trades unions and guilds ana
she has introduced many improvements
in the art OF boycOtting. There is no gam
saving IL. Japan Is very progressive in
many respects, but this progress Is not
all such as we can approve Of indiscrim-
inately or mas tendency TO secure the
safety OF life and property.
1HE EMPERORS ANCESTRY.
THE war with China has produced
great changes. The brain and nerve or
the Japanese as a nation. the Samurai
or two-swOrded feudal retainers, have
been ciamoring for war ever since the ac-
cession to the throne of the present En-
peror Mutsuhits the lineal descendant OF
Amatehasu- Omikami or in less jaw-break-
ing terms, the sun-gOddess. If you are
on terms with an influential japanese.
and wish to remain on good terms with
him do not discuss that article of his
creed. he Is sure 20 be sensitive on that
point In 1872 the government ordered
history of Japan TO be prepared for dis
tributiOn or sale at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago. one OF the professors Of the
Imperial University Of Tokyo who had
honestly earned his degree of Ph. D., in
one OF the best universities of Germany
and VINO was charged with several others
TO compile the history, went patiently to
work TO discover the origin of the Japs,
and was led TO the conclusion that His
Maicsty's ancestors came from Corea.
h. ,tIp no If
searches. he discovered that he had been
on a false trail A heavy fine and con-
dign punishment were the arguments
convincing him Of the divine ancestry Of
the Emperor, which fact-not the argu-
mcnts- was duly set forth I'm the book.
But 10 return to the Samurai Members
Of this class, officer army and navy and
occupy every one of the civil offices. They
always did do so. and have come 10 look
upon II as a right. 50 that they now mod
estly call themselves the official class.
The people do not care for the office.
perhaps because they are above their
reach anyhow. But the consequence is
that what the leaders of the official class
say. goes, and there IS no one to raise an
objection. They recognized the value of
the press at a very early date, and control
with IL public opinion as cffectually as
they manage the government. They have
no love Tor us; indeed they hate us very
cordially They have a notion. and
strong one. that Dai Nippon is the land
of the gods. whose descendants, they the
Samurai. naturally are and that our pres
once desecrates their Holy Soil. DO not
think that | am eXaggerating: the native
press I'm Japan teens with inuendoes Of
this purport ana in the eye of Japa-
nese Samurai an American citizen is very
considerably less than the blacklist of the
sons Of Ham Is TO a white gentleman born
in the Southern states.
1T was natural enough that there
was great blowing OF trumpets and of
other shrill embellishments, when tho
japanese found the .thrashing OF China
men a somewhat exciting but not very
dangerous sport. Even II tire native press
shrieked itself hoarse, IL was cXcusabe.
Some of the papers in the United States
are not altogether unfamiliar with the
value OF some good stirring headlines. so
II provoked only a smile when we read
about Japan whipping the whole world
or 'Dai Nippon taking her place in the
van OF civilization and similar erratic ef-
fusions OF highly exalted brains. When
peace negotiations were carried on, the
native press urged moderation. Japan
would be satisfied with the cession of the
half OF China or OF. at least. her sea-
board. There was CONSERVATION when
the terms became known. What? Only
the Liastung Peninsula and Formosa.