The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
WHO ARE THE JAPANESE
COUSINS TO THE CHINESE

1t may there is no other people who
are like the Japanese. If the F'renchman.
with his quick perception, artistic, SEN
tImental and versatile, be united with
the stability of the Teutonic tempera-
ment, he would be Japanese If the
Vlyaclous italian, with his exquisite
taste and delicate sense of beauty and
cheerfuiness be united with seif-as-
sertlng. progressive Americans, he
would be Japanese. There is how
ever, great resemblance in tempera-
ment between the japanese and the In
dams; not, however, in the Indians OF
today, who are driven into reservations
and are forced to put on white mems
jackets, but those, in former. days,
with war paint and feathers upon their
crown these who heard the great
spirit behind the cloud in their hunt
Ing ground. In their savage magma
nimity, the Indians of the former days
may be led to think that if it has been
demonstrated that the Japanese do not
belong to another family they may be
related to the red man. Sssa
One Of the latest and most interesting
as we'll as most surprising theories adj
vanced with regard to the origin of the
japanese race, is that they are the Off
spring Of one of the lost tribes. of Is
rael. Among other things, the written
language used during "the dynasty OF
the gods" seems to support this the
DRY. This language OF the gods Is now
In the hands of the Shinto priests, who
pretend they are conversant with
1T, but who. in reality, are just as
ignorant as laymen. This curious
specimen of writing is no more or less.
In my opinion. than the old Hebrew.
and If some archaeologist can decipher
it,, some light may be shed upon the
origin of the Yamato race.
Another popularity of the japanese
is that they were menotheists. Among
the ancients no other people but the
lsraelites We're monotheists. Prior to
the introduction of the Chinese civiliza-
ton the japanese wOrShiped one god,
but since then they became polythe-
lists.
In mental life the Japanese are not
unlike the Hebrews. In their intensity
OF feeling, in their spirit Of persever-
ance and invincibleness, in their re-
ligious zeal, the Japanese come nearer
to the children of God" than any other
people on earth. There are a few other
circumstances which are of some in
terest to the ethnologist. Among some
Japanese families, in some localities
where the influence of civilization has
not yet been felt. there exists some
Hebrew money handed down through
generations and kept as talisman
against the contagious disease. So far
as is known, the history of Japan does
not record any intercourse of the jap
anese with the Israeiites. Hence, it is
not altogether unreasonable to con-
clude that the money must have been
brought by the forefathers of those
who possess it. In those regions also,
occasionally are found ancient tombs
Syle, 1,,sI
resembling very much the ancient He
| brew.
Some think that the modern Japa-
nese are the offspring of the Chinese
| conquerors who invaded and subjugat.
| ed the natives. But Japan had suffered
| no Monaghan invasion until Kabiikan
| invaded the country with a hundred
thousand fighting men. who were ami
hilated by the Japanese. 1t seems to
| be fact, however, that some people
| had invaded Japan some 700 years be-,
| fore the birth of Christ. These invad !
| ing hosts could not have been China
| men; If such were the conquerors, they
| would have brought with them their
| enlightenment, for China at that time
was in the height of her civilization.
| Could the conquerors be the Egyptians
| or the Greeks? Very improbable on the
1 ground that both of them were remark
able for philosophy and fine arts, which
| the conquerorS did not bring. Could
! they have been Hindus? Unlikely, for
| they had no Vedas. The Israelites? It
might have been. The latter had not
attained a high stage of civilization
| at that time and their fine arts were
| in a crude form. Their literature was
exclusively Of religious character.
Such things the conquerors seem to
have brought with them.
Who are the conquerors is of the ut
most Importance. The Japanese his.
torianS are loath to acknowledge that
| they were foreigners. Such, however,
| they were. They first struck the south
western extremity Of Kusu island. and
| gradually they advanced toward north
east. Aino, who now inhabit Arze ISL
and, is supposed to be the offspring Of
! their forefathers, who had been driven
| northward by the conquering hosts.
To suppose, after we have studied
! the Japanese race from various points
| of view, that these invading hosts
were Cinnamon is unreasonable. The
more reasonable conclusion would be
that they were the Israelites. They We're
perhaps tired of internal discussions
and religious intolerance, and sought
and found another Canaan. They may
have launched upon the Indian ocean.
and finally were drifted by favorable
winds to the Land of the Rising Sun.
Be it as it may. the Japanese are fur
Their from the Mongolians than from
any other human family on EARTH and
to assume that they belong to the
Monaghan family, without exhaustive
investigation, would be a sin not only
against the sensitiveness of the Jap
anese, but also against modern sci
ence.
-Morikubo.
Alexandria, MINI.