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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 December 1901, Page 4

These two are life-long friends, _the Damon and Pythias of Japanese history; In their boyhood they were anti-foreignerfl, and Inouye helped to burn down the British Legation, but while still youths, they decided that the only way to master the foreignet was to understand him- So,tiioiigh the law forbade Japanese to leave their country, they got themselves smugg ed on to a Scotch vessel; an d finally reached London. On their return they re-appeared in a new light as proBcitisb, and in consequence Jnouye was almost cut to pieces, and afterwards starved for three days, while Ito was hidden from assassins by a dancing girl, who afterwards became his wife. At the Jtesent ci?w Ito embodies tbe spirit of Japaii. It Wds lie whe l persuaded the Emperor to introduce foreign dress dt Cotirfc on the ground that native dress would cause them to be treated as Asiatics. Inouye has founded the “Constitutional Political Association,"' whoso object is to get together d number of men who wii? Support the Imperial policy and the constitution. Another public man, only less remarkable than these tWo, is Coif at

Okuma, the head of the progressive party. In his youth he managed to get from some missionaries a history of England and anothca of the United States, and from the time he had read them he determined to put an end to the fudal system in Japan, and to unite all the provinces under the sole authority of the Emperor. Like Ito and Inottye ho Suffered persecution, Jto Was twice imprisoned had three attempts made on his life; and lost one leg (.hrotlgh the explosion of a homo thrown into his carriage. Okuma has founded school? for special studies, helped to found a women’s national university, and established the Osama mint. Baron Iwasaki is a man of another, type, the representative of Japanese industry and finance, thti combined Rothschild, Vanderbilt, and Rockfellcr of his country. It was under his auspices that the Nippon Yusen Ivaisha—ono of whose agmciei flourish in Christchurch —sent out its steamships all over the world. At Takashama, Iwasaki hag established a model industrial settlement on his coalfields* where s*ooo girls and women are employed. A free lunch is supplied to them from a large soup house near the mines, and after work is over they are required to take a hot bath, and put on fresh clothes before going home to the liitlo Japanese cottages built for them on a plateau away from the smoke and grime. The settlement is drained and managed on European sanitary methods. Iwasaki is manager of the Matsu Bishi Company, which has lately bought the Government docks. He is also a largo shareholder in railways and mines, president of the Bank of Japan, a peer, and member of the Upper House, and altogether the busiest man in his country.

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