The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-07

that fate she must maintain 'ncr pre1o''
position with the sword.
That is why, for the past year : nsse
been confident that the new trea''es -,
which Japan IS granted judicial au,onv,n.
will not 20 into effect next year iut'
Is WHY England will not interfere what-
ever Russia, France, and Germany nas
do to China They are either uak'ns
preparations or goading Japan. huss'a
has fathomed Japan's desire Oh ASIA W
the Asiatics and IS not disposed 10 siNo
that ambitious and enterprising nation ''n
opportunity OF arrayins the sohsoia,,
race against the Caucasian. fhat Is INC
situation apart from the cropping inaen'"-
ton OF special correspo rdents.
If UNCLE SAM WOULD.
There has4been a rumor current Tor
some time I'm Yokohama, that the Uniten
states Government has raised an 0pJec-
ton TO the new treaty. owing 20 tho MIS-
carriage OF Justice I'm the Epps case. III
that he true II Washington would wake
nm to the fact that the abolition OF 11o
extra territorial clause. was iaimical 70
the best interests OF Japan as wen as Oh
he American residents In this country:
NfcI<tniev would cause rejoicing here.
The conviction that II was q mistake must
come sooner or later. and the only nope
is that II will come before Il Is 100 iatei
The government Is experimenting as 10
how little an employee or the postcihco
really needs before he dies OF starvauoh.
Our natural desire to be among tne nIoss
civilized nations made - adopt ,he soiu
standard I'm consequence OF Wnich h.Noa
sarles OF life have gone up So per cent. OF
,,ore Tho wages OF workmen have risen
I'm proportion. but the salaries OF govern
mont officials have remained stationary,
which means the alternative OF starNe VI
stealr The postal service has been pretty
had ever since Il was entirely unuet ma
tive control. Ii IS now so bad that the
native press generally disposed 70 "as"
the governments dirty linen wlthlh WIG
family. il now airing this bad grleVat ~.
Here il what the staid old Jill Sh,mpo mas as
IN sav on this subject. II begins WIN
the grave accusation that latey tne,e
nos been a disproportionate increase ~,
the number of private letters when ian
| TO reach their destination ana II pro, va
| tbie statement from the figure OF the on, !,
cIal report. Nor Is there any question:
! The Jiii continues, that the circuihs'a.Oe
| Is a serious menace to letter writer's. Tor
their communications on private an"it
| 49, ha said to be running the FISK OF
| being made public any moment niue, .. ~
| thei- injury through the lost letters Iail-
inc nv chance into the hands OF nrs-
snonsihle or designing parties ms -
| drawing il mild. The Yokohama paper
| have been bowling for some time upon
| - ,,,hiect Rut as they are chronic
| hovlers-not without reason, tnoueh-s1'o
| their government has long since ceased
20 nav attention 20 their complaints the
Japanese Government does not take aily
notice whatever. But when an lililueh va
native paper Ike the Jill takes me inAs ~,
up there is chance that sonetnine VIZ
| be done. ,...oasod
mentioned that wages have increased
immensely since the adoption OK tne solO
standard. The Osaka Chamber or COM
| merce. the most influential mercantiie an.
| Industrial body in the country, mas JUS
| nuhlished an official inquiry. IL STAT.
| that "compareh with the scale or wage
| in January. 1893. the figures snow an a ae,
| age increase of 60 per cent. IN the III .
| class. 60 per cent lin the second-elass, any
Sc per cent. In the third-class. Inc wasS
W ~ however. are not really bette
| of, as the price-level In Osaha h'''
I'm equal proportion ~,
This increase I'm the necessaries OF M
| accounts for the reports on suT1kes' "ni VIM,
! take IN much of the space III inc "S'''!
There Is a good deal OF fun In the elsc
tions- for the Diet. Some flfty Qua Oh ,h
patriots who lent their wisdom 10 ,he ue
funct body, had liens against their Sa, |a
ries. so that many OF them, nov peihs aoI
10 live on air, have declined the cail
didacv leaving their creditors TO mourn
the degeneracy. A property quailnca'lo'
II believe they must pay taxes 10 III
| anount Of three or four dollars per All
num-ls a stumbling block In the way .
natrjotic ambition, for most OF the can
didates have only their wisdom ana Una
does not count In a nation or sages. pu
the Japanese laws have LEFT ioop-nol
in the Confucian (and confusloW sys'ei
Of adoption ..., tyo,s
gswa- editor Of the Bankers Monthi
and a well-known economist, whos
worldly possessions are described corrcc'
" with any number of ciphers without
6oure AT either end. He decided that nj
ability was required for the service Q
Dai Nippon and obtained the consent
the head of a well-to-do family 10 adol
him as a son. Unfortunately Tor III
Kotegawa" saws a prominent native pa
mar naively. "while his age is forty or 50
that Of the head OF the family is SUI
safely within the thirties. Here ~
| oueer problem. A father still I'm the TIM
ties and his adopted son already on th
/ wrong side Of two score! Mr.. hotega"
, thought Il prudent 10 ask the opinion
| the Home Office as TO the permisslDllt
of such an adoption. and received intol
nation, to his chagrine ana despair ths
. though not explicitly forbidden by the la
now In force. the affair was so apsur
and irrational on the very face or H. Una
the idea had better be given up. Ana
the ardent would-be candidate Is oblige
to hunt up another family. Neither u
Home Office, nor the paper quoted see
, ANYTHING I'm the evident and bafe-fact
, fraud i'm circumventing the law On u
i contrary. this paper enumerates sewers
other candidates who are perpetratin
, the same fraud. This is the kind
, | representatives we have here In this bles
ed constitutional monarchy. If you don
! like IL, you can get out. The Japane'
did not invite you to come! 1t looks veI
pleasant II we have to come under the
| laws next year.