The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-02
IiTO JAP4NESh 4BRO4D.
Incidents OF n Journey That Meant Much
to Japan in After Years.

From Il, Pdcthe C1mE'rcui Adr'ri'ser.
When King Kalakaua and his suite were in
japan in 1881 they met Marquis Ito and Count
lnouye many times. On a visit TO the old city
OF Koto. Marquis Ito told them one evening
the story OF his and Count lnouye's misfor-
tunes in reaching England. nearly twenty
years before. and before tho civil war which
destroyed tho Old condition OF things in japan.
Both OF them belonged to the former Satsuma
clan. aud the head of it determined to find out
the sources Of the British power by visiting
London. He selected these two men. and they
were furnished with letters Of credit on Eng
fish bankers They went to Nagasaki and
took passage from that port. In the April
number Of the Windsor Magazine Mr.. Frazer.
who has recently heard the story from Marquis
Ito. repeats it, The Marquis said:
We'll. orr chief decided that Inouye and
myself should 60 TO England to learn naviEa-
ton 40 that on our return our knowledge
would be useful in ousting the foreigners from
japan. We two young fellows accordingly
went to Nagasaki for the purpose OF getting a
passage to England. The only word OF Eng
lish We knew was navigation. We went into
the offlcc of the company. and when the
man in charge asked what we wanted.
hps T1 al rcb and sws8 no board Se
vessel We went. But what was our surprise
on finding that instead OF being passengers
through the voyage we bad to scrub the
decks aPd ToEk Ms, th ,,s same as ne
money and it was soon gamhed away from
us Not all. for we kept two dollars carefully
slowed away in an old st0sknG for "Imergsn,
nobody was there TO meet us The ship was
tied up. everybody cleared or. and we were
knew no English we id not Know what to do
il we went on shore However. hunger made
US dec 1" TINT one Of us must 20 and buy
somehow tossed n "
should be, The lo' fell on lnouye"
1S1 G7q IN 5H"HE NJ was never
night when sot foot in LonGon and started
Of with ,ohe.of the dollars in my hand to buy
my way back. found bakers shop so In |
went and pointed to loaf Of bread. OF course.
could no, TesE bur held s ont the dollar t"
that Engllshman kept tho dollar and gave me
nc nc GhanijH va AGyWpb y nrs ct hack to l2 all
day some OF our friends came 10 look Tor uS
and away we went We were in London about
-, D." And did YOU learn much navigation in that
NO, sad Count Inouye. not very much
conclusion that it was all nonsense Tor Japan
to keep foreigners at arms length"
state after relating tho incident to, the King
and his suite, that their visit to LONDON had a
strong irTnSn; So on the course Of events In
would not have comprchended the enor:
nous commercial and military power Of
Great britain. Az they looked at The great
fleets Of commerce arriving at and depart
ing IRON, London, and they gradually realized
the sturendous financial power Of the Brit
ish people. they could com" 10 bu' on" concu-
sion, namely. that Japan must cast aside tho
tlonal life II was not the mobiles Of japan. hut
the men Of the cans. who reconstructed japan.
Marquis Ito and Count Inony" were represent
tativc men OF the clans. Count Inowyc is one
ol the ablest statesmen in japan. while Mar
Inis Ito Is the wis"St politician,
Th" singular and comprehensive ability
shown by the Japanese Government In recon-
due in large measure To the practical knowi-
edg" obtained hr those men. who were COM
PEELED by n mistake to work their way to Lon
don in the furecaste Of a ship.