The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-07

and the Japanese are treating them
as younger brothers
Speaking at a service In Japanese
church not long ago, the preacher
created much comment by accident
ally calling the people 'dojin.' mean
ing natives or 'aborigines.' instead
/ of 'Chosenjin' or 'Chosenese'
"A well known missionary in Seoul
| Cwho is regarded as somewhat anti
Japanese) frankly saps that he finds
I nothing to criticise in Japan's admin
lstration of Korea
The Japanese are not trying to ex.
Tioit Korea for their own profit. The
new province has been made an in
| tegraT part OF their empire, and 1t Is
/ their purpose to develop 1t. If the
Korean shakes off his perennial sloth
and accepts the opportunities offered,
he will have worthy place in this
are still Scotch. the Irish are still
Irish, and the Welsh still Welsh, but
each Is proud of his nationality. and
each is filling his place In the Brit
ish empire. So the Korean, by mergS
ing with the Japanese. will find his
own sphere BY being a real Japanese
he will become a greater and better
Korean.
The Spiritual Side.
ION the spiritual side the Japan
csc cannot help the Koreans They
look to the American missionaries
as their religious guides Among the
100000 Japanese on the peninsula
there are but 96s Christians, with
2S1,s46 converts
"Japan's remodeling process is ma
terial rather than spiritual. The mis-
sionaries had failed.to check the Ko-
rean habit OF borrowing money. They
had effected no radical changes in the
sanitary conditions and subsequently
had built their own houses on the
outskirts OF the towns and cities.
Neither could they convince the Ko-
rean of the comfort and utility Of
hathtub- Although the new regime
has brought about far reaching
changes. Korea must still be classed
with the great unwashedl
Significant Advance.
THE most significant advances
have been made In administration.
banking and commerce and civil en-
cheering enterprises. added means of
communication, agriculture and for
estry, sanitation and education.
Failing to help the Koreans on
their religious and spiritual side, the
Japanese look to American mission
aries for this service. There are al
ready more than $50 600 Japanese
on the peninsula. and the population
Is increasing by leaps and bounds, In
the city Of Seoul alone there are TO-
600 Japanese, among whom no mis-
sionary was at work up to the time
OF our arrival, a few months ago.
"Our work In this country will be
twofold.
I'VE must help to create cordial
relations between the Japanese and
Koreans. and also between the Jap
anese and the missionaries. Bishop
Harris is doing splendid service along
this line, but the Koreans are apt
to get Jealous If he does too much
for the Japanese.
"It is highly important that we open
work in these japanese centers of
Korean Methodist territory. Unless
the Japanese, too. are Christianized
they are a stumbling block IN our
work among the Koreans. A score OF
these places are now awaiting our
coming. We shall work among of
ffcials and students, policemen ara
soldiers, among thousands of bankers.
business men and laborers.
1.-THE japanese have annexed Ko-
rea and we must capture the Japan
ese for Jesus. not only for their own
sake, but for the sake of the Ko-
reans as we'll
America to set an extra hen, sell an
other lot, take another case. give
rich patient an extra box of pills
work another acre, sell more goods
or do something else--for Jesus
sake and ours, that this land may
be won for the kingdom and thar
r6gflt speedily