Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-09-01
THE ISLAND EMPIRE
The Jnpnncse Nny How Down TO Wood
and Stone, Hut They Commit Less
Crim~ Than American subjects.


In the CHICAGO Record Herald the other
dav | noticed thai chief of Police " Nelil
gave some remarkable murder statistics
for that c,tv which suggest a comparison
with those of Jannn He shows tina. fifty
persons were arrested in Chicago Cor MUIR
der during the year 1903. seven Cor man.
slaughter eighty-two as accessories to
n,urd.r and 547 for assault with intent to
kill The total for 1902 was even greater,
saws William H. Curtis In the Phladcl-
phia Press, under IL Toxic date.
have not been able to get the statis-
tics for the different cities of Japan, but
those for the empire are given in detail
aud in Il most Intelligent manner. show
ing 59l homcdes for the last year. ia
being committed by women and AZ by
men. This is the smallest number for
several wears, except in 1898. when the
total was ~ for a population Of i50TD.n H0.
The motives of the crimes are gwen
IN all but fortN-oight cases The largest
number of murders 2i7--are attrib II Il in
tho candid Japanese way to dome site
discussions involving the interests If the
family'-n other words. to family quar-
rolls ii2 homicides are attributed to ven
Ecance, 1M to jealousy. q to debaucnery,
: to ambition" and 2iS were commit ed
while the assailHnt was under ;he in
fuencc of liquor.
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"r0" H'Nr' IN 'Ni N'''
The records of the police department
il Japan show a striking contrast To- those
OF American and European cities Last
year out of a total of As. 23a convict ions
in the criminal courts. only 1898 were Tor
what are called "crim"s that is. penal
Uncnsos-w While 1ir.l2s were for what we
would call misdemcanors aud what the
japanese term "uifruses against proper
". including petit larceny. grand lar
ConN, burglary, obtaining money an Ter
false pr"tonses. forgery and cmbrHAlc-
mcnt The offcuscS against the pubic
lc3,co. were comparatively few furnish
INK little more than 10 per cent uf the
entire number of cases in the criminal
court If you will compare this with the
statistics of the courts of New York,
Chicago and Philadelphia and other cities.
you Will see that the Japanes" are a
:, ' y'a """iS =" P,','.' W. onN
pf over l5.W0.GCr were convicted of dis
lurbing the public peace. This is. Of
course. accounted for by the temperate
habits of the people. There is compare
Nvoly little drunkenness in Japan 1t is
almost uknown-mirabile dictu,--berore
thc foreigners came 10 introduce CHRISTI
unity aud modern civilization. but it is
increasing year by year. until now tenn
)craucc societies which were unknown
and unnecessary. ara hoinp orunui..d in
.Japau
The lo.,th.r in tboir blindness ,n.y
bow down to wood and stone hut IN, =
d. not bch.,vo os badlv as corr,s,orj.
ing classes of sociotv in Christian cit,.s
This Is no, only true in Jan,n b,,t /, /.
euuallv trnc in India China aud o,ha,
countries of tho East There is no lvorh.
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official nuthoritv and n,t,cb marc ,ort.
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