The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-05-09
JAPAN'S VIEW
OF THE ISSUE
Is Patient With Emigra-
ton Trouble.
KOREA 10 RECEIVE THEM
Suggested Immigrants 60 to
Korea.
Japanese Are Hopeful That The
opposition to the Jajanese I'm
canada and California win
be Abolished In few
M EDWARD YOUNG.

my EDWARD tVOtN
TOXIC. May s.-Recens evenes -
California have again concentrateo
nublic attention in Japan on the oes,r-
sbilitv of finding some solution Oh sne
vexed emigration question. IN iaee
~ the doings Of the Pacific Coast asi-
tatora the country as Q whoie mas
shown remarkable patience and SET
restraint although the opinion
pressed In influential quarters tnat TUG
situation Is worse than wnen tne VS..
lion was first raised. Generally, the
rovernmentss proposal to concentrate
eolorIization enterprise in neighboring
Territories; such az Korea and Man
churia.k III regarded as inadequate ana
the hone that American prejudice VIII
ultimately be overcome has not been
altogether abandoned
The Limitations Of Far Eastern coun-
tries from the point OF view OF the
class of emigrants who have hitherto
gone to the United States are pointed
out BY the s.Nichi Nichi Shimoun."
one OF the leading newspapers Of To-
kio. It remarks that while the anti
Japanese movement in America Is
wrong and unjustifsable so long as 1t
exists the fact must be accepted. Were
1t possible 1t would be more manly
and in keeping with Japan's dignity
to absndon for good place where
Japanese are not welcomed and are
maltreated. But the movement of
large bodies OF people Is not SO SIM
pie a matter as that Of q few isolated
individuals. 1t should be borne in
mind, continues the Journal that wor-
kers abroad will inevitably so to coun-
tries where q large cash return is OBJ
tainable. AMI 1t would be impossible
No divert the stream OF emtgrants
-. L. 80 rAssao
and Manchuria. There exists q fund
amental difference between the aims
of the two classes OF emigrants. The
anxiety OF the government to collect
Japanese .emigrants within restricted
spheres as near home as possible by
withdrawing froc ristant foreign
Lands IL certainly well meant but 1t
Is very doubtful whether ouch 4 wish
can be realized. y
This view has been emphasized by
the veteran statesman Count Okufna,
Some hold the opinion" he observes.
that in order partially to dispose Of
the surplus population OF the country
something like 100000 people should
be annually sent to Korea and Nam
churia for colonizing purposes. Such
q view, however, Is erroneous, and
would be dificult OF realization. So
called emigrants, who are workers for
wages, naturally prefer going to places
where they can earn much, and Ii is
more than probable that they would
not to go to places like Korea and Man
churia where the demand for labor Is
scarce and wages are low. What is
needed in the development of the re-
sources Of Korea and Manchuria, is
capital and knowledge of turning
the capital to good account.
EXCESS Population.
Nothing could be more useless than
the crowding of these countries with
penniless laborers. ,Japan's population
is annually multiplying at rate Of
close upon 100000 and unless a sufta-
BILE outlet is found the rountry will not
be able to AFFORD SUFFICIENT employ
ment for them, so that the social pro-
blem in It's worst form win present it,
self as an inevitable outlome." That
America and Canada are the most de-
sirable fields for Japanese emigrants,
Count Okuma thinks. admits of no
doubt. and he is optimistic enough to
believe IT probable that in course of
time American. agitators will be
brought to sense OF the unreason-
ableness of their action and will begin
to welcome Japanese.
The Chiese Ministry of war has de-
cided to establish military high schools
in four provinces, with a central mill
Stary college at the capital. where
special courses of infantry. cavalry.
artillery, and engineers are to be
given. The students will be drafted
from the provincial high school, and
on graduation they will be Examined
by commissioner appointed by the
Emperor in conjunction with the board
when the successful students VIII be
appointed to Offices by the throne.
The regulations regarding admittauce
and curricula have been approved and
communicated to the different provin-
ces.
Meantime. according to the verna-
cular newspapers, the Prince Regent
has issued strict dnJunctions that the
organization of the thirty-six divis-
ions which are to form the modernfz-
ed Chinese army must, at all costs.
be completed within the period ORR
ginally fixed, which terminates five
years hence. In the opinion of Major
General Nalxamura, who recently COM
named the Japanese garrison In Peh-
chilli, 1t is unlikely that the work
will be completed Within the allotted
time. owing mainly to financial difi-
culties
Foreign Cigarettes. .e.
Vast quantities of foreign cigar
cites are consumed In China and the
imports are steadily growing. APP
parently the government has Tealiz-
might be made NOR eprofitable to the
state, and 1t has been proposed that
the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry,
and Commerce should establish a to-
bacco manufacturory and, that a super
intendent should be appointed, with
the special duty of improving the to-
bacco industrc. At the same time. re-
strictive measures are to be adopte1
against imported cigarettes. A higher
duty is contemplated and students ana
soldiers are to be forbidden to smoke
them. Incidentally, 1t is suggested
that no one under IS years Of age
should be permitted to indulge in
smoking.
Railway travelling in China has. dan
gers of It's own. OF late complaints
have been rife as to the failure OF the
authorities to AFFORD proper protection
to passengers on the Shanghai Nan
king line. 1t appears that when some
irresponsible Chinaman meets with an
accident through trespassing- on the
line. or not exercising proper caution
at a level crossing, 1t Is customary for