The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-04-15
SECRET JAPAN'S SUCCESS.
Baron KanekoSays Their Coun-
try Was Underrated.
LOYALTY TO EMPEROR
Working for a New Type Of clvll'za'
tion--All Lines Of Important work
In Japan Are Given to Experts
This Resulting In Thoroughness--

In speaking OF the 1undaIuentdi piih
ciples of Japanese success, Baron ka-
neko said he believed these two were
the chief reasons for the little ISL
and coming into history as one OF the
great world powers:
The ignorance of japan, self-con-
fessed by other nations.
Advantage OF having constitutional
government.
I'VE hear that Europe has been de-
ceived by the Japanese victory" con-
tinued the Baron. Deceived Is hardly
the word to 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 moth
ing commendable about the Japanese
appearance. They are small and insig-
nificant looking, compared with the
fine physiques of the peoples OF many
European countries. The Japanese
were underestimated 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
eral years in many nations, learning
thoroughly every detail Of 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 OF
business as carried on in a 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-
ers 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.
same schools. The men who make our
laws are men who know the wants, the
needs and desires of our people. There
is a close bond Of sympathy and under
standing between the ruler and the
ruled. To be able to govern, the law
makers must know the people they
govern.
"The Japanese have been put down
as imitators. This might be mentioned
as one stage Of our progress. In study
Ing foreign civilization, the first step
is imitation, then adaptation, then or
ganization. Our Japanese experts have
made thorough research and study OF
every detail Of their business as carl
ried on In almost every country Of the
world. such instances of clever origin
ization 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 filled
with the English lyddite is fired 1t will
break into ten or fifteen pieces, where
as the same shell filed with the Shi-
NOSE smokeless powder, when explod-
ed bursts into 1000 or 5000 pieces. 1t
Is now considered the most powerful
smokeless powder ever invented, and
Its inventor is major In the Japanese
army. Again, In the realm Of science
We have already reached stage of Or
iginization by Prof. Kitasato's discov-
cry OF new bacteria. He discovered
1t in Germany, and was decorated by
the German government; and DR.. j.
Takamine, who is now living in New
York. discovered adhenalin, a medicine
which Is used to stop bleeding, particu-
larly by oculists In operations on the
eye, 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 II
you will take up those old Japanese
greenbacks you will find them exactly
the same as yours. except in the writ
ing. II you examine the constitution OF
Japan from the first article to the last
you will find 1t 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 statesmanship.
II am often asked. what are the aims
and aspirations of the Japanese people.
To this l would say that our national
ambition is. by engrafting the western
culture and science upon our own insti-
tutions. to blend together and assimi-
late the two types Of civilization-Ori-
entail and 0ccidental-and by doing SO
to bring forth new type of civiliza-
tion, In which the culture and science
Of the two hemispheres will meet, not
In conflict, but In harmony, so as to
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