The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-02

pan. A grave matter for consideration
is the personnel OF the Courts. The
Judges receive an average salary OF GO
yen or about $500
Another arbitrary measure Is the aNoN-
ed intention OF the Government 10 pro-
hibit the publication or foreign news
papers The NorodZu Choho discusses
this feature as follows:-By protocol OF
the British treaty the japanese Govern
ment undertakes. before the cessation
OF Consular Jurisdiction in Japan, to
ioin the international Convention for the
protection OF Industrial Property and
Copyright and, the Yorodzu continues,
ut was the wish OF the government 70
incorporate into one measure all tho laws
relating TO copyright, publications, pho
tographs, and music. as well as the Press
Regulations. But as 1t is tho intention
OF the Government not TO allow foreign
ers to publish newspapers, the Press Law
may possibly be kept separate.
The signers OF the Memorial pray that
tho British government shall insist upon
satisfactory safeguards, and submit
that II the Japanese government refuses
TO make reasonable concessions Her
Majesty's government will be justified In
refusing 10 receive the years notice which
must be given by the Japanese govern
ment before the new treaty can come into
operation.
TROUBLE WILL FOLLOW.
From an intmate knowledge Of tho
japanese character gained by a protract-
ed residence 1 may safely assert that
II the treaties DO go into operation az tne
appointed time. there IS going 10 be
bloody and expensive trouble with Japan.
our people will not stand by quietly and
see our citizens cruelty butchered while
the confessed assassin is fined paltry
fifty dollars. as was the case with Frank
Epps. the murdered sailor OF the Olympia
The suggestion of the petitions deserves
therefore the earnest consideration or the
authorities at Washington
Notwithstanding the indemnity recently
paid by China, the stringency Of the
money market IS very severely felt. Ran
road shares have declined, and many
companies experience great difficulty IN
collecting the instruments due upon the
shares. The Kibc Railroad, for instance,
runs through the coal districts OF Chik-
uzen and Buzen: one part Of the road is
finished and the prospects are excellent.
When the time came for shareholders 70
nav an inslalment. the owners Of 6.20l
shares were unable 10 do so. and their
stock was sold at public auction Al
though Yen 1870 had been paid up, the
highest bid was Yen 40. the loss amount
ing 10 Yen $1,000 The LA line IN lse IS
IN the same bad shape. 10000 yen nave
been paid up and 10000 yen nave peeh
borrowed Seven miles Of the road have
been compIeted, and 100 900 TO 10000 yen
are required INN ediately but the stock
holders are wholly unable 10 furnish that
amount The chances are that the cred
itOrs will obtain possession OF the me Tor
the amount Of their loan.
The native press IS clamoring for the
introduction OF foreign capital, urging
that 10 and even y per cent would be
willingly paid. English iinanclers VIII
have nothing To do with japanese enter
prjses because the alien capitalist Is
politically disabled from owning good ana
sufficient security. The Japanese have
striven earnestly and long to secure q
reputation for commercial disintegrlty
and may now boast that they have sue
ceeded. They intend interviewing Amer
lean capitalists with golden prospectus
The fact itself that British capital re-
fuses should be sufficient 10 save Ameri-
can dollars.
THE CABINET UNSTABLE.
. To Judge from the editorials in the ma
tive press. little confidence exists IN the
stability Of the present Cabinet and, with
the cessation Of extra-territoriality at the
door. Japan needs not only stable but
a strong government. Marquis Ito IS
glad that his responsibility has ceased
and has gone TO China 10 prevent being
called upon again 10 Atht lilt 4'iH's 1AA'
object is not recreation; there Is not
much Of that I'm the Celestial Empire Il
is probable that he will try TO give mo
mentum to China's awakening. If this is
the case. he will have a hard time of H.
Chinas Mandarlns have not forgotten
that they owe their present distressing
condition to Japans revelations, ana
To's actions will be carefully watched
bv Russia to whom Japan is an ever
I .f.aI.s -
/ "Sage Of Waseda." as his admirers de-
Hight in calling wagering, purposeless,
Count O'Kuma. ehould be premier at
such q time as this. The great men VINO
made Japan are dead. and those who re-
main are small indeed.
As general rule the native press has
sided with the United States in the late
unpieasantness with Spain. and 1t IS quite
sure that Japan will raise no objection
II the American people decide TO retain
those islands Provided. always, that
Count OKuma does not deem fit to make
an extraordinary sensation as he did IN
the case Of Hawaii At any rate. an edi-
torial which appeared in the Gaiko Jlho,
a journal of considerable influence Is re-
markable at this time because II takes the
mart Of Spain and is opposed 20 the ces-
efon of the Philippines to Uncle Sam
The course of reasoning by which 1t ar
rives ut its conclusions, Is remarkable.
Commenting upon the terms OF peace.
the writer Is OF the opinion that their
purpose is TO call forth the comments
of the various powers. The Jill, he con-
tinues. hit the nail on the head when It
asserted that the acquisition OF a coaling
station was an Indication OF the amoit-
ious policy OF the United States, and that
Americas commercial community mas
pretty well decided that the Philippine
islands shall be retained. The question
Tor Japan to consider Is whether she
would derive greater heuehi from Amer
icsn ownership than if the islands re-
iaa!nec under Spain.
UNJUSTIETABLE INTERFERENCE.
The writer then attacks the native pa
pers which have approved the possession
az the PHILIPPINES 10y the United States,
and terms the opening OF the war In
Cuba. can act of unjustidable interior
ence" He declares that the rebellion in
cuba was fOstered 10y the direct and IN
direct assistance afforded by the Amer
leans and. admitting that the Spanish
rule in Cuba and the Philippine Islands
has been anything but perfect claims
that the internal dissenti0ns in the last
named islands have Inconvenience Meth
CT America nor Jaran. and concludes
from this that the United States have no
claim on them.
Going stin further the Gaiko Jiho finds
that Spain has greater claim upon
Japan's sympathy than the United States
because. forsoothl Spain Of all the pow
ers was the only one 20 order the Court
into mourning last year when the En-
press Dowager died. shall Japan stand
bv and see her deprived Of the last Of her
revenue-bearing possessions without an