Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-18
FOREIGNERS IN JAPAN
Over Ten Thousand Will Be Affected by the
New Treaties.
Commercial Relations With the
United States-ExpOrts and
Imports.

| Dy the new order of things IN Japan, by
| which extra territoriality disappears and
foreign residents are made subject to the
laws and business regulations of that EN-
| pire. Fully 5000 of the 10000 foreigners
now residing in Japan will be thus affected
| by this feature of the fifteen new treaties
which have abandoned consular courts and
| extra territoriality and made the citizens
| OF the fifteen countries in question subject
| tc the laws of Japan when residing in that
| country.
| The total number of foreigners residing in
Japan, as shown by monograph on Japan
| Just prepared by the treasury bureau of
against 9,23S in 1897 and S,246 in 1896. OF
| this number. in 1885, 5,206 or nearly one
half, were Chinese, 2.11S English. LOTS
American, 52 Germans, 491 French 29l
| Russians 155 Coreans, 100 Portuguese, 104
| Dutch, and the remainder divided among
| 100 each.
OF the 1881 foreigners residing in Japan
| In 1898 953S were classed merchants
| and other professions while of the 1916
| from the United States $40 were classed
| as merchants and other professions. OF
| the Ills British subjects, 1,1S1 were thus
| classed, and of the 523 Germans 453 were
| SO classified.
Japanese in Foreign Countries.
| The number of foreigners residing in
| Japan is only about one-sixth as great as
| the number of Japanese residing in foreign
| countries. The Japanese census of Decem-
| Der 81, 1S97-and it is interesting to OBJ
serve that the Japanese take census each
year-showed IS, 7s5 Japanese residing in
other countries. OF this number 1910 were
4 in the United States and 1854 in Hawaii,
| so that 60 per cent of the Japanese now re-
siding abroad are subject to the jurisdiction
| of the United States. OF the remaining
| %, 191 japanese residing abroad 1866 were
x in
colonies, 1851 in Russia and Russian col
onies and 1,165 in China OF the 1910 re-
siding in the United States 2,11S were stu
dents and 729 merchants
1t is Interesting to observe that the dis
position of the japanese is apparently to
look almost exclusively to the United States
in educational matters, as the total num-
Der OF Japanese students residing abroad,
as shown by the census figures, was 1865
and of this number 211S were in the United
States, 129 in Germany, Al in Russia and
Russian colonies, 40 in England and En-
glsh colonies, q in China, IA in Corea and
10 in France.
New Relations Toward Japan.
The new relation in which the foreigners
in Japan stand to it's citizens, laws and
government is especially important be-
cause of the unusual relation they hold to
| it's foreign commerce. Both the import and
export business of Japan conducted
| largely by foreigners residing in that coun-
| try. More than Sc per cent of the exporta-
tons from Japan and more than 81 per
cent of its importationS are conducted by
| foreigners. OF the total exports from Japan
| in 1893 over 101 100000 yen were sent abroad
by foreign merchants doing business in that
country and iifty-tive million by Japanese
merchants while of the total imports OF
| the year S4.OO0.U0O yen in value were i'm
ported by foreigners and 90,oOO,o00 yen in
value by Japanese merchants.
That the Japanese have proved apt pupils
In he CT md f.T for, n < a
| is shown by an, examination of the record
| of Japans foreign trade during the past
few years. In 1883 only 4.S5 per cent of the
imports into Japan and IA per cent of the
exports were made by japanese merchants.
| By 1888 the percentage of importations
made by japanese merchants had increased
| to us per cent; by 1894 they had reached
29.2 per cent, and in 1898 32.6 per cent of
the total imports made by Japanese
| merchants Meantime, their share in the
expectation business increased rather more
slowly than that of importation, reaching
1874 per cent in 1894, 25S per cent in 1896
and 331 per cent in 1898.
The total value of imports by Japanese
merchants in 1883 was ,:;S:,. 1O1 yen, and in
| 1898, 80, $50 yen, while the total value of
the exports by japanese merchants, which
| in 1888 was 5.1i9,O7S yen, was in 1898 So
| 6OO,5o9 yen. The fact that two-thrds of
the exports of Japan still find a market
| through foreigners residing in that country
| and that over two-thirds of the imports are
| brought in and distributed by foreign mer-
| CHANTS uOl1lS business In Japan aQQS great
| ly to the Importance of the new relations
| which now exist between the japanese gov
| eminent and foreigners residing and doing
| business in that country.
| Commercial Relations with Japan.
| The commercial relations between Japan
| and the United States differ materially from
| those of many other countries. While our
| total exports largely exceed our total i'm
| ports, the conditions reversed in our
| commerce with Japan, our imports from
| that country greatly exceed our exports to
| it. This is due to the fact that Japan is the
producer of certain articles absolutely re-
qured in the United States and which can
| not, or at present are not produced in this
| country. OF raw silk for manufactur-
| ers our imports from Japan in the year
| just ended amounted in round numbers to
$15000,o0O, or nearly as much as our total
| exports to that country; while practically
one-half of our tea imported was also from
| Japan, the total from that country during
the year being over S4.O00,0O0. OF rice the
imports range in the vicinity of half mil
| lion dollars; flax, hemp and jute for man.
| ufacturing, in round terms a half million
| dollars; while manufactures of silk from
| Japan range between two and three million
dollars annually.
| Japanese official figures show that the
| exports from that country to the United
| States WERE in 1898, ABB 1874 yen and her
imports from the United States, 4O.OO1. O97
| yen. An examination of the total figures
| for 1858 shows that Japan's total with the
| United States is larger than that with any
! other country, the exports to the United
| States being 47.311 ,154 yen, against O473-
500 to Hong Kong. 2919s1 IT'S to China 90
| 400, 406 to France and 7.7S3. CAB to the united
| kingdom; while the imports from the United
States were 4O,Ool:o 97 yen, against G2707.
| 572 from the united kingdom. 40, 764 244
| from British East Indies. 20 ,5e3, $50 from
| China and 25.610,961 yen from Germany
|
Church Dedication.