The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-24
A MISSIONARY
ON The ORIENT
REV. E. B. KENNEDY INTER
VIEWED AT FERGUS FALLS.
He Says the Japanese Are Far from
Sure that Peace viii Be Accom-
plished Movie Predicts Great
Things from the Japanese in the
Future-They Will Dominate the
Chinese Trade.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, July 24.-Rev. E. B. Ken
needy, a missionary who is Just returning from
seven years work in Japan and China, ar
rived here on the train with the Japanese peace
ENJOYS and, stepping of to make some small
purchases for his family, unable to make
his way thru the crowd and return to the train
before it. started. He was not particularly
pleased't to find himself left behind, but made
the best of 1t. -
He came across, the Pacific on the Mime
With Of lie
ENJOYS are far from certain that they will be
able to make peace and that the people OF
Japan with whonle he came In contact are per-
fectly willing that the war shall contt(De until
Russia is willing to admit that she IS. thoroly
defeated The Japanese are anxious for peace.
but it is permanent peace that they want and
they propose to fight until terms are obtained
that will make 1t permanent.
'.And after. the war is over,'' continued Mr..
Kennedy, lust await Developments. Japan Is
going to forge to the: front, and is going to re-
make China: The Japanese are going to be
able to capture practically the entire trade of
the Chinese empire; they at China's very
door; they are a patient, hard-working people;
they can manufacture goods well any peo-
pie OH earth. and labor in Japan is cheap. AL
that is lacking is the necessary capital to- es-
tablish factories and they are confident that
they will be able to secure that. The English,
German, French and American trader is going
to be superseded by. the Japanese. Prejudice
counts for great deal and the Chinese are
not prejudiced against the Japanese; they are
prejudiced against the Europeans, and they have
reason to be. When the Russian, German
French or English capitalists want concessions
in China their governments force the Chinese tc
give them. And the Chinese know it: Do not
Imagine that the Chinaman is fool, OF that
! he does not know. anything about what is going
on. He does. Bulld5zing tactics may work fol
while, but they are not going to work for
| ever. =. ~. - III
| THE great trouble with China today is graft
! There is more, or less graft here, I understand
but in China it has crystallized and infest:
| the whole body Of public officia1dom The petty
officer exacts what he can, and the higher Officer
exacts still more on every possible occasion.
| man must buy justice If he Is going to secure
! it in the courts, and the man who has the mos
| money or the most power, Is the who VIM
his case. The corruption is gross and notori
| GUS. In Japan. on2 the :other hand, the courts
are generally free from anything savoring o
corruption and I believe Japan has the bes
1 police system IN the world. -
! 'There is also great contrast In the ply
steal conditions Of the two peoples, The Japan
ese are absolutely clean, their houses are cleal
| and their streets are. clean, while in Chin
houses streets and people are filthy. thinl
l you high idea of the morals OF tn
| Japanese, however. y While graft is not com
mon among their public Officials, their stan
dards of morality in general are no higher tina
: those Of the Chinese; in fact. sometimes doub
if they are quite as high" @.*;:,:f. NM