Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-09
TIE FURRY WITH JAPAN.
Recalls Tine When Japan EasIared
 ShipVIecked Sailors.

coAAo VI thC otHVi ttuuUlcS We nave had with that island empire. For several centuries Japan would have no dealings with other nations except Portugal and China. Shipwrecked sailors of any other nation, unfortu- nate enough to be cast upon the isl and, were. enslaved, or at least kept as prisoners. During the adninis- tration of President Polk the govern , ment received information that quite q number of American sailors were | thus held in bondage, and 1t was de termlned to make an effort to secure their release, and If possible, cstab- fish treaty relations with Japan.
 l \ Daval expedition was fitted out I under the command of Commodore 1 Riddle. Among his instructions was one charging him to be careful and do ] nothing that would offend the Japan 1 csc. He tried to enter the harbor at Nagasaki and open communications | with the authorities, but in this he was baffied for some tlme At last | he succeeded in getting to an anchor l age, when he was visited by several Japanese officials. During the visit 1 an American officer stepped on board l one of the Japanese junks which was Il violation of Japanese etiquette, so the American was promptly knocked ! down and thrown everboard. For ] this Commodore Riddle demanded an l apology. The next day he was noti- l fled that at noon the offending Jap officer, with his father, mother, sis ters and brothers, grandmother, wife and wife's sister, would present them 1 selves on board the American flag ship with orders to disembowel them selves fin tho presence of the Commo- ! dore and his officers, as a satisfaction 1 for the insult offered the American. ! Of course the American commodore ] wonid permit nothing of the kind. and 1 this refusal cost the failure of his ] expedition as it gave the Japs such a good impression of the power and dig nity of the United States govern ment that they ordered Riddle to leave at once, without the shipwrcck- cd American sailors.
 i The next expedition was under the command of an officer of different calibre from Biddle Captain Giynn, who commanded, was | rough and ready sailor, with but little diplomacy ahelt hin,, but possessed of a great deal of determination. As lie ap. rroachrd tie harbor of Nagasaki ne was met by number of Japanese boats. the foremost holding out to the Au,erlcan vessel a parchment. on tue end of a long reed, Captain Glynn teok the parchmer and without lookll, at it, contemptuo1alv tossed
 1t in.c the sa. At this il number of Jararcsc officers plugged into the water to rescue the sacred writing. Glynn pusEed on to .n anchorage, hut tha. no. suiting him proceeded farth- CT up the bay in search of another. At this tho Japs protested wildly, the interpreter shouting out: Go no furd- CT, go no furder" To this tilynn tartly replied: "Stranger, I'll go just where please. and do not mean to speak to a single person of less rank than prince, or of governor. and then se,led on until he found an an. cllorage that suited his notions of comfort and salty.
 ] The next day the goyarao" replc,.. anl tc show him all Eono- the .Amerl
 can commander open.d case os champaigne. The Interpreter ir form cd him that the Prince never drank
 He Is with me new. and must drink" was the reply, and drink he dM Captain Glynn then informed
 iirl that he had come for tie Al0cr;. can sailors then held in slavery. anl that he did not intend to depart with. out them. and that he si,onli sail jn jast three days. The goyerGo. pro. tested that it would take forty days to send to feddo and get an order for the release of the sailors but Captain Glynn sternly announced that they ' must be on board of his vessel by noon of the third day. or he would
 bombard the city. He said this with
 so much spirit that 1t impressed haste on the governor. and some
 hours before the allotted time elapsed
 they were fin the hands of the doughty American Captain.
 | In 1852. not long before the clo,e of his administration. President Fill
 more decided to make an attempt to
 break the Japanese exclusiveIess.
 and prepared n large naval expedition under the command of Commodore
 NJ. C. Perry. The commodore bore authority to conclude a treaty. and
 a letter from the president to the
 emperor of Japan. inclosed in very costly box of solid gold and q number of valuable and curious presents.
 It was not until 1853 that the ex-
 petition reached Japan and delivered the letter of the president. It then.
 according to instruction sailed to China. to give the Japs time to digest
 the letter. In 1851 Perry returned to the island. and after many deinys, and ceremony. finally concluded . treaty of commerce. and amity. This
 was the first opening of the doors of Japan to the world
 In the 'st,s there was a revolution
 in Japan. and the ruler peremtorily ' ordered all foreigners to leave fle country. To this the American min Ist.r protested. and the ,wyandotte vas sen, to enfor,-e the test. AS the American vessel ncared the harlor It was met by the Japanese navy. rnd fire was opened from the forts on the
 shore. The American made short
 work of the Japanese navy and then twice sailed hack and forth I..fore
 the forts delivering one broadsisie af- ter another. until the forts we're si- fenced.