| Show m n n I B M a rut M J 1 W The Real Position of Japan ToWards w HI HH IH H If Iff V Wl W T f 1 W Ii I iv 5 r I H HV f J V 1 t 11 q i 1 I It IC F 4 Ii f E C t i I II I J JJ v 11 r I f J x 1 I 1 t 1 I 1 t r f C j I I J n J I I KINZA RINCE I M I 4 HUlA HIRAI JAPAN w f jl r I HIS ms Parlia Parliament ment of Re ne Religions la II the o a 1 lung long cher cherl l dream tream and its ith aim IH hi to establish re ro k Ity tt It all ati over tho the world As I believe it my duty to try t r to ro o 0 nt w obstacle ob that might prevent the tho com completion of at this ultimate purpose and ami amito to caution any Iny Impediment to toward toward ward the fulfilment of oC thIs gram Brand do doIr Hire Ir lre I wish to show to this assembly a U obstacle which Is UI Ignored 1 nl but which really Is In the tho WilY way and 1111 1111 prevents our progress towards this his destiny or nt ctt least n a great greut greuth hindrance h 1111 to the promulgation of ot Christianity I may perhaps lar wises eH everywhere but hut partly he be caLls the paco of oC this paper does not hot tHaw allow u II long lone dissertation and amI partly because J I belong to the nationality of oC Japan this presentation of oC my lilY observations only to 0 my m country JAPAN IS MISUNDERSTOOD There Ther are very er few ow countries In the tho world so 80 as Japan Among Amon Innumerable unfair judgments the ti thought of ot our country countrymen men Inn Is III especially misrepresented tho the whole nation Ion Is III H condemned an heathen He lie they heathen pagan or j else olse It Is a n fact tact that from the beginning of ot our OUI ou history Jap in has tiltS received all teachings with open mind and amI that the Instructions wh which ch came eanie train from outside have liue commingled with the tho native Ill religion with entire on tire harmony III as Is seen by lIy HO so many tem tern temples ples built In lii the name of ot truth with a mixed l appellation of ot und OH I Is IH seen Keen by 1 the among the thO teachers of or o Confucianism and Taoism or other othor lams and the and Shinto priests na us Is seen seln by IJ an In individual In Japanese who pays jas pa his hisor hisor hisor or her respects to nil ni teachings mentioned above oloe as n IH is seen by IW bythe the th peculiar construction of oC the tue Japanese houses which have he general generally ly Iy 1 two rooms one for n a f temple the tile other for tor a n I email Shinto shrine before which the fatally family Comly study tho tile respective scriptures h the ode olle us is seen Icen by popular 01 Wako noboru Fumoto no ho 10 Mich Michi wa va redo relo reto takane no Tsuki wo 0 mini Kane which translated means Though hou h thore there arc many roods wadI at lit tho the foot of ot the mountain yet It If the top Is II reached the Rome moon In Is seen other similar onos ones and mottos motos which will wi bo be cited clel from frol the mouth ot of an all ignorant l country old oM woman ornan when she sho ho decides the case NIe of ot bigoted religious conten contention thin tion among amonI young girls In Iii II reality synthetic f religion or is I the Japanese specialty lol and I will vill wi not nol lies hesi hesitate tate tote to cull call ca It lint Hut lut you rou will wi protest nail say Fay why wh then Is Christianity not so PO warmly ac ne accepted by b your nation noton as ns other re roo religions This Is IR the point which I wish especially to present before beCore you ou TO O INDI CB There are arc two causes why I J b 1 I 1 d na A AWe We Cannot but Admire 11 the tolerant Forbearance and Compassion of the People eople of the Civilized West JV cst You Ol arc are the Pioneers in iz flu fluman II u uman man History You HaVe Achieved an Assembly of the fe Worlds Religions and We Your Step Will be Toward the Ideal Goal of the Parliament the Realization of International Justice Kinza Kina Ringe fit fil fl Hira of Japan in an Address Addess Before the Worlds Parliament I of Religions at a Chicago t t n 1 n tv ty In l not tint co po o cordially This tut tU t was Va widely W Id ly spread in III Ill iv V country H t VY but hul t In III I it I the lie I tun missionaries 1 rI s combined with wih sv I I ii tho lie t con rOi conIts Its caused rau Ed a U tragic mid find bloody rebel rebellion lion against the country und and It Is un understood that Hint those missionaries in lii InI I to subjugate Japan to their own mother country ThU hll shocked nil all al Ju Jo lun und and the n or IC th the took n a year to suppress this terrible t intrusive commotion To ro who slin accuse ui U I that our 01 pro prohibited Christianity not now nets no hut but hi iti hian II an In historical ORB age I will reply that Hint It was It not hot from religious or racial a t II but hul t to ti prevent t another such In Insurrection I I unit and to protect our OUI Independence ence elce that we were wele obliged to prohibit the promulgation of ot the tue gospel If I our nor history hl tory had had 1101 no lIft 10 such Buch record reeD Il Ilor of or foreign devastation under tinder uller the Ill dis disguise 11 guise ulse of or religion had and ant If It our 0 00 people hall luul had hod no nt hereditary horror honor and prejudice dice dic against a the name nanie of oC Christianity It might have lu been eagerly embraced by h l the whole nation Hut this thu lUll Inci dent ha hl panned Hed we may mu forget forge I It II Yet Vet It In Is II lint i unreasonable that tIle the terrible suspicion or you rou may itay In say y superstition that Christianity U Li tile the instrument of depredation Is II avowed ly ly Iy o 0 aroused In the Oriental ta I mind mild HI I tid when v hen It I t Is nn an UI admitted t ted fart fact that thai some settle of o the tile powerful nations of 01 Christendom are gradually en upon the orient and when UK 11 following circumstance In l I dall dally daily Impressed 11 upon our minds reviving a vivid memory of oC tho tue past oc occurrence currence PEnnyS MISSION rho Tho circumstance of oC which I T am about to Is 11 th present III ell experience ence chICO elce of oC ourselves 9 to which I especially call NIH the attention ut llon of ot the tle parliament not only otil this parliament but lUt alto also tho the whole shoie of Christendom Since 1863 when Commodore Perry Pen come cams to Japan as lS the huis ambassador of u uthe if the President of ot the tho United States of at Antei Amel ira leu iu our country began herRn to bo ho bet bettor bettor bettor tor known by h nil al western wester nations and the now co ports parts vero widely vIdely opened unIt the prohibition of ot the gospel was taa a ns as it was wag before the Chris rebellion Iy Ily tho tul convention of oC oCe Ye e in 10 present In lUS the lie tf t was wart wal stipulate between America R RII Japan and a 1110 aLso bo with wih the European leol It I wa waH tas the time when then our country was os yet et under the feudal gov gos ov nUll on account of oC our alI having had 1101 but little Inter Intercourse Ilter intercourse course cour o with wih other nations for over two centuries since thi to Christian rebellion of ot diplomacy was as 08 quite nn In Oi new experience to the tue foil feu feudal tel del dal Ial who put their full In iii II western nations and without any nily alteration alerton accepted every eer article of oC the tue treaty trot presented from Crom the foreign gay KOV iO According to this treaty we weare weare are ire In n a very Et disadvantageous IM si Urn lon and amI amongst alon st the others thero were two prominent articles which deprive us of ot our rights and advantages es One In II the l of oC western na till nations III In JI Ja J Ml ii I i nil Ill ul It II I legard U tu lights l Id s whether r I te he i of IC pulp t i y 01 or 0 pet III son I II t between t the t lIe ts of ot oft the tl t he w t luuis In II I n my 10 uit country U I ry as aswill II will Wt ii as between bet theta them anti all the tite Japanese shall be e subject to lie he jurisdiction nhI or of orthe 0 the of oC the wel ell Another 4 retards the tIle tariff tl 11 f which with wih the tha execution exception of or live Ihl ier o 11 uit ud ad ld val valorem nl orem we have lune no right to Impose It I might properly be JI lone done doneIt It 1 Is II ohio also stipulated that either 1 of ot the contracting par Hew to to this treaty on In In giving ng one Oi years Pl notice notee to tn the theother theother other may IU demand n a 1 revision thereof on ln or OV after the lie 1st lt of or July JUI 1812 1872 Them tore fore In lit II 1871 1811 our government demanded a St revision and since then we haw been constantly it I Lut governments JI I s have liac 1111 simply I muck mak muckIng ing IIII many excuses One Joe part hIatt of tho thin treaty between the States of at 1 S ld Japan Ja It the thu t hit tariff was wag wa annulled for or which litch we WI ce thank with wih sincere gratitude the nation hut but I nm Am wry to cay I ay that list t as IC It no 00 ni r hat hai 11 follow allow allowed cd ed eI In II the waki of o America In Ihl ie to out our tartlY right remain In tho seIne same condition as II 11 It I was Seas as e eO NO O We e have no 10 Judicial power Ilow l over for foreigners eigners In Japan Jillan and u as the natural consequence wo Wl it are art receiving injuries legal and anti moral the accounts of tf which are le seen eel constantly In iii Ilum our native naCE news As 1 the western people P P live le fur far from us ha UI they the do dl not nol know the exact circumstances Probably they will wil hear now and then the tie rep ts front from the mis missionaries anti and friends In Japan I d 1 not deny their reports I being true trul but hut If It I Ita n a person wants to I any alY unmistakable fact In to his hl friend he 10 ought to henr the opinions about him from many skins altis If you OU oti cloudy closely h examine me with wih vl I hi your you r unbiased U ni mind ad what t Injuries we 1 receive you will wil be nuton ishii Among many Ilmy mall kinds of or wrongs there are ore Home which were vere ore utterly un unknown UI known knol 1 ii before and Ild entirely new hew II to UH US heathen none lore of ot whom chorn will 1 dare to steak speak of oC them oven oen in Itt private conver conversation SHOULD U It I Is right und tind just jUHt that We Vt l reject this thin whole treaty because It I ita term haj 11 already alread pasted and because It I Is II lu tin the til treaty treat negotiated and signed by b the Feudal I Shogun and Mi his v tue til ratification of lt tile the tie em emperor hut hit It I Is not tuot desirable to Injure the thc feeling re ln of ot good 1001 which now how exists between Japan n and the tho West We t Would ull not the t he people of o Amer America ner lea ica lc nUll and nul Europe 1 I t Ink that they were trampled upon and 11 their rights Ig Ignored Ig nored If Ie they hey the I wore Yore lofted denied Mm Ihl till applied lien of ot Judicial power over those tw I cases which occur at 1 home Would Woul not the wlter nations be he indignant Ild consider that they thE wore cere deprived of Independence If ir they the com compelled lom to i enounce their rightful cus CUI custom tom Ill duty lut I rend read In the tue western books hooks and a a j papers pa nil II I I sorts c it ii of I I f treatises t rca t regard regarding rega rd ing III blue ii riL l I I ami ih titi lights I of ot f 1 1 tit e a nil nl it ls I hi I ii I ii U ii Ih bit works In III 11 which ethical nI n bused on 01 II the t hi altruistic a It uti iLl I It sentiment sen I ui Is II earnest turl VU vilest t ly I I argued a to tn t a I human II lie liph ness Again I observe numerous churches of ot and their members to lu together gether with w lh the rest heel of n the tue nation who c iiii Ide IUt 11 tI looking toward the tite ml I 0 t of human lutu II good 1001 While V lii ic I lol nd ad unite ml this placing of ot so 10 much Import Importance ance BI on UI 01 these topics lilies I 1 do thu Ill nol under understand ii stand whit the lands have huv ti I e and a 11 advantage of oC forty million Illon souls of if Japan for forty forts fort years treaty since the tue stipulation of oC the LAW LAWOne IA W One Olle of ot the excuses offered by 13 II 1 nations is I that our 0 Is II not yet yet civilised 11 1 Js Is I It I the principle of ot civilized civilised 11 vI law that the rights and of o the tho hue so 10 called uncivilized or the th weaker should be tl sacrificed As Au I understand It I the spirIt this the necessity ly of If law Is l to protect cc t the lie t light 1 and HII It t s of or tho t hu a weaker against 1 the he aggression of or the lie stronger but Jit I have hie hn H never learned leI In my 1113 m shallow lo study of ot law that the lie weaker win lIeI should be sacrificed for the thus stronger tt AS TO 10 IDOLATRY Another kind of apology comes come from roni the religious and 1101 nn the claim Is II made that the Japanese are Idolaters mid heathen hEAthel Whether out our 01 people are lre Idolaters or not you Ol will 1 know at onee fe feI if I your Investigate our religious view lew without prejudice from thus the authentic Japanese source Hut But for CO the thelke sake Mke of argument that we WI tile Hie IUt Idolaters and ant heathen lusa t luen Is II I s It I t Christian a morality moral I I y to 10 tt trample t real Idle upon U tin 11 t lit rights I s 1111 ti lid advantages ad vu ii teges M Mo of o a R unction nation coloring ill alt ll their natural happiness with wih the t hue hick dark tain of Injustice I teal leaO In iii II the ruble Whosoever shall elIcit Ihal smite thee on Oi thy right cheek liSek Ih k turn turl to tn him this the other nl oh so Mn hut hIlt I cannot discover there tiny any ni passage I MIt which nays UI shall demand Justice nf of thee smite his light when he hI turns turn smite I I I I the tile theother theother other oilier also allo Again I read ead In lii II tile the Blithe 1111 If It I any RI man Inn wilt will wi sue thee nt ot the tho law ItS and AnU take lake away thy th coat COlt ul him thy thuy tw Chok also allo Hut I cannot II cover there IhEn any un passage which says eos If thou thol sue slid any al man at nt the law lawand 11 and take away his luls hil coat cORt let Jet him hll gIve thee th E huts his cloak IOK also tiler Ilso You send your ur missionaries to Japan and Ii ml they hey t advise ii us tue u tn t I be he hI moral und It uld Ite hI hIle iteI lle le I e Ii ul I t We t like IH h I ke to be he h r moral we know l o that Christianity Is hi good foll and we are very 11 er thankful for thus this nut Hut nt at It the thus same time tle our people are nr rethor perplexed and very wry much II h In doubt about their advice For Tor POl when chien we ve 1 think that thuat the tho tim treaty In III the thE lie time thur tle of It feudalism when we l were Stere yet It In lii II our 0 U r youth you t ii Is II still st II I clung vh tu to I I by 13 h thus the pow powerful Ilo P erful nations na nf of f when wo w find Il lit that that lIr l 3 year a It many west wester cm em vessels of nt seal hrry tire are er l Ill smug smuggled Into 1110 our seas when legal eases cases are alt always IIa decided by 1 the foreign IL U I 1101 I ties in I u ii Japan unfavorable UtiCa to tn UH us when Hume years 1111 ago URO u a t Japanese Wits was 11 nut lIlt lt allowed I dl 1011 llo ti d to tl nl a U I university on OIl Oi the th t lii i Ii I lit coast of 11 lt America 4 because tit I u his of It u It different uli n nu u I I f I w A un ri I hue ago a gIt the school board In Itt II siu iia 11 I I 1 Ii enacted a 1 regulation lout Ilat no I II Japanese should be 11 allowed to 1 toI I 11 I I I I the til I tie public Ic school there thI re list jeor the 11 Japanese O wore el Irlon out olt oltI I by I from flOI one Ofie of ot If thus the territories of tilt the States Statts when out our business businessmen tulle men in II Sun San un were Icon 1 l 1 Iy StIll 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