The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-27

badly wounded. When he recovered
consciousness he said resolutely 10 his
brother. who ran TO help him IL am
done for my case Is hopeless. Please
cut OF ny head and pray for my well
fare In the next birth" His brother.
accedinG to his desperate request. drew
his sword. lifted 1t overhead and was
on he point Of striking. when their
mother stepped in and carried home her
son.
Marquis Inouye commands the same
influence In the Japanese financial world
As Prince Yamagata commands in the
military circles. A large number OF tho
financial potentates OF Japan bow to
i'm. II Is an open secret that he Is the
highest adviser of the Mitsui group. He
lives at Okitsou. a seaside resort about
two hundred miles from Toxic. where
he quietly passes his closing years.
Every day from Toxic. osaka and other
commercial districts a number OF direc-
tors pay visits to this sanctuary" Mar
Quis Inouye is nicknamed tho thunder
OF Cchidayama" Crchida yama Is the
seat OF his Toxic mansion) because he
thunders at anybody cabinet Ministers,
wealthy m~illionaires. influential aristo-
crats) who chances TO appear before him
While he is in bad humor.
After tho fall OF tho Yanamoto Cabinet
supported by the Se!yuka! party. a lead
ing member Of tho party. Mr.. Noda, now
vice-pres,dent OF the Oriental Develop
ment Company. visited him at Uchida-
yama with q view to obtaining his as
distance In view Of tho adverse situation.
AZ this time the Marquis was furious
with tho attitude OF tho Seiyukai in sup
porting the naval scandal ministry.
When no saw Mr.. Noda como in he
Numbered at the highest pitch OF HE
voice:
90 away. wretch. Have you the
state interests IN your eye? You caro-
only for your party. not q BIZ for The
public veal Of tho nation, You eully
my sight. Out with you I"
Mr.. Noda. who 10 noted for personal
courage. totteringly apologized. Inouye
would not listen. laundering all the
more terribly. Mr.. nod saved himself
only by hasty retreat.
How Inouye came 10 command such
an influence needs expIana-
ton. HIS influence over the Govern
ment and political circles in general 10
solely due to his meritorioM services in
the formation of modern Japan and TO
the Arm confidence placed in him chiefly
by the late great Emperor. MelJ. who 10
an object OF national worship, He ia
one OF the few meritor1ous statesmen
still alive Of the Restoration days.
As Is usual in = country which has
2tt0ll0o y 0pc0Uy o6V0bOpIn6UI WITHIN
q short space OF time, tho past nifty
years of the transition period Of Japan
have been full OF political and financial
events OF immense magnitude. The civil
war OF the Saga prefecture, 1874 the
clvil war led by Gen. Saigo against the
government, 1877: the Chino-Japanese
war Of 1894. the Russo-Japanese war. all
these and other great political events
have never failed TO produce severe
shocks In the financial and economic
circles OF the country.
old Japanese firms whose manags
ment had been based upon the principles
dcduced from the practices OF the
Tokugawa period. whom there were no
facilities and instruments OF modern
civilization. were IKE river boats sud
denly dashed out by the rapid current
10 the high seas. The largest OF the Sc.
the group OF the MItsul family, was
saved from wreck by Marquis Inouye.
whose influence was already firmly es-
tlblished In tho Government. Several
other old Arms were similarly succored,
They owe their present prosperity solely
to the work OF Marquis Inouye.
Marquis Matsugata, who Ia from the
Satsuma clan. also comma nds consider
able influence IN the financial world.
Yet ne IL slightly in tho shade on ac-
count OF the late naval scandal charge
brought against his clansmen.
Now comes the question how much In
huence these old men command in
! Japanese politics. lnasmuch as their
influence Is derived politically from their
past merits and the implicit confidence
placed In them by the Emperor Neil
and the present Emperor. their political
ascendency may be said 20 be IN rough
proportion. after all, to the measure II