Show AM AN APPEAL FROM JAPAN explaining the nature ol 01 the attack on the Czere witch new 10 york lork tritium tribu ne to the editor sia slit it i with extreme grief and pain that we have to bear the burden of disgrace which bag has been placed upon our nation by the attempt of one of oar our countrymen upon the life of the ru russian 8 crown prince during the of over to thousand years of her history japan though her annala annals are tire not free from flow stains of blood has never the band hand of an assa etin raised against her sovereign or imperial family that we all are loyal bub sub haa has become a political axiom with the same loyal spirit dowe dove do we honor and esteem the sovereigns and the royal families of other nations what a disaster bat that the sword of one political fanatic unsheathed against a foreign prince in the meiji era should bp spoil 0 it our pure record wound our national honor and leave a blot apon the pages of 1 our history I 1 that we the japanese should be responsible for the consequences of this act is bat but proper 0 such news is liable to create in ut stant colin countries tr is s of the impressions and breed rumors divers kinds not only false bat but to the interests of japan lest such an anxiety might be realized we the alumni teachers and brienda 0 of the toka benmon aakko institute ol 01 political science appeal to the intelligent public of christendom and call their attention to the fact that this monstrous act was the deed of one and only one japanese that be was wits a political fanatic that the whole japanese nation from the emperor down to his humblest subject have expressed in words and in deeds their most heartfelt regret for the act se t and that the reception with which japan was prepared tow to welcome e I 1 the is a conclusive ve and undeniable proof of her respect and friendly feeling toward foreign sovereign end princes on the ath of slay may prince nicholas the of russia with prince george of Gi greece reece landed at nagasaki here their highnesses received a most hearty and gratifying ova ovation tion from the people the following I 1 day they sailed for or kagoshima where prince f intend tendered eredio to theina most hospitable welcome on the ath the jamiat adova brought the imperial v visitors to kobe where also the same sincere reception was given to them in the afternoon of that day they proceeded by a special train to kyoto here too the citizens by entertainments of various kinds showed genuine hospitality to the imperial visitors so satisfactory was the reception given to tho the up to this time and eo so entire was his confidence in the people of japan that be he now and then rode in jinrikisha along the of kyoto and nagasaki as a private citizen and was sometimes mie mistaken taken for one of his suite with the simp simplicity licit open heartedness and vivacity of his is famous predecessor peter the great the prince imperial behaved toward the japanese people all this gracious trust of the azare w witco itch all these hospitalities of the japan japanese ese people were brought to naught by the hateful act of one maniac on the fatal bilth of may alter after visiting lake and its environs the imperial visitors were passing see in g through the streets of when hebi at i one of the constables stationed as guards along the road ran up behind with bis his sword drawn and aiming a blow at the prince inflicted two wounds upon his head at that moment the shafts of the princes prince 8 jinrikisha were lowered which enabled ena bled him to t C I 1 leap out t and run his assailant tauda tend sanzo 1 attempted to pursue but one of the princes jinrikisha coolies caught and threw sanzo down while another coolie seizing the sword of the would be ass assassin ailsia gave him two severe wounds ue he was arrested on the spot seeing the accident governor oki who was leading the procession jumped from his jinrikisha jin and conducted the wounded prince into a neighboring shop where his hie wounds were soon attended to the prince returned to kyoto tha the same day most fortunately the wounds wore were slight end the physicians gave assurance that they would be healed within a fortnight the news of the terrible affair cent sent an electric shock throughout the empire no one could believe it at first T the h E emperor emperor was profoundly affected T the h imperial per ai the same night runs thus it was with tho the most profound grief and regret that while w we e with our government and our a subjects objects u have been V preparing re paring to welcome his imperial highness our beloved and respected crown prince of russia with all the honor and hospitalities due to our national guest we received the unexpected and surprising announcement no that his hie imperial highness bad had met with a deplorable accident at while on bis his jo journey urney it Is our will that justice take its beedy dy course on the miscreant offender to the end that our 0 ur mind mi n d may be relieved and that our friendly and intimate relations with our good neighbor may be secured against disturbance the emperor immediately after receiving celvi rig the telegram dispatched II 11 L 11 II prince Kita with two court physicians to visit the azare W witch itch the ministers of state lor for home and foreign affairs also proceeded to kyoto by the night train and the emperor himself started for kyoto at the following morning a mark of solicitude never before beard heard of in the land of the mikado the indignation of the whole nation against the assassin and its feeling of regret and shame can better be imagined than described the telegrams and letters of condolence from various parts of the country to the wounded prince exceeded within two days many of the educational and commercial institutions as well as theatres theartres the atres and places of amusement closed their doors on the the imperial diet det many of the provincial assemblies almost all of the noted establishments and associations political educational literary scientific and commercial of tokio tollio and other cities sent delegates to convey of regret and find condolence to be prince imperial buddhist an and d shinto priests who thirty odd years ago offered prayers to their gods tor for tha the expulsion of the barbarians barbari ansI 11 now prayed for the speedy recovery of the foreign prince newspapers of every patty of every shade of opinion were unanimous in their expressions of grief and apology which if space allowed might well be quoted nothing could have been more profound more wide spread or more sincere than the pain and regret shown by all clabea clas es of the pe people Is writes a foreign journal the japan na mail il 0 on the the Cre witch by order of the emperor of Russia removed from kyoto to the russian squadron in kobe harbor and on the lath t in n obedience to a further order from S at t petersburg his imperial highness started for home by way of lock tock the crime of tsuda banio sanzo being of so grave a nature the chief I 1 public procurator demanded demaud ed that the bame punishment bo be inflicted upon him hial as if i be he bad had committed an assault upon a member of our imperial family 1 I a the death deth penalty but our law containing no provision for of fences against the persons ot of foreign princes the supreme court in spite of the desire of the government and born soma PC portion of the public pronounced tsuda td sanzo guilty of an ordinary assault with intent to kill and sentenced him 0 to o imprisonment for life with bard hard labor in accordance with the provisions vis loa of article article and the first clause of article of our criminal code such loan is an epitome of the visit of prince nicholas and of the otea affair lit of the forty millions of people there abound now and find then be found a fanatic a maniac a bigoted conservative is perhaps 1 inevitable beuda banzo is is a such cho a fanatic arl tc such cl a bigoted conservative inflamed by a story circulated in the columns of of one or two newsy newspapers that the visit of the had for ita its ultimate object the sinister desire of spying out japan and farther excited by a suspicion that the imperial traveler intended to alight slight the sovereign of japan by visiting and kyoto before repairing to the palace in n tokio tenda sanzo seema seems to have mistaken one of the nations most friendly endly tri and respected acted guests for its is boen foe and though it to take hla lita aa an act of patriotism it Is a lamentable s fit ii thing that such ench an erroneous idea should have been entertained by any loy japanese jap u ego subject bat but great and a t ld cruel U will ill be the mistake it if the t h e european Kor and american public accept the be affair as a measure of the ee so arity afforded by our government and oar our law low to ta foreigners traveling or residing I 1 in a jarn japan I 1 it t will be far juster an and mo more re correct to infer the friendliness of the vast majority of our people ople toward strangers from the breadth depth and sincerity of the feelings elinea fe 0 of sympathy Byco pathy which the 0 BU eu affair evoked from the entire nation it is our moet most sincere wish that the intelligent it g ent public of christendom should n understand nd B batand that japan after accomplishing comp lishing sweeping reforms reforms political legal educational social religions economic and industrial which have met w with ith the approval of the world will never retrace though she may sometimes momentarily arrest her steps until she stands on the same level with western nations and that it is consequently her ceaseless desire to preserve the goodwill good will and friendly feeling of the occident IYENAGA TOKIO toxic TOKIO jacab june 12 1801 mr iyenaga ia is a graduate erad aate of johns hopkins university and was chairman of the committee which prepared the foregoing letter ed tribune |