Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-09
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INHUMANITY OF JAPANESE.
Do Not See Cruelty in What Looks
Like Atrocity.

Do Not See Cruelty in What Looks
Like Atrocity.
The proof, to my mind, that the Jap
anese as a people are inherently cruel
lies in the fact that the grossest in
humanities. such as would draw a pro-
testing crowd in any other country,
seeem to pass absolutely unobServed
on the streets of Japanese cities, writes
| Eleanor Franklin in Leslie's Weekly.
| was asked the other day to deliver
an address before the ladies of the Jap
anese Society for the Prevention Of
cruelty to Animals in Tokyo, and at
the instant | rather welcomed what
seemed to me an opportunity to tell
about a few of the atrocities l have
myself seen perpetrated during my
years residence in the country, bu
whea l outlined my intentions l was
told that they would never do; that
| as a foreigner 1 must say only nice,
complimentary things to my audience;
1 must confne myself to stories of
~cruelties in other lands and gain. my
point by observing with pride that
such things could never happen in IN
enlightened land like Japan, where the
people are gentle and full of sympa-
thetic understanding for the sufferings
of the least OF. the creatures Of the
earth. But it takes longer than q year,
| even in this country, to learn well the
art of indirection, so 1 declined the
| proffered honor on the. plea of my in
ability to meet the requirements. L
| could not remember ever having seen
in any other country anything that
could be compared to the exhibitions Of
brutality that are SO common over
here.
To begin with, the Japanese are cruel
to themselves and cruel to each other,
and their standard of mercy seems
to be so low that they cannot recog-
us as atrocities.
But if n member of a family hap
pened to be stricken with leprosy or
any other Ioathsome or incurable dis
ease, he or she was thrust mercilessly
from the house and forced to go out
on, the highways, away from the VII
lagos, to gain an uncertain living BY
begging from the infrequent pedes-
TRANS. Even now it is not n I'M
usual thing to see a horrible, scaly,
crumbling wretch double up in the dust
beside the roadside, holding out a with
cred, trembling hand to chance passers-
by who never seem to notice. I my
self have seen things which turned my
soul sick and made me wonder If this
is a civilized nation aspiring to the
highest ideals of notwithstanding de
velopnent.
An equally conspicuous evidence OF
japanese heartlessness is the manner
in which insane people are treated. Up
to a very short time ago there We're
no Institutions of any sort provided for
these u~nfortunates, and they were con.
fined III open cages like wild beasts
and allowed to starye and freeze or
famish from thirst and burn mp in the
hot summer sun, as the case night be-.
Such AFFECT cruelty canIot ba believed
OF sane human beings, but IL Japan it
Is not by any means a thing Of the
pc st.
Foreign Idea.
The polite Frenchman want&d to be
very entertaining. He brought MP sev
cral national subjects and then con-
Guided:
b &c way, monsieur. re President
goes to re Oyster Bay in summer
"Oh, yes" replied the American host.
He always goes there during the
heated season.
"Ah, understand. When ee.. ees
too warm to hunt re bear in ne west
he goes to re Oyster Bay to hurt re
oyster. Excellent, most excellent ideay'
i, Wrong of Him.
! He-I would believe Your love was
more lasting if didn,t#know how
sou have treated the other fellows Ia
the past.
!, She-But YOU shouldn't talk that
way. The only thing that keeps me
in love with you is the thought that
can throw o over at any time.
- Poor Did Venice.
venice? Oh, yes, we were ID Ven
Ice several hours. Didn't Ike Il
though Awfully disagrceable.
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