The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-23

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rived and were settled In London, when
Ito and Innouye came. and when the
| boys found them. as they did shorty
! after the trouble with the baker. their
money woes were at an end. Ito mao
not been in London, however, more
| than very few days before he realiz-
ed the great strength of our civiliza-
| ton. He saw that Japan could never
succeed in fight with England, and
he decided to- go back and tell his prince
what he had discovered. He was the
| more anxious to go because he had
| learned that a war had broken out In
Japan between the prince and the sho-
gun. The result was that he remained
| in London only a week or so. When he
got back to Japan he found the hatred
| Of foreigners such that his life was In
| danger through his telling the real
truth as to their strength. He had a
number of narrow escapes, and In
nouye, who had told the same stories,
was almost cut to pieces by mob.
ITO AND THE EMPEROR
1t was shortly after this that the
Shotgun was put down. The emperor,
who had up to this time been merely
a puppet in the hands Of the army, was
| made the real ruler of Japan, and the
movement toward modern progress be-
| gan. Young Ito now came to the front.
In the new movement, and from that
time to this they have done everything
| to introduce the Western civilization
| into Japan. 1t was Ito, in fact, who
| wrote the articles which now form
| the constitution of the japanese empire.
| He is to large extent the author of
| the present government, and the liberty
| and free thought which Japan has to-
day are largely due to HIM Among
| other things he did away with the Sam
! urai, or military class. and elevated
| the farmers, mechanics and trades
| men, so that the people Of Japan today
are almost as free as we are here. You
would think as the result Of this that
he would not be popular with the en-
peror, but Ito, in fact, is the emperor 8
right hand. In all Of his reforms he has
seen that the emperor's rights were pro-
tected. He has watched over the en-
peror's private interests, seen that the
imperial estates were not affected by
the changes, and has 50 managed things
as to make his majesty more than ever
popular with the Japanese people. 1t
is through Ito that parliament has no
right to interfere with the emperor's
opens parliament himself, and the MEM
bers of his cabinet go into the differ
ent houses and defend the .adnlinistra-
ton. The emperor can veto any law
that may be made, and he can make
laws himself when parliament Is not
sitting. He can pardon any one he
pleases, and he has entire control Of
the army and navy. 1t was through
Ito that the constitution was so adroit-
ly worded that the emperor could act
practically Independent of 1t, though
as a rule almost everything that is
done in Japan Is by act Of parliament.
TADA NIECE Tvp.A DE,
Marquis Ito will probably look into
trade relations during his stay in Amer .
lea. I learn at the Japanese legation
eidedly opposed to the Dingley bill
If tariff is put upon mating and
silks it will cut off millions of dollars
worth of trade from Japan and the
10-cent-a-pound duty on tea will raise
a howl throughout the tea factories
Of the empire. Business has been very
good in Japan since the war closed.
Japanese business has been steadily
growing better and, many Of the Jap
anese people are getting rich. I found
that nearly every stock company in the
country was paying dividends. Some
Of the banks are making from 10 to
20 per cent. The railroad companies
were doing well and many new roads
were being built. There are now over
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operate mines, railroads, silk factories.
| cotton factories and other Industrial
enterprises In a large number of fac
| tories steam is used and modern ma
| chinery is being introduced very rap
| idly. During my chat with Ito he
spoke Of the wonderful industrial
| growth of Japan, and could see that
the prosperity Of his nation was very
| close to his heart. He spoke Of the
wonderful increase in cotton making,
| and said that Japan would more and
| more every year manufacture for the
| rest of the world. One remark he
made struck me. very forcibly. This
was to the working power Of the Jap
anese people. He said: "You foreign
ers do not appreciate the number OIL
| persons we have here in Japan, who
can do good work. I have visited tine
United States and I know something
of the industrial conditions there You
can multiply our population by two
in comparing it with yours, as far as
such matters are concerned. In youl
country only the men work. Here thu
women form a good working half Of
our people. You will find them engaged
in all sorts of factories. Our children
also do a great deal, and this alto
gether gives us large working force. ;
The Marquis Ito was to a large ex
tent the author Of the banking system
of Japan as it exists today He tod MI
| that he had spent a great deal OF time
in the treasury department during {
trip which he made to the United
emperor He had there studied oul
financial system and had become 81
well pleased with 1t that he had in
augurated the same system in Japan
Japan now makes it's own bank notes
1t has a mint where 1t coins the silvel
| and gold used in the country. 1t en-
! graves its own postal cards and pOSta
stamps, and it's telegraph system il
| such that you can send dispatches
| there far more cheaply than in Ameri
| ca.
MME. ITO AND THE EMPRESS.
Speaking of the Marquis Tto's intro
duction of foreign customs and cos
tunes into the empire, it was Through
| him that many of the foreign innOva
tions were made in Japanese social life
1t was through him, to some extent
that the emperor adopted foreign dress
| and that the empress now on state Oc
casions wears a costume not unlike
that Of the queens of Europe. The
emperor and empress of Japan were
in former times considered holy. NJ
| ordinary hands were supposed to touch
J. them, and the idea Of a. tailor or dress.
maker using tape line about the fig.
! ure Of the empress ofsfJapan would
have caused universalauplifting Of the
hands in holy horror. Still, her majesty
wanted the dress. The question was
/ how to ge her measure. At last II
was suggested that Nine. Ito ha6
| about the same figure as that Of hel
majesty, and she offered to have her.
/ self measured in the empress stead
/ This measure was sent to Europe and
the dresses were made to It, I heard
| ind ions finn QynrpScnd in
about the way in which the order waf
] carried out German influence was