The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-10-05
SECRET JAPAN'S SUCCESS
Baron KanekoSays TheirCoun-
try Was Underrated.
.OYALTY TO EMPEROR

Norkina fcr New Type OF CiVIi'Za'
tion--All Lines OF important work
in Japan Are Given to Experts.
This Resulting in Thoroughness-
Study Foreign Politics.
In speaking of the fundamental prin-
les of Japanese success, Baron ha-
% said he believed these two were
chief reasons for the little ISL
coming into history as one Oh lhe
world powers:
.e iguurance OF Japan, seli-con-
.s.d by other nations.
..lyantnge ot having constitutional
81, ernment
we hear that Euro. e has been de-
ceived by the Japane.e victory, con-
tinuld the Baron. Deceived Is hardly
the word tU use. If Europe has been
deceived, she has herself to blame. In
appearance the japanese might be
called deceptive. We are neither hand
some nor brave looking. There is noth-
ing commendable about the Japanese
appearance. They are small and inslS-
nincdEt locking, compared with the
fne physique5 Of the peoples OF many
European countries. The japanese
were uuderestimuted and misunder-
stood. Other races and nations never
took the trouble to study us, whereas
we studied them to the minutest de-
tail. Every bit OF important work TO
do has been given to an expert in his
line OF work, a man who has spent sew
eroi years in many nations, learning
thoroughly every detail ol the work as
signed to him by the government.
ThOroughness is the keynote OF Japa-
nese success. Often when travelling in
other countries have made special in
Quiries regarding certain lines OF busi-
ness. / found that the man who was
spoken of as an expert in his line knew
his work thoroughly as 1t obtained in
his own country. The same line or
business as carried ON in foreign
country he knew little or nothing Of.
The patriotism of our people is not
OF day. 1t is inbred and has been
cultivated for more than 1000 centu-
ries. No other nation can show rul-
sr's descent like our present emperor,
for $500 years. We reverence him and
pay our highest respects to him. We
are the most democratic of nations.
The poor and the rich boys attend the
same schools. The men who make our
laws are men who know the wants, the
needs and desires of our people. There
- close bond of sympathy and under
Anding between the ruler and the
Iod. To be able to govern, the law
.ENers must know the people they
lyern
The japanese have been put down
timitators. This might be mentioned
zone stage of our progress. In study
ing foreign civilization, the first step
10 imitation, then adaptation, then Or
sanitation. Our japanese experts have
Hade a thorough research and study OF
every detail of their business as car
aed on in almost every country of the
world. such instances of clever origin
nation are shown in the remarkable
success of smokeless power invented by
Major Shimose. This powder is by
actual test, five times as strong as the
European powder. When a shell filed
With the English lyddte is fired it will
Eeak into ten or fifteen pieces, where
- the same shen filled with the Shi-
nose smokeless powder when eXplod-
"a bursts into 1000 or 1900 pieces. 1t
n now considered the most powerful
2nOkeless powder ever invented, and
its inventor is a major IN the Japanese
Hmy. Again, in the realm of sciencs
We have already reached a stage of or
iSinization by Prof, Kitasatos discov-
cry of a new bacteria. He discovered
IL a Germany and was decorated by
We German government; and DR.. j..
pnhamine, who is now living in New
York, discovered adhenalin, a medicine
which is used to stop bleeding, particu-
Arly by oculists in operations on the
aee, and which has been used with
marked success during the Russo-Jap-
anese war Next comes Baron Ito,
whose untiring investigation in botany
made his name recognized by both
American and European scientists.
In the Organization of our army we
copied the German system and in our
navy the English and American In
our code of laws we initiated La Code
Napoleon and afterward the German
principle and method Our first paper
money was made in New York, and il
you will take up those old japanese
greenbacks you will find them exactly
the same as yours, except in the writ
ing. If you examine the constitution OF
Japan from the first article to the last
you will find it quite different from
those of American or European coun.
tries, yet its frame and foundation are
in accordance with the principles of the
western constitutions. Therefore,
might say that the constitution of ia.
pan is living monument of the orig
imitation of Japanese craftsmanship.
Il am often asked, what are the aims
and aspirations Of the japanese people
To this | would say that our nationa
ambition Is. by engraftlng the western
culture and science upon our own insti
tutions, to blend together and assimi
late the two types Of civilization-Orl