The Alamance gleaner %
Vol. liv. graham, is, c., Thursday November 29, 1928. no. 43.
WHAT'S GOING ON |
NtWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Supreme Court Scores Klan;
Hoover's Plan for Big
j Construction Reserve.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
UPHOLDING a New York state law
aimed especially at the Ku Klux
Klan, the Supreme court of the United
States last week declared In effect
that the organization named Is unde
sirable and a foe of public welfare.
The opinion was written by Justice
Van Deventer, and Justice McReynolds
dissented on the ground that the Su
preme court lacked Jurisdiction In the
case. It Is believed the court's de
cision will end the klan's existence
la New York.
The antl-klan bill was enacted by
the New York state legislature In 1923.
It provides that an organization which
requires an oath as a prerequisite or
condition of membership, "other than
a labor union or a benevolent order,
mentioned In the benevolent orders
law," shall tie with the secretary of
state a sworn copy of Its constitution,
by-laws, rules, regulations, nnd oath
of membership, together with a roster
of its membership and a list of its
members for the current year. Any
person who becomes a member of such
an organization or attends a meeting
thereof, with knowledge that It has
failed to comply with the law, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, the statute
says.
i In the case which was carried to the
Supreme court It was contended thst
the law discriminated between differ
ent associations, relieving snch secret
organizations as the Masons, the Odd
Fellows, and others from compliance
while being directed especially against
the Kn Klux Klan.
Justice Van Deventer, In the court's
decision, held that the discrimination
, between associations was Justified by
a difference between the two classes
of associations shown by experience.
The difference consisted, he said. "In
a manifest tendency on the part of one
class to make the secrecy surrounding
. Its purposes and membership a cloak
for acts and conduct Inimical to per
sonal rights and public welfare, and
In the absence of such a tendency on
the part of the other class."
HERBERT HOOVER'S Itinerary on
hla Latin-American tbur baa been
speeded up aa arranged by Ambassg
dor Fletcher, who accompanies the
party aa representative of the State
department The President-Elect now
expects to be back In the United
States the first week In January. Brief
stops at Ampala, Honduras and La
Dnlon, Salvador, were made on Sun
day, with a call at Corlnto, Nicaragua,
on the list for next day; but the visits
to Panama, Colombia and Bolivia
were abandoned because of the devious
route necessary to get there.
Wireless dispatches from the Mary
land said Mr. Hoover was enjoying
the trip Immensely. When the battle
ship arrived off Capo San Lucas at
the entrance to the Gulf of California
she came to anchor for several hours
and the President-Elect went Ashing In
the hope of landing a sword fish, tar
pon or barracuda. All be caught was
i a fifteen-found dolphin and a Spanish
mackerel.
It was stated at the Navy depart
ment In Washington that Mr. Hoover's
tour will cost the government little
more than the regular maintenance
and operating expenses of about $400,
000 foe the battleships Maryland and
Utah. Mr. Hoover Is President Cool
Idge's guest on the trip, and the other
members of the party are paying about
SL60 a day for food and laundry, as
do other persons using government
transport.
Great Britain expressed disap
proval of American methods of in
vest! fating the Vestrls tragedy, bat
the Inquiry at New York seemed to
bring oat much of the truth copcern
Ipg the circumstances surrounding the
sinking of the Teasel. Uost signifi
cant, perhaps, was the testimony of
Chief Offlcer prank Johnson. This,
Hope Park Extension
Will Benefit Turkeys
The northern wild turkey, piece de
resistance of the Pilgrims' drat
Thanksgiving day feast, may be saved
from threatened extinction In the
southern Appalachian region by the
establishment of the Great Smoky
Mountains National park. At present
well-informed natives of tbe region
admit this moat typically American
bird Is being overheated and has
raiSM a .point ef distressing scardty.
summarized, was that on the day the
ship foundered the officers wouldn't
go to their stations und that not; a
lifeboat set out properly manned^fir
properly filled: that there was no gen
eral call to lifeboats; that the Iron
chains on a number of lifeboats brake,
and the patent releasing gear failed
to work; that at 4 a. m. the day the
Vestrls sank Captain Carey was un
able to give "any hetpful suggestions."
Johnson said if he had been Iw the
captain's place he would have wulted
Just as long to send out an S O S,' and
thnt the storm tvas never severe
enough tq endanger n sound vessel.
After seven days of investigation,
the federal officers said they had not
yet found out how a thousand tons
or more of water had got Into the
ship. The complete saturation Abe
coal bunkers, they thought, explained
the sinking of the vessel.
HOOVKR foresees the time when
there will be an ebb in the tide
of prosperity, and he has devised n
program to meet that situation which
was presented to the conference of
state governors in New Orleans. In
brief, he suggests the creation of a
three-bllllon-dollar state and federal
construction reserve that shall do for
labor and Industry what the federal
reserve has done for finance. The
plan, as outlined by Governor Brewster
of Maine at the request of Mr. Hoover,
provides for the co-operation of fed
eral and state governments In con
trolling construction work for the puh-'
lie good "so that a reserve may be
prudently accumulated In time of
plenty against the lean year that is
to come."
Governor Brewster told the gover
nors that no Infringement of legisla
tive prerogatives was contemplated,
because no project could be carried
out except as the legislatures might
direct, although the rapidity of the
construction program, within defined
limits, could be accelerated or re
tarded to synchronize with national
and local needs.
The Hoover proposal was placed be
fore the American Federation of La
bor, also in session In New Orleans,
by John Fry, secretary of the metal
trades department, who declared that
It was "a complete Indorsement of our
basis for wages, adopted In Atlantic
City In 1925. President William- Green
also said the plan is an unqualified
Indorsement of labor's program.
ROBERT W. STEWART, chairman
of the Standard Oil company of
Indiana, was acquitted of perjury be
fore the aenate Teapot Dome Investi
gating committee by the District of
Colombia Jury that heard the rose.
The verdict was virtually directed by
Justice Bailey, who told the jurors
Stewart could not be held guilty of
perjury If It was found thai a quorum
of the aenate committee was not pres
ent when the oil man appeared to tes
tify. The government did not contend
In the trial that more than flvf sena
tors were present at any one time dur
ing Stewart's entire testimony und It
was admitted that a quorum was
established by counting senators, who,
never physically present allowed their
names. In accordance with the senate
custom, to be used for the purpose.
LUFTHANSA, the great German
airplane concern, has made ar
rangements with the Russian soviet'
government under which Germany
and Russia win Join In developing the
northern Asiatic air routes, over whloh
the new combination will hare a practi
cal monopoly. The soviet government
will pay half the operating costs but
will leave to Germany the handling of
negotiations In quarters where the
Russians are not liked. All the serv
ices will carry passengers, mall and
light freight
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE told con
gress last year that the Boulder
dam project on the basis of a cost of
$125,000,000, would not be In conflict
with his financial program. But the
Rlbert commission of engineers and
geologists has reported to tbrf Presi
dent that the coat estimates are too
low by perhaps $40,000,000,'and there
la speculation whether this will cause
a change In the position of the admin
istration. The' commission holds that
construction of a dam 550 feet high
Is feasible from an engineering stand
point, but proposes modifications In
the plans with a view to obtaining
In fad. It U feared It may go the way
of the buffalo.
Game lawa do not afford It the pro- -
tectlon they should, because many of
the native huntera calmly <X*regard
them, and alao because there are not
enough game wardens to keep track
even of the "city" banters who come
In from the outside.
The hope that a national park, with
Its absolute prohibition of all shooting,
backed by an adequate ranger force,
will bring an Increase in the depleted
stocks af gasae Is based on- the re
grenter safety. Tbe report does not
deal at all with many questions of
policy' that figure In the controversy
over the pending legislation.
GOVERNMENT agents, assisted hy
police and Scotlund Ynid, linva
uncovered a big JewAry smuggling
conspiracy Involving millions of dol
lars. The first results of their wnj'k
were the arrests of Morris Landau,
New York Jeweler, and his daughter;
William Iiallyn of England, chief stew
ard on the Cunnnl liner Berengaria,
and Patrolman J. T. Mclntyre of the
New York traffic squad, whose post
for many years has heed the Cunard
pier. The authorities allege that
Ballyn received packages of Jewelry
from a confederate In Southampton,
England, und handed them to Mclntyre
on the steamer when It reached New
York, he In turn passing them on to
lamdnu. The Jeweler's daughter Is
said to have acted as a mesacngcr.
HEAVY rains caused serious und
widespread Hoods In Kansas, Mis
souri, Kentucky, Oklahoma und Illi
nois, the overflowing rivers doing vast
damage to property. Many towns
were Inundated, and the losses of
farmers were severe. In the live
states about a score of persons were
drowned.
GREAT BRITAIN, France and Ger
many agreed on a conference of
experts, to be held probably In De
cember In Paris, to plan revision of
the Dawes reparations plan and evac
uation of the Ithlneland. Bqt Foreign
Minister Stresemann, appearing before
the relchstag after Ills long Illness,
made a speech that thq French press
said would scare away the dove of
peace, for he had harsh words con
cerning the continued occupation of
German soil by ttm allies, and lie does
not "consent to the connection of repa
rations with war debts. Stresemann
also attacked Seymonr Gilbert Parker,
asserting that he misrepresented con
ditions In central Europe.
DISPATCHES from Vienna said
IvaftrHiehulioff, Macedonian revo
utlonary leader, whs threatening to
tnarcb on Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, on
short notice, and that the population
of that city was panic stricken. The
public buildings were occupied by
troops and tbe streets were deserted
In the evening. The Bulgarlun cabi
net was summoned, bqt Its problem
was serious for It was believed a ma
jority of the troops and officials were
siding with Mlchalloff.
A MONO those whonl death claimed
during the week was George H.
Jones, chairman of the board of the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey.
He had been with the corporation for
thirty-five years and was known as
"the man who never played "
' Dr. George T. Harding, futber of the
late President Harding, died In Cali
fornia of a paralytic stroke at the uge
of elgbty-fonr years. Another notable
person who passed away was ltepre
sentatlve William A. Oldfleld of Ark
ansas, Democratic whip In the house.
He was completing his twentieth year
of service in congress and was consid
ered one of the most important and
active members of the Democratic
delegation In the bouse.
DR. W. W. CUMBERLAND, the
American expert who has made a
survey of the financial! and economic
conditions of Nicaragua at the request
of President Diaz, has submitted a
new plan for the rehabilitation of that
republic, the salient feature of which
is a recommendation for more exten
sive American participation In the ad
ministration of Nlcarngunn finances.
He urges, as vltaLfor the stabilization
of Nicaragua, the maintenance of a
strong national constabulary under
American officers. The principal finan
cial features of the plan provide for:
Control of the collection and expen
diture of Nlcaraguan public funds by
an American collector general and an
American auditor general.
Control of the Nlcaraguan budget by
a high commission controlled by
Americana
Sale to an American flandal group
of the majority interest in the Na
tional Bank of Nicaragua
Refunding of the Nlcaraguan na
tional debt.
Negotiation of a new loan of $12,
000,000 by Nlcaragnan officials
milt* of tho establishment of similar
game sanctuaries In the national parks
of the West Yellowstone National
park, for Instance, has been the sal
ration of 'tho remnant of tbe Ameri
can elk. There are now orer 20.000
of these animals la the Yellowstone
region, and the problem, now fared by
the came-conserrlag forces there Is
not bow to sare the bard bat how best
to dispose of the surplus animals.
Other animals which It Is hoped win
profit by protection firs Mack bears
and Virginia deer
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I SUZANNE'S !;
| TEST FOR i!
I MORTIMER
(IB br D. J. w?Uh.)
((T'VE bad many a strange ride,
I Suzanne, bat this Is the win
I ner," remarked Mortimer Walte
to the girl beside blm. "But,
please notice, I'm asking no ques
tions."
The girl in the fur coat nodded ab
stractly. She bad been looking out
of the limousine window at the pass
ing landscape, but now her gaze wns
fixed on the broad, tweed-clad shoul
ders of Andrew, Walte's chauffeur.
l4Tbanks for not asking questions."
The man laid bis gloved hand over
hers. "Don't thank me for doing
things you asked me to, Suzanne.
Won't you believe me when I say that
my Ohe ambition In life Is to please
you? I mean It, I am bappy right
now because I am with you and do
ing as you want to, although It Is cold
and rainy and we might be dining to
gether at the Waldorf?just you and
me."
The girl did not reply. They had
been driving since early morning In
the luxurious big car that bore his
monogram. During all those hours
she had talked very little. Her pret
ty lips were drawn In s straight line
and once she bad burled her face In
the soft collar of ber coat and wiped
away the tears.
The chauffeur drew up to the side
of the road and stopped.
"Engine's missing, sir," he advised
Walte, touching his cap. "But I'll fix
It In a moment."
"Lordy, but Isn't this desolate," said
Walte as he drew the rug closer about
his companion. "Suzanne, talk to me.
Cold? Hungry?"
She shook her head negatively.
"Happyr
"I'm always bappy when I'm with
you, MorL But?but maybe?I won't
be with you?very much?after to
day."
"Suzanne, why talk In riddles?
Haven't 1 proved I love you? Haven't
I proved to yon that everything I have
la yonra?''
"tea, t believe yon. But when I
claim what you have. It meana that
?that yon will have to claim that
which la mine?and you might not?
want to. My possessions? might not
?lit Into your?life. Oh, I am doing
the right thing I ami When I flret
met you I didn't think anything about
It But elnce you have loved me . . .
and I love you ... I want to lie lion
eat with you. Alwaya honest Today
la the real test of your love. You
have only known me elx months. I
am an actress. So far as that Is con
cerned my slate Is clean. I have noth
ing to apologize toh But?you know
?nothing about me and you are Mor
timer Walte 1 Your family frightens
me to death, Mort Your mother I She
was very sweet that day at the Plaza,
but she looked clear through me and
I?I wonder If?she found me and I?
I wonder If?she found me wanting.
I am not forgetting for a moment who
you are, but It Is not because you're
Mortimer Walte?of one of the proud
est old families In Philadelphia; not
because your fortune ranks forpmost
in the Bast (hat I love you. It Is be
cause you?are you. I would love you
If you were?anything, but I want to
be honest with you, and please remem
ber, no matter how the test comes out.
I was honest?because I loved you."
It was past noon when they en
tered the tiny little town In the Al
leghenles to which Suzanne had di
rected the chauffeur. It was a dingy,
fmoky little hamlet nestling In a
mountain-encircled basin In the heart
of the coal district The jdrl shud
dered as they rolled down the narrow
main street dingier and darker than
ever In the cold, thin rain that was
beating against the unpaved roadbed.
"Let's eat 8uzanne. There's a place -
over there that says corned beef and
cabbage, and I'm starved."
For the first time the girl laughed.
"All right But bow I wish I had
a picture of you, Mortimer Walte,
banker, eating corned beef and cab
bage In the Palace cafe I And tell
Andrew to wait for us at the hotel
over there on the corner. We won't
need him until we start back."
Walte turned to bis chauffeur and
gave the necessary Instructions, and
Andrew disappeared In the direction
of the frame one-story building on the
corner graced by the name "hotel."
"8tlll asking no questions," laughed
Walte as they walked down a nar
row, muddy street after lunch. It had
stopped raining, but heavy clouds
bung In the sky and It was cold end
damp. He swung her over a mud pud
dle and they balanced themselves on
a board that tipped dangeroosly Into
the mire.
"Just like dropping an ordild Into
a mud paddle," he laughed.
Row after row of dingy, small cot
tages Inclosed wttb picket fences
There was no grass about the stoops,
only mud end Improvised sidewalks.
Suzanne stopped at last, her hand ou
^???
? rickety gate. Desolation, poverty,
squalldness lay before them.
A small boy opened the door and
peered out aa the two approached the
porch.
"Susie," he shrieked. "Susie Is com
ing, maw, Susie la here."
The girl bent and kissed him. "Hel
lo, Georgle. My goodness, what a dirty
face and you promised me when 1
was home last that you would keep
clean."
The boy bung his head. "But I
didn't know you was comln', Susie,
honest, I didn't and maw didn't neith
er, cus she's washln'."
Maw came to the door, an old, bent
woman In her early fifties. A woman
who had been old and bent at twenty
live ; wiping her red, wrinkled hands
on a wet glnghnmfbpron. /
"Why didn't you tell rnejfSusie," she
complained In broken" English. "I'm
a'wnshin'. Didn't get to It before, cuz
you paw has been sick with lumbago
and Calvin got locked up over In
Lucknow . . ."
"This Is Mr. Walte, mother . . .
and this Is?my mother."
Mortimer Walte peeled off his glove
and extended his band. The woman
looked up at him puzzled as she placed
her band In Ids and tlien motioned for
them to enter. The bouse reeked with
the odor of soapsuds and fried meat.
The remains of the dinner was still on
the table untouched. Various wet gar
ments hung about the stove, steaming
on the backs of chairs. A long-legged,
bobbed-lmlred girl arose from a sofa
and threw away a paper-backed novel,
applylug a lipstick to her over-red lips
as she embraced her sister warmly.
"My sister Allie," said Suzanne
briefly.
"Alicia," corrected the girl sharply.
"Won't you ever remember, Sue?"
For two hours the group sat around
the stove. The boy fingered Wolfe's
watch chain and even allowed dingy
fingers to stray In the direction of an
Immaculate gray tie. The girl talked
Incessantly of dances.
"I'm not going to business college
with that money you gave me. Sue.
I'm going to take up classic dancing
and go on the stage?like you did."
"And how about you, Georgle? Are
you going to keep your promise to me
about studying hard and then going
to college to learn bow to build big
tunnels through the mountains?"
"Tep, If paw will get that notion
of makln' me go Into the mines out
of his head. He wants me to quit
school right now. Says education Is
all bosh."
The mother talked very little, her
hands, rolled In her apron, her eyes
scanning the group, but when she did
It wns to mention her fatherland
across the seas and Walte told her
of a recent trip to Kurope during
which he had visited the country of
her blrtli. Her eyes shone.
"Maw liked those new chairs and
tables you bought, Sue," said Allle.
"but she won't let us use |hem. gays
they are too nice and Is savin' them.
Paw comes home so dirty from the
mines and all that?and I got the
dress and shoes, and Georgle's suit
fits swell, but maw won't lei him wear
It only on Sundays."
"And so that was the test, honey?"
asked Mortimer Walte as he looked
down at the girl beside him. "Did
you think a family of the Old world,
new to a strange country and strange
customs, would change my love for
you? Why, honey, my nqcestors came
over In the steerage with packs on
their backs, and not so many years
ago either, and I hereby claim my
Suzanne and nil the family as my
own, and now where Is that promised
kiss? Andrew Is a good chauffeur and
always pays attention to his car."
Dogs Trust Sight.
That (logs on the trail do not depend
entirely ui>on scent baa been demon
strated In Germany, where a large
wheel was fltted with several shoelike
devices which made an Impression In
the soil much like that of the shod
foot of a human. It was demonstrat
ed beyond all doubt that the animals
used Iheir eyes to s great extent and
followed the artificial footprints when
ever It was possible to pick them out
Light That Never Fails.
A lighthouse which cannot very well
be accused of failure consists of a
combination of electricity and acety
lene. There are two electric lamps,
and In case one falls the other Is an
tomntlcally thrown Into action If the
second should fall down on Its Job
the acetylene light Is pal Into opera
tloo Instantly and will glow until the
supply of gas Is exhausted.
Fish's Blood Circalatiem.
The circulation of blood In Hah Is
practically the same as that of higher
animals except that the longs are re
placed by gills. When water passes
over the gills the blood takes up the
oxygen. In some Dsh, In addition to
gills, there are rudimentary luoga, a
supplementary drcolation.
life It Emit.
Ufa become* almost automatic It
you tap tlie source of atreogtb, of lore,
of bapploea* upon wblcb Ufa dependa.
?America o Magazine. _
A Bumper Crop of Silk Cocoons.
(Prepared by the National Geographic . Tannic a hnr-tfod h? k'urrwl-i fnneltf
Society. Washington. D. C.)
TIIK coronation ceremonies for
the young emperor of Japan
Uils autumn and the recent
adoption by the Japanese of the
Jury system center world Interest on
the Island empire, and at the., same
time emphasize Its modernization.
Nothing tells the story of Japan's
sudden rise to world power and mod.
entity so strikingly as coutrasts be
tween the conditions of 1870 and those
of today?contrasts made by a prog
ress thnt has been observed from its
beginning by many men alive today.
Consider the Interior town of Fnkul.
In 1870 It was a place of moated cas
tles, the privileged samurai wearing
two swords, and despised merchants
having little or no social standing.
Now It Is a typical Industrial city,
with electric lights, steam power and
modern appliances In factory and
home, and Its young men are am
bitious to make fortunes?and honored
names?In Industry.
Osaka, once chlmneyless and a wil
derness of one-story houses. Is a for
est of smokestacks, with mills. Im
posing steel-jointed business struc
tures, shipyards, and factories.
With population more than doubled,
with wealth Increased twenlyfold. and
transformed from an almost forgotten
hermit nation Into a world power, a
leader In industry and commerce, with
an ambition to be second to none In
capturing the markets of the world. It
Is well for us to look Into the causes
of Jupnn's evolution and triumph.
The growth was not haphazard. The
Japanese deliberately willed to become
powerful add modern. At a secret
conclave In Tokyo, In 1870, of the lead
ers of the Revolution of 1808?un
chronicled In history or official docn
ments?the real problem, long debated
was this: Shall Japan be a nation of
samurai and soldiers, or of merchants
and Industrials, and. In the main, of
the men of modem mind? Okubo,
Okuma, and Shlbusswa gave their
lives to the uplift of the once-suh
merged class, now on the crest of
the ware?the merchant and manufac
turer.
Leaders In ths Movement.
Of (he four greatest men of 18G8
anil the reconstruction era, from 1808
(o lHOO, Okubo was the mnaler spirit.
It tva* he who had the capital changed
from Kyoto to Tokyo and the mlkndo
brought down from the purple clouds
of myatery and pseudo-deity to be a
human rnler. Okuho Infused Into the
Japanese the spirit of conquest of the
world's respect by means of peace
rather than by wart He was the
brain ini^ pen of what was not qaly
restoration but revolution.
Kldo was the constructive states
man. with original Ideas of wblcb Ito
was the executive, the motto of the
latter being "Get It done and let tbem
growl."
In the early "70s tin embassy was
sent forth to tour the world and to
see what the West had that Japan
might make ase of. When It returned
In 1874 there was a terrific struggle
In the cabinet It was to decide that
Japan's path of progress was to be In
the line of Industrial enterprise rather
than through war or territorial con
quest. Okubo and the men of peace
ud development through Industry wob.
Hardly leas of a revolution than
(hit led by the four great men al
ready oamed was that In finance and
In education. It was expected that
Shlbusawa would be assassinated fas
a majority of the greater leaders
were) when he pronounced In favor
of modern bookkeeping and dedicated
his life to elvevatlng the once social
outcast, the merchant He cleared the
way for Uatsnkata, who secured the
adoption of the gold standard, even
when Great China Issued no coins val
uable -enough to be worth counterfeit
ing. This enabled Japan to gala and
hold credit la the world's ttnaaee.
to ? finish the flghf for tlie equality
of female 'education In the scheme for
national elementary last run Ues when
In 1872. he called Mlsa Margaret Clark
?flrlflts to begin the first school tor
girls. '
"Education is the basis of all prog-,
ress." became-tho motto of the nation
fifty yean ago. With the old Chinese
characters, where a single sound
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'different meanings, expression was
' handicapped. " " ' T
| ' " 1 Ernergenca of fiitlVvlduatlty."
Philosophy played a greilf'part th
keefiinr Japan a'hermit natlofi so long
?Throughout Japatteaeliietor} nma the
atreaa>"of Impeeehnallty. In litera
ture and la (Ntrsheat the leek eC
Individuality and the chronic dUfmnau
between appeacance and reality evcry
wberc coo front the student.
What has, easily mads the New Ja
pan la this emergenca In social Ufe at
the new spirit of personality and s<
Individuality. The old civilisation was
communal. The new national Ufa Is
based. In the main, on the assertion
of the Inherent powers of the Individ
ual, yet-In utilty of purpose with the
commonwealth:
Japan was in many ways saved the
long apprenticeship of European na
tions because, even more than the he
ro of I.evks|ey llnll, she soon found
out tha{ she was "tlie heir of all thn
ages,, In the foremost tiles of time."
and wm able at once to utilize In full
est efltrtcfhry'fhe giflhs of the centuries
ndfl^Me fieshureee-of-western civilisa
tion. ' ' Ubth.
Hence, within a single tlfethne and
In some Instances within a decade, the
sdoptlon of new political-and serial
systems, .poet routes, telegraphs, tele
phones, steamship lines, and modern
costume!
Tvk.l..l C i ?
To thoee who would penetrate the
secret of Japan's rapid development
und world-eocompasslns ambitions, an
other historical fart Is wortb noting,
especially la comparison with our own
national development, l-et one scan
the meager list of technical schools
In the United States In 1S71. Except
for the Rensselaer Polytechnic of
Troy, N. Y.; the Stevens Institute at
Hobnken, N. J, and the rudimentary
state of things at Yale, at Harvard,
and at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and the Infant Cornell B
university, how feebly developed they I
were I I
The first school of technology and I
mannal training In Japan was started I
la 1871 and was rapidly expanded, f
In the twenty or mora yea re ad AM
existence of this Institution, under the
department of conununlcaHooa, than
were educated the engineers, ardd
teds, chemists, and others who hsBt
Japan's steamships, railways, light
houses, and laboratories, which helped
to modernize the face of the coantry.
These gave Japan new tools and
weapons, a new salt of armor, and,
under all, a new nervous and circula
tory system.
With a total of' mors than 1<MH0
miles of railway In operation, her re
sources are still la process of develop
ment. Three thousand steamers and
14.000 ailing ships, with a total ton
nage of nearly 8,000,000. tell the story.
In 1871 letters and <tn#!l - matter were
carried Inland by-rynners. Now Ja
pan has nearly 8,090 pest o&ces
There are special .schpqla of medi
cine, Jurisprudence, ettfmeecd and
pedagogy In the Bve ttofftpM' univer
sities, the faculties nflmtrWg tnora
than 1,800 profeesors,J*nftJ TtUXIO stu
dents. In addition, thdNMre as many,
nongovernment nntverSMlee, which
have In total as many pupils and hasp
np a wholesome rivalry. Of the tech
nical ecboole?arte and crafts agricoh
tors marina industry, etc.?there ara
nmlhntt edth dees to lOO^to
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