Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19
SPRING TIME IN JAPAN
HIGH STATE OF CIVILIZATION IN
THE BRITAIN OF ASIA.
Elements of the Ino, Malay and Corean
Blended in the Character
of the People.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
We can hardly give the Filipnos self
government yet" said Prof. Bashford Dean
OF Columbia, in lecture at the univer-
sity, because of the lack of homogeneity.
We have hoped in this country to see
race developed there which would COM
pare favorably with the Japanese But
that becomes doubtful to one who has
seen some of the islands and the kind
of people who live upon them. One might
think these islands had been used as
lumber room of the races, many differ
ent kinds of people are represented. They
have scores of different languages. They
have different religions and customs, en-
tirely different ways of thinking. On the
Island of Negroes my hosts, who were Span
ish half castles, had never seen a tribe
of Negritos who lived a few miles from
the coasts, and knew nothing whatever
about them The heat of the climate has
had bad effect in developing the Fill
pinos. They are the reverse Of active,
Their effort is to do little as possible"
Professor Dean told a number of interest
Ing things In his description of his recent
year spent in Japan and the Philippines
illustrating his statements with coored
slides. His opinion Of Japan and Japan
ese civilization is exceedingly high In
Japanese people combines three great ele-
ments-the mo, the Malay and the Corean.
There are still a few thousands of the pure
1no stock in the northern islands. and this
strain has left its stamp on the whole.
The Japanese kitchen, with its utensils and
cookery. is distinctively Ino. The extreme
hairiness Of the face and body of some
japanese types is an Ino trait.
The Malay Branch.
The Malay branch is the most energetic
ore, and is strong in the south. Japanese
architecture Is Malayan, the Shinto tenn
pie being a good example Of the Malay
house. The warlike nature Of the Japan
ese comes from the Malay element Their
artistic traits, on the contrary, come from
the Corean strain-the love of painting and
love Of nature. which Is such a strong ma
tional characteristic. The ruling classes
have been of Corean stock and the long
narrow faces, the obiique eyes and the deli
cate hands which distinguish the Corean
type are very marked in the school for
young noblemen at Toxic.
1T is quite impossible for Americans"
said Professor Dean, to comprehend the
sentiment Of reverence which the Japanese
feel for their emperor. You can perhaps
get some idea Of it If you can ina CINE the
feeling which all good Roman Catholics
would have for their pope if they consid-
cred him a blood descendant Of the foun-
der of the Christian church. and possessed
OF a large share of the power of his divine
ancestor. This is very different concep-
ton, l take it, from that of q Gilbert and
Sullivan Mikado"
The common people have a curious idea
of the Nemesis" of inanimate objects. The
child is taught that he must not steal, be-
cause there is a Nemesis behind the stolen
things-a kind of personified revenge. which
will manage to do the thief harm. The
speaker tried to purchase a stone mortar
from an old lno. 1t had ground the meal
for his family for two centuries and the
old man refused to sell it, because, as it
had done good to his family for so long. he
feared that the spirit of the thing would
be offended at his parting with it, and