The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-29
HOW MODERN EDUCATION I
REVOLUY0NIZING THE HER
III KINGDOM.
The Little Crown Prince and Prince
Ito the Two Hopes Of the Country
A Literary ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Dictionary and the Bible-Mis-
sion Work bone by Buddhists.
Copyright,

Carpenter.)
Seoul. kerea.-The two great hopes
Of the Koreans are Prince Ito and the
little crown prince. Ito is the grand
old man Of Japan. He is a confiden-
tia1 advisor of the mikado and he had
much to do with training the Crown
Prince Of Japan. The little crown
prince I refer to is the Crown Prince
of Korea. He is the brother Of the
present emperor, and he is now being
educated in Tokyo after Prince 1to's
directions. In him and Prince Ito
lie the possibility Of Korea's main
tanning its natural existence and not
being swallowed up in Japan. There
is a strong japanese party which
would like to see this country under
a military government appointed from
Toxic. They van Korea for the
Japanese. and believe in exploiting it
for all it's worth. Prince Ito, back
ed by the mikado, is anxious that the
Koreans should have a fair show and
he has done all that he could to bring
that about. He does not believe that
II Koreans should COVER themselves
but he want them to have a share Of
the Offices and to maintain their lndi-
viduality as a nation under the direc-
ton of Japan. In doing this he IS
oppose to the money-grabbers and
;and-grabbers. The lower classes Of
the Japanese are coming over here in
crowds and they would swallow the
country and oppress the people If
their own official did not prevent.
Prince Ito has SO far been the chief
safety valve and he is training up the
little crown prince in order that he
may be the governor of the Koreans in
the future.
In Crown Prince of Korea.
I have had little chance to study
the present emperor, through my au-
dience with him and talks With the
officials who know him best. He is
q WeakIing in the hands of the Japa-
ueSe. He is cOmpOSmentlS, but his
mind is SO little that a wooden man,
il he could be automatically worked,
would have as much force. and he
would. moreover, be cheaper to keep.
The emperor is the son of the retired
emperor by the late queen. His faith
er is bright intellectually, but he has
no more backbone than a jelly-fsh.
He is incapable of ruling efficiently or
honestly. and his long administration
has been one cruelty and crime.
The little crow prince is the son of
this retired emperor. He is the half
brother of the man on the throne, his
mother being the notorious LadyOm, q
favOrite conSort, but not the wife. of
a,is majesty. After the empress was
assassinated this Lady ON, who had
been brought into the palace as one of
her attendants, became the faVorite in
retired ~einperOr's harem. She has
ousted all the other ladies of her class,
and she holds the old emperor in the
hollow of her hand. Her power was
strengthened upon the birth of the lit
tie crown prince. about twelve years
ago, and she is still at the head of the
retired e1nperor's establishment.
The crown prince has been going to
school for the past five or six years,
and he is being educated along western
lines. He is learning Japanese. and
al of his studies are carried on in that
language. His chief work is being
done at the Mobiles School in Toxic.
but he has also private tutors, and he
will ave as good an education as any
prince Of Japan. It is whispered here
that upon his graduation he will take
one of the Japanese princess to wife,
and that when he comes back to KO-
rea, at the g Of twenty or 50, there
cards. and this boy will be put in the
present emperor's place. Such a
change would undoubtedly benefit
both Korea and Japan. The people
here will then have an emperor who
can speak japanese as well as Korean.
and who Will be abreast of the new
civilization. He would have the good
Of his people at heart, and Will be able
to act for them, and at the same time
be an efficient lieutenent for the mi
kado.
A Bright Young Prince.
Prince Ito tells me that the crown
prince has extraordinary ability, and
he predicts that he will make q good
monarch. The little fellow is just the
opposite of his half-brother, who is
:. now on the throne. The latter had
, hardly been outside his own apart
mentS until he was Over thirty years
of age, and to-day his only exercises
are walking about his palace grounds
with now and then a short horseback
ride in them. He looks pale and n
mic. and his flesh seems to be putty
This crown prince could hold his own
with little Charlie Taft or Quentin
Roosevelt. He is fond Of athletics
and likes to shoot, fish and play ball
at same time he stands high in
classes, and is not averse to study