Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-04
JAPANESE ARE BUSY
Seek to Solve Problem Produced by Famine
Following the Recent War,
WOULD SUPPLANT CHINESE IN AFRICA
Have Plan to Help Sufferers and Transvaal
4 liners at Once.
HOW C0REAN EMPEROR WAS CONVERTED
Ito Used Warm Argument in Mater o.:
japanese Pro;ec:orate.
CONCESSION, OR tX.Ll lHE ALTERNATIVE
Ruler of Corea Evidently Feared
Anger of Ancestors Less Than
Prospect of Living as
Outc@st.
HOW CoRtAN EMPtKuk WAS CONVERTED
Ito Used Warm Argument in Mater o
Japanese Pro;ec:orate.
CONCESSION, OR txLl lHE AFTERMATH

TOXIC, Feb. 3.-(Special Gable :,
| The Bee)-The Japanese are - -Inll
notling if not up-to-date as a nation. No
only are they proud of their newly ac
qutred position in "the family of nations, -
they are determined to use it to the fulles
meaning-the deepest import. Tho treaty
Of Portsmouth gave them a standing a:
world power which they could not hav,
won in half a century along ordinary lines
The Anglo-Japanese treaty practically
makes them not only the ally but in some
things almost the partner of England. The
I Chino-Japanese treaty settled the suprem.
acy Of the Japanese over the yellow race
! All these things-an up-to-date army and
nary-havc enabled Japan to borrow vast
sums in the markets of the world, thus
, proving up-to-dateness in matters of ma
tonal finance as we'll.
Then as i'll luck would have it, just as
, treaty matters appeared to be settled oil
settling, famine broke out in the japanese
provinces affecting, it is estimated, at least
l,0OU,GC5 souls. Naturally a thing like this
in a country whose resources are not un-
derstood throughout the world, might be
expected to affect japanese credits and
possibly cause a slump in the markets of
the world in the matter of japanese bonds.
Thereupon the japanese citizens COM
menced an investigation. They came to the
conclusion that Japan is overcrowded in
sections. The governments OF civilized
countries like Germany or France or Eng
land would probably have folded their
hands and confessed their inability to cope
with the situation thus created.
Nothing OF the dolce far niente' meth
DDS for the energetic Jap First he orig
Of newly-acquired lands on Corea and
Manchuria. Even this does not appear to
afford all of the relief necessary. Ac-
cordingly japanese emigration to all parts
of the world is being encouraged. The
theory is that IL the Japs prosper and
return the wealth of the Flowery King
dom is increased at least by the knowledge
that the traveller brings back with him.
1t is for reasons like this that the Jap is
fairly begging To be allowed to cultivate
newly planted rice fields In Cuba and newly
planted tea fields in Texas.
The latest proposition will he made by the
enterprising and energetic friend and ally
Of Japan-England. Owing to the results
of the general election in Great Britain it
is understood here that Chinese emigration
to the South African mines will be stopped
It is true that $1,000 japanese are threat
ened with starvation. The committee
favors sending the japanese TO South
Africa. provided the consent of the British
government can he obtained. N this way,
it is figured the troubles which have arisen
between the miners in the Transvaal and
the government at London can be rectihed,
since II is believed here that the British
premier will be willing to allow this con-
cession to be made to an ally like Japan,
especially when the lives of thousands may
be saved and the South African colonists
will also be able to secure the unskilled
labor which it is claimed they so much
need.
1t is now known that the emperor of
Corea not only interposed the objection
that the arrangements proposed by Mar
quis Ito regarding japan looking after the
foreign relations of Corea would be dis
pleasing 10 his ancestors but also that al
first he absolutely refused TO listen to ar
guments upon the subject. Marquis Ito
labored for four hours to convince him
that the step was necessary. He saw
clearly enough that the step he was asked
to take meant a partial abrogation of
sovereignty. and It's necessity did not pre-
sent itself to him with AT all equal vivid
ness. But in the end he reluctantly ac-
knowledged the incontrovertble character
Of the Japanese ststesman's arguments
and promised tn instruct MS ministers ac-
cordingly.