In the October number of the Anglo-Japanese Gazette (London) is published a criticism by Mr. Curtis, editor and proprietor of the Kobe Herald, on 'the ridiculously sweeping assertions,' as he calls it, made by Mr. Longford in his article. I subjoin herewith a passage which relates to Mr. Longford's assertion that a 'cordon' is drawn by the Japanese round the trading centres of Yokohama and Kobe, and that foreign merchants are suffering under the 'thraldom':—
Well, let me say that no sane, fair-minded man who knows anything whatever of his subject would ever dream of accusing the whole Japanese people of a lack of commercial morality. All this talk about a cordon being drawn round the treaty ports is rubbish. No such barrier exists, save perhaps in the imagination of a few who cannot shake off the prejudices and disabilities of the past. The idea sounds absurd to me, knowing, as I do know, that all the go-ahead firms have been doing their utmost for some time past to open up connections in the principal cities. Mr. Longford seems to think that business is conducted in Japan to-day just as it was twenty years ago. He apparently does not know that some foreign houses have trusted clerks or travellers all over the country; that some foreign business men run up to Osaka and Tokio daily; and that business journeys to Maidzuru—the great, fortified naval base on the Sea of Japan—Nagoya Sasebo, Hiroshima, and other important centres, are matters of everyday experience now.
In the same number of the same journal is also published an important article from the pen of Sir Tollemache Sinclair, Bart., concerning Bishop Awdry's letter published in the Times. Sir Tollemache strongly repudiates the accuracy of the bishop's charge of dishonesty and immorality against the Japanese, which Sir Tollemache calls the bishop's 'utterly erroneous accusations,' basing his contention upon an elaborate comparison of the statistical facts of Japan and many other nations relating to several important subjects having bearing on the question. Among other things, he writes:—
This clerical censor, who endeavours to find a mote in his Japanese brother's eye, but does not see the beam in his English brother's eye, cut the ground from under his own feet on the subject of the imaginary dishonesty of Japanese traders, for he tells us that a house was built for him by Japanese tradesmen admirably without any contract, and at a moderate expense; and I should like to know, if any Englishman did the same thing in England, whether he would not be unmercifully fleeced. Bishop Awdry says he is a friend of the Japanese, but they will probably say to him, after reading his letter, 'Save us from our friends, as to our enemies we will take care of them ourselves.'
And he winds up the article with these words:—
What excuse has he to offer for the gross and discreditable and unfounded insults which he has heaped on the heads of those under whose protection, and in the enjoyment of whose hospitality, he resides.... In short, it may justly be said of the letter written by this superfluous bishop, 'what is true is not new, and what is new is not true.'
INDEX
Adoption, the custom of, [9].
Advance Japan, Morris's, [84].
Age, ways of counting, [72].
Aïda, the opera, [48].
Ainslie, Dr. Daniel, his mission to Nagasaki, [144], [145].
Aizu, Lord of, [52].
America's sympathy for Japan, [148].
American Press, views of war with Russia given to the, [192].
Anglo-French, Russo-Japanese entente, [127], [136].
Anglo-Franco Diplomacy in Japan, [266]-[272].
Anglo-Japanese Alliance and America, an interview, [325], [326].
Army, the Japanese, [47], [188], [189].
— state of, after fighting, [188].
Army and Navy, organisation of, [255].
Arisugawa, Prince, [78].
Art, Japanese, [12], [63], [100].
Ashikaga, [199].
Aston, Dr., [107].
Australian Question, the, [323]-[324].
Bank of Japan, [224], [225].
'Black Room President,' the, [9].
Books on Japan, [84].
Bracken, a talk about, [91], [92].
British East India Company, [144].
Buddhist Sects, [32], [33].
Budha, Amida, [32].
Bukum, [106].
Bushido, [6], [33], [41]-[47], [115], [134], [189].
— discourse on, [103].
— history of the term, [104], [105].
— its literature, [106], [107].
Bushiku, [107].
Bushi-Zoku, [106].
Calendar, the Japanese, [70]-[72].
Calumnies on Japan, [71].
Card-playing, [175]-179.
Cards, description of, [175]-[179].
Character of the Japanese, [144].
Chastity, [74], [75].
Chauvinism, fear of, [188].
Chess-playing in China, [168]; in Japan, [168]-[173].
Chiku-ba-sho, [106].
China, the difficulty of reform in, [200].
— the future of, [198].
— and Russia, secret treaty between, [137].
Chinese jurisprudence, [241].
— banking system, [226].
Chivalry, Japanese, [41], [42], [43].
Chokai, Gunboat, [31].
Chosiu, [196], [199], [201], [202], [212], [227], [232], [235].
— troops, [190], [191].
Christianity and Japan, [120], [128].
Chrysanthemums, the culture of, [162].
Climate in Japan, [161]-163.
Code of honour, the Japanese, [182], [183].
Commerce and industry of Japan described, [220]-[226].
Commercial morality of the Japanese described, [291]-[298].
Communication, means of, in Japan, [222].
Corea, [49].
Currency, Japanese, [224].
Daidoji Yiuzan, [106].
Daimio explained, [108].
— and Samurai, difference between, [108].
Danjiuro, [246].
Deaf and dumb, the treatment of, [68], [69].
Death, the Japanese conception of, [132], [134].
Deutsche Revue, [129].
Diet, the, [157], [252]-254.
Difficulty of distinguishing R and L, [78], [79].
Duels, [109].
Dwellings, details of, [57]-[59].
Earrings, remarks on, [188].
Eating fruit without peeling, [93]
Education in Japan, [135].
— the system of, [258]-[266].
— common and military, [182].
Elementary Lessons on Budo, [106].
England, her political attitude, [4].
England and America, relations between, with regard to Japan, [136], [137].
English Press views on Japanese character, [193], [194].
— sympathy for Japan, [148].
Feeling and sentiment in Japan, [133].
Feudal system in Japan, [201]-[218].
Fiction, Japanese, [7].
Fighting, modes of, [228]-[232].
Finance of the Imperial Government at the beginning of the Great Change, [214]-[217].
Financial and Economical Annual, [101].
Financial system, progress of, [224]-[226].
Firearms, the first use of, in Japan, [229].
Flowers, art of arrangement of, [21].
— sale of, [65].
Food, Japanese, [49].
Forecast on the issue of the war, [3]-[5], [38].
France and her women, [72].
— relations with England, [4].
French Nationalists and Socialists with regard to Japan, [153]-[155].
Fushimi, battle of, [227].
Garden, a Japanese, described, [13], [14].
Geishas, their life, [8].
German policy, [4].
'Go,' the game of, [168], [169].
Government, the Japanese, [51], [52].
— described, [251].
'Great Change,' the, [147]-[150].
Greek and Roman comedies, [7].
— customs, [7].
Greek inspiration, [38].
Griffis, the Rev. W.E., [84].
Hakodate, [196].
Hana-karuta, [177].
Hanawa, [68].
Hearn, Lafcadio, [74], [75], [76], [84], [123].
— life of, [76].
— remarks on, [85], [86].
Hetaira, [7].
Hideyoshi, [206].
Hirosé, Commandant, [29], [160].
— Mrs., her letter to an English Admiral, [30].
Hizen, [283].
Hogen Monogatari, [105].
House of Representatives, [51].
Imperial Army Department, [191].
— Government and military reform, [226].
Imperial Japan, [84].
Imperial succession, [250].
— Troops, [226].
Independent Review, [135].
Indo-China Question, [319]-[323].
Inouyé, Count, [159].
— a sketch of his life, [280]-[281].
Intermarriages, Japanese, [159].
International Conventions and Japan, [129].
Irving, Sir Henry, and the Japanese stage, [246].
Ito, Marquis, [24], [50], [95], [122], [159], [190].
— an old speech by, [285]-[291].
— a sketch of his life, [272]-[279].
Izawa Hanrioshi, [107].
Jane Eyre and Japan, [11].
Japan after the war, [190]
— Emperor of, his powers, [249], [250].
— and America, relations between, [137].
— and Europe, relations between, [317].
— and foreign capital, [299]-301.
— and Russia, a priest's views on, [131].
Japan Times, [165].
Japanese, the age of, [15].
— as correspondents, [243], [244].
— love tale, a, [9], [10].
— reform, how brought about, [200]-[204].
— tariff, [220].
— Vendetta, [110], [111].
Jiujitsu, discourse on, [95]-[99].
— and wrestling, a comparison of, [97].
— the Willow Mind style, [99].
Kagoshima, [236], [237], [238];
— bombardment of, [231], [235].
Kaibara Yekken, [106].
Kataki-uchi, [110].
Katsura, Count, [281].
Kawakami, [247].
Kawasé, [190].
Kido, [190], [191], [203], [205].
Kikugoro, [246].
Kiusiu, [163], [212].
Kioto, [205], [227], [228].
Kite flying, [167].
Kites, [167].
Koizumi Yakumo, [76].
Kokkwa, a monthly on Art, [100], [102].
Komura, Baron, [136].
Kumazawa Banzan, [106].
Kuroda, [283].
Kuropatkin, General, [77].
Kwanto, plain of, [163].
Lady's opinion on Japanese women, A, [72], [73].
Languages, remarks on, [94].
Languages of China and Japan, [301]-[310].
Lays of Ancient Rome, [29], [30].
Le Matin, [35].
Lectures by Yamaga Soko, [106].
Legislation, evolution of, [240], [241].
Lines on hailstones, [67].
Little, Archibald, [124].
Local administration, [255].
Loti, Pierre, [180].
Macaulay, [29], [30].
Maritana, the opera, [248].
Marriage ceremonies, description of, [15]-[29].
Massage, [69].
Matoni, Monsieur, [27], [35], [59].
Matrimony, preliminary inquiries in respect to, [19], [20].
Matsukata, career of, [281].
Mikado's Empire, [84].
Military organisation, [46].
— training, [45], [46].
— for boys, [184].
— service, hereditary, abolished, [190].
Mongolian troops, [49].
Moon scenes, [67], [68].
Morality of Japan, compared with other nations, [116], [117].
Mothers and wives, Japanese, [29], [89].
Music, Japanese, [102].
Nagasaki, [167].
Nakaodo, a, [15], [16].
Nakaye-toju, [106].
Names, Japanese, [77].
Napoleon, [18], [19], [29], [46], [53], [109].
National banks, [255].
Nationality, abuse of Japanese, [160].
Navigation in the Japan Sea, [222].
Navy, the Japanese, [46];
— its history, [194]-[197].
Nelson, [183].
Neutrality question, the, [311]-[316].
'New Commoners,' and the history of their emancipation, [47], [48], [51].
Night fêtes in Japan, [63], [64].
Nobility, the Japanese, [52], [83];
— methods of addressing, [83].
Nogi, General, and religion's meaning, [130].
Notions of pardon and forgiving, [31]-[32].
Nozu, General, [238].
Occidental Civilisation, [119]-[121], [142].
— vulgarity, [124].
Okubo, [203], [204], [205], [233], [236].
Okuma, Count, [220];
— a sketch of the life of, [282]-[284].
Osaka, [223].
Oyama Marshal, [52], [238].
Paris, [1]-[15].
— a motor ride round, [14].
— by night, [143].
Peace prospects, observations of, [125], [126].
Physique, the Japanese, [61].
Political attitude of England, [4].
Political organism of Japan, [249]-[258].
Port Arthur, [29], [137].
Press, the, and the war, [3], [4].
Printing, the art of, [101].
Pronunciation of Japanese, [79]-[82].
Public baths, [180], [181].
Questions and Answers on Bun and Bu, [106].
Raffles, Sir Stamford, his appreciation of Japan, [144].
Railways, construction of, [222].
Red Cross Society, [129].
Religion in Japan, [41], [42], [130], [131].
— discussions on, [128].
Religion, Japanese meaning of, [130].
Restoration, the Japanese, [52], [53].
Revenge, Japanese, [109].
Revolution, discussion on the Japanese, [149].
Risen Sun, the, [90].
Rodjestvensky, Admiral, [77].
Romance, Japanese, [8].
'Ronin,'[110].
Roosevelt, President, [136], [137], [148].
— and jiujitsu, [60], [61].
— his partiality towards Japan, [137].
Russia, Emperor of, [114].
— and Japan, a priest's views on, [131].
Russian defeat, the cause of, [184], [185].
Russian views of the Japanese, [129].
Russo-Japanese War, outbreak of, [137], [138].
Russophile papers, [71].
Sada-Yakko, [247].
Sadanji, [246].
Saga, prince of, [283].
Saigo, [203], [227], [233], [236]-[239].
Saionji, a sketch of the life of, [284].
Samurai, [43], [45], [50], [98], [103], [118], [190], [202], [204], [211], [215], [234].
— and Daimio, difference between, [108].
— and fighting, [110], [112].
— explained, [107].
— discipline of the, [17].
— the soul of, [112].
— mother illustrated by a drama, [9], [10].
Satcho, two powerful clans, [203], [227], [239], [240].
Satow, Sir E., [103], [107].
Satsuma, [201], [203], [211], [212].
— formation of the, [212].
— war, [224].
— the cause of, [233].
Scenery of Japan, [55].
Sekigahara, battle of, [212].
Self-Help, Smiles's, [183].
Semitic sympathy, [38].
Shido, [106].
Shikwan, [245]-[246].
Shimadai, [21].
Shimazu Saburo, [235], [237].
Shintoism, its sensitiveness to pollution, [50].
Shipbuilding yards, origin of, [195]-[198].
Shiwa Yoshimasa, [106].
Shizoku, the title, [47], [106].
Shogun, [204], [207], [210].
Shogunate, the, [195], [198], [199], [201], [227].
— financial system of, [213].
— troops, [191].
Simonoseki, treaty of, [140].
Singing insects, [65], and note.
Sino-Japanese war, [5], [226].
Sketches of some chief figures of actual Japan, [272]-[285].
Snow scenes, [65], [66].
Social morality, discussion on, [115]-[124].
Social condition of Japan, [239]-240.
Socialism and Japan, discussion on, [147]-[155].
Sotsuibushi, or Police-master-general, [208].
Sports, Japanese, [164]-[169].
Stage, the Japanese, [245], [247].
'Standard of Living,' an essay, [122], [123].
Stoessel, General, [114].
Summer resorts of foreigners, [163].
Sumoo, [97].
Superstition, Japanese, [186], [187].
Swords, [111]-[113].
Taira, the, [208].
Takasago, [21]-[22], [24].
Takasugi, [190].
Takeda Shingen, [228].
Telegraphs in Japan, [223].
Telephones in Japan, [223].
Things Japanese (1898), [103].
Togo, Admiral, [193].
Tokio, [30], [55], [63], [64], [81], [97], [113], [150], [167], [191], [195], [222].
— the history of, [56], [57].
— the patois of, [80].
Tokugawa, [199], [200], [234].
— régime, [231].
— Feudatories under, [209], [211].
Tolstoy, Count Leo, [127].
Trans-Siberian Railway, [34].
Trip to Japan, details concerning, [33], [36].
Tsu-shima, battle of, [126].
Uta-Karuta, [175].
Utamaro, [100].
Washington, George, [182].
Weapons, Japanese, [229]-[232].