Evening star., 1912-01-20

DIR. INAZO NITOBE.
I'VE have saying in Japan, which has
passed into proverb," said DR.. Inazo
Nitobe. Japanese educator and savant,
who is in the United States as exchange
professor, lecturing before the students
Of half dozen Of the leading colleges
and universities OF the country. "This
proverb, as nearly as it may be- trans
lated, is When civil servants begin to
love wealth. and when warriors and mil
itary men begin to love life, the end of
the nation is not far distant
This proverb is the keynote Of Japa-
nese character" continued DR.. Nitobe.
Not that the Japanese as a race are a
warrior people-indeed. this Is not true.
But the civil servant cannot serve his
country with his whole soul IL the idea
of making fortune is In his mind; and
the fighting man cannot defend his coun-
try If he is too chary of taking Life or
If he is too careful Of his own life. With
the Japanese to serve and to defend their
country is really a religion.
'"rhat we are not q warrior race Is
shown by the fact that in nearly :5OO
years Japan had no war, not even inter-
nal W3TS. rum the Oc6ulHllS VI Lie
sixteenth century until the middle Of the
nineteenth Japan was at peace. In that
time the Samurat-the warrior or ruling
class-almost entirely lost the practice OF
warfare. But they did not lose the tra-
ditions; they showed this in the war with
China. and later in the war with
Russia"
Thinks Hobson Poor Prophet.
i DIR. Nitobe thinks poorly Of Repre-
sentative Hobson as a prophet of war.
"Oh, Capt. Hobson," he said, with q
shrug and smile: ''of him care to
speak little. He is too poor a prophet.
Twenty-Five years ago he wrote thesis
in which he said that all of Europe was
to be plunged into warfare, with A.ussia
emerging triumphant over all, and Eng
land reduced to third-rate power.
That was to come about by the year
Neither viii his prediction Of war with
japan come true. at least. Japan Will
not be the one to bring about the fulfill
ment OF the prophecy-l1o fear OF that.
DR.. Nitobe is q member OF the Society
Of Friends-a Quaker in full fellowship
tian Bible while student in q country
college In Japan, and without having
been Influenced by missionaries of any
denomination. The beliefs Of the Qua
nearly approaching the teachings Of the
primitive Christians than those Of any
other sect, and without having been led
or Influenced in any way except by his
study Of the Bible he embraced Chris
tianfty and became q Friend.
DIR. Nitobe is to deliver q series OF
lectures on Japan at Johns Hopkins.
Brown, Dartmouth. Virginia, Illinois and
Minnesota universities, eight lectures to
be delivered. two q week, at each Of
NI~tey t. nr~A - - n
exchange arrangement entered into by
the institutions named, which next year
will send q professor Of their choosing,
representing the six colleges, to lecture
In japan.
Lectures on Formosa.
Before the National Geographic So
ciety, In the New Masonic Temple. last
night, DIR. Nitobe lectured on Formosa.
the lecture being illustrated with q large
number Of stereopticon views. In the first
place, he said. Formosa Is not the cor
rect historical name Of the island. The
proper name, by which 1t has been known
for centuries to China and the orient. Is
Taiwan. In the seventeenth century.
however. the name "Formosa" was ap-
piled to II by Portuguese navtgatorS,
meaning beautiful island"
The island, he. said, has been succes-
sively under the domination OF Portugal,
Spain. Holland and China. and at one
raised over it. AS result Of the Chino
Japanese war it was ,ceded to Japan. the
negotiating parties being Ii Hung Chang
and John w. Foster, for China. and
Prince Ito. for Japan. IA Hung Chang.
SCISSORS. said that China was glad to be
rid of it. as 1t had never been anything
but a source of weakness to the celestial
kingdom Formosa, Ii declared. was
dominated by four evils. any one Of them
These evils he enumerated as brtgandage.
head hunters, malaria and bubonie
plague and the opium habit
Plague Bsnished.
At the first It cost Japan 100000 yen
81. .OOO. .OOO-a year to govern Formosa.
and In the short space Of thirty months
no less than three governors held ofiice
there. Finally. Gen, Kodama-who waa
the real brains Of the. war with Russia
was appointed military governor. and he
named as civil governor Baron Goto. q
statesman Of the drst rank. and also q
physician and investigator of unusual
scientific attainments. Within six years
the island had become self-supporting
Two years ago the bubonic plague had
been practically banished from Formosai
the conditions which had made the island
q hotbed OF malaria and typhoid had
been changed. 30 that these diseases
have disappeared from ell the cities and
| towns; and the rinderpest. q disease
which annually killed hundreds OF the
carabao, or water buffalo. which are the
work animals Of the island. Is practically
exterminated. The consumption of opium
is gradually being curtatled and the Deo-
Die are being taught the evils and the
terrible results Of the habit.
Subjugation Of the head hunters, Dr.
Nitobe said. was more difdcult These
people are the most primitive savages.
| living In huts or dugouts nigh UP In tne
mountains, and being an absolutely naked
people. not even wearing loin cloths. Alb