Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-28

Japan has been placed in the black. book of many people of this country but 1 in doing this the people have not placed the blame where 1t belongs, said Rev.
 George Allchfn Friday evening at the Halloween supper meeting held at the
 Community house Oh Church street un-
 der the auspices of the mission depart ment of the guild of the United Congre-
 gational church. There are some 60, ,ooo.-
 GOO people in Japan. all speaking one Itongue, but in this large population there are classes opposed to each other.
 l Something over 40 years ago my wife
 and myself went to Japan and made our
 home in Osaka, continued Rev Mr AL chin and while there I have seen five governors and as many mayors come l and go and alt of them vars friendly to Ithe United States despite the contradic- Itory stories of our American newspapers
 What China will be in several genera tions no one can forecast, for with her I 45o. 900 900 people there are great pos abilities
 | Japan however, was opened to world
 commerce by the United States when we
 sent Admiral Perry there to demand the iopening of the port Since then Japan has awakened, the country immediately other parts of the world determined that \ Japan some day should have the power to do the things America and other na- ] tions could do with their navies and larmies. These young men returned and took over the power of Japan, the n1ili- ! tary element dominated Japan's policies i and are still doing so. but their power is
 waning and will soon pass forever. Ever the, houses of government in Japan were
 overridden by the militarists in the coun-
 try who made laws only to suit them ! selves, against the wish and vote of the lawmakers. Theses elder statesmen art
 fast passing away. Japan has beer blamed for the acts committed in Korea
 Il Shantung, Siberia. China. and for the in
 | famous 21 demands, but it is well es
 tablished fact that these deeds were DIT
 over entirely by these military men wh, ; so long have dominated Japan's policies . at home and abroad
 i, Out of the group of elder statesme, eI who made Japan so hated and feare, v there remains but one man, not s, ' strong a military man as those who havl Q died of, some since the peace conference f In their place. are young men, many o q them Christians, educated in AmericaI : colleges. who are determined to liberaliz : Japan's government and it's foreign atti ' tude. The middle class is coming for
 ward and the people are demanding tn s vote. Press despatches today say tha $ Japan has withdrawn her army fron E Siberia. demonstration of the chang : under the new leaders. The cabinet tha n once was dominated by the army an 2 navy, who. elected their own member. ! and made all the laws, is today compose = of civil men only.
 The Japanese labor union is headed b | a Christian who is fighting in Christia ' way for his people. Another great work l: CT a writer whose income is s2.o0 ' monthly, is giving the money over to tn
 lurlion workers to aid them in their fgh
 Today in Japan, which few years az s would not have been tolerated. there Q a meeting of 4,0o0 women planning i s better working conditions for women i d the factories.
 v The story of the iiberalizing movemer a in Japan is shown even in the Buddist . as in Kyota. the Imperial City. som b 2.000 nuns are demanding equal right :, with the priests, some 500 in that cit ' alone.
 ' The prime regent, now that the er n peror is i'll, has liberal ideas. Not lon ago the prince was the guest of .tl
 Prince of Wales, the most democrat
 prince in the world, and he learned man
 things. The men who. advise him al N Christian men and some of the ac = shown are in the schools, where reaues 'e have been sent to missionaries to talk ( y Christianity before the pupils. Educ; IT tion is big thing in Japan and in u s,l University of Kyota. where only cla: