The sun., 1910-06-26
FOREIGN HELPERS OF JAPAN
NM tND NATIONS WHOSE IN
JIiENCE mas BEEN FELT.

t.r hNFAeNHAF" " WV "eNAA'
r, americans think that Japan
..s. te' tie influence of oooldsntal
.t.urn dntil Commodore Perry In
...... 1r landing there. AZ a matter
... iae Spaniards and the Portuguese
- ..~ visited Japan hut lived there
b, IT wears before the insisient
stepped ashore.
sa Shiga. writing In the .TdpdH
., declares that the strength of
, 'grnoe coming from this Latin
..u an he realized when Il is known
... D. ne time more than 10000 Jap
: ..,.. followed the faith Of their European
....rrr. Another trace Of their coming
r..r 'r. effect on the language
Isr little cakes everywhere eaten
ry Itpanese children he continues.
-,rs still called 'knmpei,o. from the Portu-
gl-ss confeilot 'arkeito.' another cake.
,. from the Portuguese word 'arbsloa .
and 'ooro IL from 'bolo Spanish and Por-
'IEuese words are still more frequent in
mo realm Of industry aud trade. Ridro'
gassl is from the Portuguese 'vidro: /:
sApa cape from 'oalo'; Kanakin CCalicol
from canelun' and 50 on The terml-
ullogy In tho names Of porcelain and OF
firearms shows the SANE influence.
The architecture Of the fortrpsaea
hlil a. = result Of the Introduction Of
Elropean ways Of warfare also shows
Western influence. and though Japan
finally grew suspicious Of the strangers
snd closed hsr doors upon them for more
than two hundred years. permanent bene-
N had been received Even when the
1nly loophole left for the tricklinR in Ol
light from outside was the little Dutch
se,tlemsnt at Deshima large numbers oS
our youths sought IL illumination.
Wherever young men could find
foreigner they seized upon him for
Information. Many students nOcked 10
NaEasaki 20 he taught by the foreigners
living there with even greater eager.
ness than japanese students of tbe present
dav show about entering European or
American universities.
Among foreigners who have con
fe-red lasting benefit on Japan none is
esteemed more highly than DR. Franz
Won Siebold. German who came TO Japan
with a Dutch mission. Arriving In this
country at the early age Of %. he proved
t1e heavenly messenger Of the memo.
rihe year oi is,1 and for seven years he
continued 20 influence our nation tie
again lived in Japan from 1851 20 1898
and rendered enduring service 20 IN .
whole country
Tho highest testimony TO the influence
~ Won Siebold was the number of briliant
isriplaS he left behind him. men in everv
nix II life. who have heen the makers of
Nv Japan One Of tnesr Ito by name
..auru-ltad the firzj school ~ msdiri1a
r Toxic Another. Keiho lshizlkl vas
'Is firs' 20 introduce the No.. of paper
...~rpcv .atO the empire. and his grand
no. " lshizakl, ia nos a surgeOn-gcn
r thn Iapan-s army
-Cther famous pupils 81 Won S bold
20 Condo TakenOuchi a director ~ -
'Ist s7hOul - medicine. his son Or
> s1rphu T1kanOuChi now a Cour phv
z,,.tp. ShuhItu AOki. author Of trpatisa
C., o-thol1gy aud father ~ thu prrsant
Na.Iun, Aoki. Rioan kurokawa. the IA
nous u4val official. whosn son bs'cams a
'cI7- illnr ~ the Administration Court,
~ kOWan pgata. q man instrumental IN
nv"i KOsaki. also a physician. Grnseki
n"bu. the fatasr of optical science ia
ipDln: keisukO Ito the piOn-cr In botlni-
al study: aud Tetsui;a. the surgeon
After the influenca of the Dutch came
'ha equally BoU erful influence ~ America.
Ginning with Commodore Perry and
.Inrinuing 20 the PRESENT day When
'H. great American suddenly knocked az
nd opanad the door that had been closed
'Hr ~ years the whole japanese nation
lvlke az one aroused from sleep
II was with the people % the great
rrpublc that our FIRST International treaty
vas made: and when that treaty vas
signed az the banquet on board the Pow
batan in celebration thereof one Man
faro MatsuRaki il said 10 have embraced
tho Commodore. exciaiming America
and Iapan. one heart A. one heart
'he two nations have remained through
'1s long wears since.
The little models Of railways. tele-
graphs. and other symbols of Western
civilization brought and presented by
Commodore Perry are treasured above
price Like the previous freight which
Nolh brought forth from the ark. these
things became 20 japan the beginning
- new world
Among Americans Who have done much
m the making ~ modern japan must b.
mentioned the late Townsend Harris. the
sru' Minister Of the TRitsd States % this
country Al time when Japanese
statesmen we're nOvices and the whole
country vas in the dark upon interna tiOnal
Affairs this man disintereetedly gave the
nation his whole hearted sdvice and
assistance
Japan looks with gratitude 10 Amer
ca as having in the earlv days advised
L.. a. II
and subsequently when our country was
anVIously desiring treaty revision Il was
the United States which led the way IN
.paninR the door Of freedom
Moreover. whrn the vessels Of various
r1tiunalitiea challenged our quarantins
sgIations and put us % much trouble.
u VS. the American Government which
ss' an oNample and a precedent by con-
forming - orr laws. other nations Ia time
Glowing suit
The exchanging good win Of the United
S''"s vas again seen in her ready CON
49, 'D our entering the postal and tele-
5-l0h convention. when other nations
a-a I0ctinR tho wav with objections: |
%. '.ap n ~rDWn all. Il was America |
fiad~d n NJ the Ghimonoaekl |
gc+s n bsn@nrerce were rem
Hlaf, ~ tTa United States aa a
uV' fh~ye nra irntHnsrable In |
Individual brnsfaction and good /
utrt og American citizens which |
,Dr wee IN the memory of our |
20. g y Verbecis devoted mere |
'r.rrns wears of his lifs n the |
lluar. and left an inestimAbls /
.- nf N ouf civilization. especially /
.s- ani EDUCATIONAL ideals. lie
..-i .h. roda NapOleOn into Iapa- /
..H BE- "ur0uraRed the study Of 1
OIL. y.V "a Enplimh uaarnttira