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THE JAPANESE RACE.
Ethnology Of Japan's People-A Brancl,
Of the Old Negro Rnce.

Ethnoiogy Of Jnpan's People-A Branch
Of the Old Negro Rnce.
In view of the Russo panesc war and
the master stroke of the Japanese arms
under Generals Kuroki and Nodzu and
dented achievements of the Japanese
naval forces under Admiral Togo. do we
ever think of the origin and makeup OF
this dark-skinned race of the Orient?
Strictly speaking. ethnologists say this
race is neither Monaghan, Semitic, Anglo
Saxon Cclt or Tcuton. but it belongs
the great Hamctic family, and is thcrc-
fore branch of the negro race, writes
the Rev. ]. NJ Boldly in the Troy Times.
The most eminent chronological scholar
that America has ever produced, and a
gentleman whose scientific attachments
have been recognized as authority, says
the Japanese race belong to the great ne
gro family. and they are partly descen-
dants Of the "Oceanc negroes" (Seo
"Crana Americana" by DR.. Samuel
George Morton page Oh The physical
characteristics arc Of an african origin
tSee "Crana Aegypticae." by DIR. Nor
ton. page e5) given to them by ethnic acc
SESSIONS from Africa.
The late President Of the Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Science says: Tho
Japanese cannot claim priority of de-
scent. Their complexion and frequent crisp
hair indicates that their Asian origin has
been modified by other blood tSee
Races and People," by DR.. Daniel G.
Brinton, page 2l6)
In the American Anthropologist for July
and September, 1902, there appeared an
article on The Evanescent Congenital
Fermentation in the Sacro-Lumbar Re-
gion." in which Prof. Saren Hanson and
other German scientists are quoted by
DR.. II. Newell Wardle. the writer of tho
article. and in which they conclude that
the substratum of the Japanese ethnology
is of an African, therefore negro ancestry.
Or. Albert S. Ashmead, late Director OF
the Toxic Hospital. and at present resi-
dent of New York city. in carfully pre-
pared paper published in THE Journal OF
Cutaneous Diseases" MAY. 1861 on 'Tha
Mulberry colored Spot on the Skin Of the
Lower.spine Of the Japanese and Other
Dark Races" claims that this mulberry
colored spot" is a sign of negro descent.
w hence came THESE tdCccs "iASh S'i-
IDENTIFY left traces of their presence in
japan? Keane, the British anthropologist.
says: '"rhe dominion of the insular ne
groes originally comprised the whole Of
Oceanica" (sec "Ethnology," by A. H.
Koane, page 2sD; while Ratzel. the great
German scholar. speaks of the remains
of negro tribes and archaeological evil
dences. which have been found in India
Malaysia Formosa and Japan. all of
which are similar in character, and which
suggest that the primitive population OF
these regions was ofan African. therefore
negro. origin (See THE History of Man.
kind" by Prof. Friedrich Ratzel. volume
L., pages 450-477; volume III page 313)
That the "black savages" who invaded
japan after the paeolithic and ZINC
ages of their development cam from
POLYNESIA may be CLEANED from the fact
that Chinese historians, quoted by Meyer,
speak of the invasion into China OF
horde Of Black Southern Barbarans'
and it is more than probable that sub
groups Of the same contingent penetrated
into the Islands of Japan. (See "Distriou-
Ition of the Negritos in the Philippine Is
lands and Elsewhere" by DIR. a. B. Meyer
page So Even the Japanese state RECORDS
of the empire speak OF the 'plack
savages" and "barbarians." who came
from the South in ships" and were
very Formidable. (See Researches into
1.-The Physical History OF Mankind.
volume ". page 1922 the power
OF the earlier rules. and re-
ceived the submission of all the chicts
and tribes of the island. Because OF
the proximity Of China and Korea to
Japan, 1t Is natural to be expected
that Japan received ethric accessions
from these countries. who became
ultimately blended with the con-
| quering invaders. like the Saxon and
Norman in England. into one homo
genous race of people. (See 'Primeval
Japanese" by Capt. f. Brinkeley.
1908; pages 7s5-7ss) The conclusions
to which the science OF ethnology
points, in regard to the origin of the
japanese race. are. ca judged by
their archaeological remains. uncar-
that from the Japanese "dolmens'
and 'barrons." the early inha bitants
which suggest their African origin;
(2) and that the primitive Polynesian
was as adventuresome at sea as the
Baltic ea-kings: go that the Japan
|ese are not a pure but hybrid race
Of people. whose psrponderating ply
steal characteristics bespeak the pres
ence of n large negroid element. The
Japanese negroid characteristics, arc
Ihaeology and ethnology trace to Pol
nesia; and as the Polonesian ethnol-
ogy is of an African origin, the Jap
anese race. who are modified Poly
Inesians. must also be of an African
ANCESTRY, and are therefore a part and
parcel of the negro race.
The above is simply a brief summary
of the conclusions of the leading
Ianthropologists. These authorities
lmay be consulted at the Hart Menu
orial Library. or State Library. AL
lbany. N. Y. and the reader will find
considerable more than Is mentioned