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Japs Are Very Patriotic

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Day
22
Month
May
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Bishop W. X. Ninde, of Detroit, had a magnificent audience in the JÍ. E. cliurch last evening, the occasion of his lecture before the Wesleyan Guild -on "Observations iu Eastern Asia." His lecture, in view of the present sitnation in the east, was listened to with intense interest. His remarks bore especially on the effect of the war upon Christian mission in the three countries conceined. The bishop arrived in Tokio last sumnier when Japan was in the inidst of a terrific political discussion. A crusade had been instituted againat the influence of the clans. Special spite was directed against Premier Ito, who it was alleged, had filled many offices with men of his clan. The emperor has dissolved parlianient, so great was the excitement and there was every indication of severe internal disruption. Suddenly there carne the news from Corea that China had sent her troops there. At once every internal dissension in Japan was forgotten and with perfect harmony Japan plunged into the war with China, the details of which are still fresh in the public mind. The perfect unity of the Japanese ander the circumstances was wonderful. Refering to the atrocities at Port Arthur, Bishop Ninde thought they had been woef ui ly exaggerated, andbesides, it must not be forgotten that the Japanese had been atrociously treated themselves. He had himself seen a Japanese lying iu the street with his eyes gouged out and his tongue torn from his throat, evidently by an infuriated Chinese. The bishop related other iucidents of inbnmanity of the Chinese. The cause of missions in Japan had been benefitted by the war. The speaker told of several of the high officials who were Congregationalists, Presbyterians and Methodists. The government allowed the free circulation of the bible througbout the armies. From Japan Bishop Ninde went to China. Not one moment, he said, from the time he reached Pekiu on the north until he was at Foo Chow in the south, did he feel a sense of complete safety. The ignorant Chinaman could not teil one foreigner from another. He thought all were Japs. There were several reasons why China was still in so dense darkness in every respect. First, was the industrial condition of the country. The population is so dense that millions were always in want, and a slight varia. tion in production might throw a hundred millions of people into the jaws of starvation. lienever the experiment of putting launches on the rivera, was tried, thousands oí laborera, whose occupation was thus taken away, raise up in arrns to protest. It was the same when railroads or other roads were built. The burden-carriers protested. Theirlivelihood would be taken away and starvation would follow. Superstition was a second cause. For instance, there could be no mining operations carried on for fear that by digging in the earth the path of the great dragon might be interfered with and awful convulsions would follow. The cause of missions in China, the bishop said, was advancing. He told of the favor of the christian religión and the bible that was exhibited by the empress. In Corea Bishop Ninde had an interview with the king, returning all the way from Chamelco in Japan to the Corean capital, at the request of his majesty, and to teil him something of the Christian religión. He violated all precedent in court etiquette by preaching to the king, who was glad to . liear of all the increased interest in Christiauity in his own country. The bishop thought the war would result in great benefit to China and Corea in opening the countries for civilization.

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