The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-06

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tury after century soieis i. ',''i - t,ssx.s
Eof any better its iiail v;,,orfo,co
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l!nned Its inquiry am io.is ,,ioI !, now
or parliament, and tisus l,,,
standard for all h!lils'i P eo'pie -, ~
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acte, or faculty first, si''se A. -
portant than the stallcat III uIiu 80
to develop.
The japanese are not Il savage or even
barbarian race, but civilized one III
deed within the last forty years thes nav, 1iN
a,.ell-nigh, completed their transformation
Into an cnlight ened race on the very same
,,lane Of culture as ourselves. Such a gem
eral statement includes force Of con-
5scencc as well as. of understanding power
So Of de,iberation and resolution as well as
Bof memory and imagination Twenty cen
turtles OF continuous culture has not failed
10 produce in the Japanese keen moral
facully, as sensitive 10 It's accepted stand.
ards as is our faculty TO our standards.
This hesforcigner resident i'll Japan quick
@ly discovers. Fle learns that the. people
mot CnlN nave iiWS, Out iuiSIS y
anything else than kecrlng them: and
that so far from trying TO do MIN,
where his own standards are faui ty-tor
example, in the invariable custom OF ten
5dering thanks for q recent favor W! hen-
eyer the recipient next meets the SiNer.
Association of ideas invariably recalls to
SourSown memories the recent favor on
such occasions. and sometimes VIC con
4trivc words 10 express our sense OF II
Shpt IN japan the expression IS as lhSar-
issi1le as the association l3llt more. there
Bis kindness everywhere, "a tact, pa
tlenceand seniallty such as IS met a1llong
Other people only In their exclusive lrcles
#of friendship. In sthe. tanily there Is Il
asirnilag realization or ideals, as witness
tie pe:,ce and 5gantleness. the ohe1encc
aud liberation, with conspicuous apse ilce
OF brawls and tears. Cruelty Is as rare
3 as hurry. farmers trudse beside morse
COR OK and kise neither whips, Eoads nor
curses The morality that SHOWS sellSl-
tivencss in tlese duties OF daily IRE ex-
hbts powerfto the limit OF human posSi-
'4bity when It lays down.its life for duty,
lit is not too much 10 state mat Ibis IS y
familiar idea and FREQUENT fnct IN ia
pan, where The kesshi ready even to
death Of ths aforetime retainer Is per-
petuated in the gallant soldier Of to-day
The modern police, with their white,
gloves, have little TO do save look wise or
settle miner difference on the spot by
acting as Judge, 10 the relief or Dotn par
lies concerned.
Both the moral standards and the con-
formity to them actually attained were
determined by the same comprehensive
social structlf&c that, as was noticed in
previous utiicfs, governed the emotional
life OF tho japanese 4 This was coIn,nun-
alisn which is that social order. whether,
in the family, the tribe or the nation, that
treats each of its members according 10
his or her value to the community more
& than according 10 that members value to
him or herself The differences OF such
social system from our own present one
where individ,ioi rights overweight the
communal ones, arc so marked and mani
fold that, as Mr. GIinis phrased 1t. the
recent visitor 10 Japan felt as IL he had
srepped into the anteIiluyian world Whilr
MIR Hearn compares the Social order Of
E odd Japan 10 that of a Greek state several
centuries hefore inc Christian era This
4, is tina, charms the tourist in Japan,
lilo pco,,lc are human mud vet different
At, hcv nlnaee hin Ia the noint NJ sstonjsh.
,nent aud val Il, ways strange 10 him
hat he would have supposed Impossiblc
tto wavward human nature. At what M
rihla cost Of disclnline srcl, nobln con
duct was achieved the tourist rarely
learns hui we may now inquire
Whereas ,ndors ,,,c Observation-Disclosures =,
free ana et,ual ,Inder tbc cnnmInnlisn,
or Japan everyone ,yls born a,I1frce and
5 uneouaI Al the head Of MI rnn,ss stood
5, AZ mll,odo ..at,ciJyt eote',,' Nv tarsIi
earn, "l,}4avfl,,s sn,, hlehnnse." t3,e
combined e,1reror and none whnso s,,
nrerne' authority o,ll,, one .IanoI,csa II, ~,
historv was evaf known 10 call an nuAs.
& ttn,, and IRON, whom II. other ,,,thnri,>
whnteosvcr was derived Nrxt T. r.ni
STOOD Tie },,ige or ancient nobIlflv. de-
tscenaants Of Iiast enlperors Below these
earn. nc "a Intira3. or military cIuss Anon
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