The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-11-08
SHEER MADNESS
TO OPPOSE JAPAN
Toxic Journal Gives Some Advice
to New Subjects in the
Province of Chosen.

down any revolutionary tendencies q,
the part Of the natives OF that provinc,
with an iron hand, is given the worlt
in the Japan Times Of October %. Tn,
Times is the Official English organ Of
the government. or Is SO regarded. and
its plain words to the Koreans hay,
more than an editorial significance.
The Times says;
. The return TO Toxic, today, OF Con
eral Niscount Terauchi is significant al
many things, the most important al
which, however, undoubtedly is the
very fact of his eScelloncy's home. com,
ing, at this early date after tho great
historic task which he so successfully
carried out And that fact covers ali
the rest, For, that the governor,rcn.
eral finds time TO leave his office at
seoul to report in person TO his soVer.
eign ON the progress of affairs is con.
Nlneing evidence that all is we'll in
Chosen, and that is most satisfactory
state of things for Koreans themselves
ms we'll as for the Japanese nation,
10 he candid, we were not without
misgivings when General Nisoount Te.
rauchi was appointed FIVE months aro
successor TO the late Resident. General
NiScount Some; lest an ideal war lord,
as he had proved himself to be, no
might find it not altogether congenial
to his soldicrly habits to carry out
plans laid down by civilian states.
man even Of such political genius MS
the late Prince Ito. True, the road had
been paved for tho annexation of Ko,
rea by the general s predecessors; but
to act and accomplish the object he.
fore Him was another matter, especially
as it was most desirable that that con.
summation should be achieved in u
friendly diplomatic way. 1t required
man who had both tact and power of
calculation of n very high order, back.
ca ny most pespicuous grasp of tho
situation, ms well ms by unshalSablo
resolution to do this, Not that we sus.
pected General Terauchi of any mclS
in these qualities; but he had not been
given the opportunity TO show them
before, mt least not to be seen and ap.
preciated by the public, and we thought
that the choice might have fallen with
better results upon some other states.
man long vcrsed in Korean affairs.
Happily our fears have proved unbound.
ed, and we join the nation in WELDON.
ing home the soldier.statesman who to.
day enters the capital in triumph.
at is on tho program, as we under.
stand, that General Terauchi will not
stay long here, but that he will 20
back to his Korean post before tho
end of the year. 1t may not DO out
of place for us, then, to avail ourselvevs
of the present time to say few words
ms to the future administration of our
newly acquired continental territory,
and also as to what we should expect
from our fellow subjects there.
"First Of all, IL Is idle TO ask at
this twelfth hour whether Japan has
Dr has not made mistake in establish
ing herself as continental power. For
that matter, however, we have stated |
before now the reasons why such step |
was legitimate and inevitabls for this |
country to take. Suffice il TO say, for
he present purpose, that the great fact |
3 that Japan is determined that the |
peninsula shall forever remain an in. |
'egral part of the empire, and that she
will put in motion and exhaust tho |
lowers of all that goes to make up her |
strength, her army, her navy and her |
wealth, before she will relax in this |
determination. There can be and will |
DC no reversing the wheel, except az |
he expense Of tremendous commissions
which would shake the whole far East.
"lt would be sheer madness, then,
or any misguided Koreans TO attempt
o run counter against the Japanese
ule in their country. After all, how
'ver, what is it that a nation, n PEG.
BE, can aspire to as the nobest end
# its existencef Undoubtedly the
living under and being the founda-
ion of n good and progressive govern.
nanent government is an impossibility
.ver divided people. And as a nation
Onsists of many people Of many minds,
t can not but be divided If everybody
4 TO have his own way in It's affairs.
Hence it follows that for govern
nent to be good and progressive il
aust stand on the foundation Of
nited people, willing TO assist II in
u appropriate measures IL proposes
Koreans should thus see that II in quite
8 much their duty 10 help to make
heir government general good and
rogressiye as it is for our emperor
0 give them a good administration.
n other words, they must not expect
D be governed well without their doing ,
heir utmost to be loyal and law.abiI 1
ig, being at all times ready 10 meet !
u calls 10 the duties Of citizenship.
'or must they think that their govern
ent general viii deal leniently with
ny neglect Of their responsibilities,
ut because they are Koreans.
We are fully persuaded that our :
'llow subjects Of Chosen are all suf- r
GENTLY intelligent 20 understand these 5
ain remarks, and IL Is source OF /
-eat satisfaction 10 us 10 find that r.
10Y have shown themselves nmeBnblo r
the new regime In peace and con. 4
ntment, n IL now IN order for us
ray q word Of what We have in our
I'D about the government general
~ Judge from the course NJ events,
iral YiHe0uut Torauehi has not only
lived himself d complete mister In his
du0uH tack, but he also aoemH 10 have
w the confidence and respect N tho Il
Dream people ln general m ~ our NJ
sire, then, that DE- should retain bic Il
frfegal office permanently, f1f rea n
be i00 obvious M be- erplalhti. fuf ~
ennofe, hIsspuhl.e uitofaneeH hHee .
o. annexation lehr ihe stamp ~ Wlao IA
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