JAPAN.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3311, 1 August 1879, Page 3

JAPAN.

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Yokohama, May 15. ( Thißf* is a; great outcry hero against 'tfffifeMif fading' and in favour of :the! exclusißii'df members of the State J)epartment J froni iiiioiffeririff in trading; pursuits. The present condition of trade, is considered as making tho coasting service a monopoly in the bands of an individual. Freights are exorbitantly ln^li.in consequence, uud .certain officials a're'bp'enly 'stated to derive bonefit from this tax upon the productive power of the colony. The rice trade it a close monopoly— the Imperial 'Government exporting it on their own account, the consequence being that the only benefit tho farmer can Glrbm a 'surplus of rice is its purchase by the Government, whose avowed object is to keep the price of this staple, fpod.up to a high figure, to encourage ' the' orqducer' with a hope of fiotftious'profit. The whole of the fisheries in the North are in the ha,nds of ofljcial trading com parties,'iind there is no industry nor commercial e'nierprise 1 possiblp 1 in Japan that is not iterfered with, and finally absorbed by some few persons, who have Government influence'bn their side. The effect upon business is most depressiug, and means the extinctjon pf foreign trade and individual native enterprise. ' •s'lTh«J annexation of Loo-Ohoo to the .Japanese Empiro i <^s j accomplished. [ A Wffiemot has* been appointed, an educajttonal .'systemJheis been organised, and a jrarrisbn o t f 1 000 troops is to be estab- 1 liihed. Although China is irritated at the action of Japan, she does not intend^toi raise $he question -at present. ! A h dfjlstnrban,^e is reported to have apeurifecl, in the Japanese i settlement of Fusah, Korea. Some officers'belonging' tsfestUtnei» t cor«ette^ .while -walking in}| (MWniß-M^natiiV© town,'were 1 mobbed' by • Jar^fnomber ofiElOi'eawßs'and ronghlyj treated, thougH'tibiii^es were lost. The; affair had a serious aspect for some time,' as the Koreans closed the gates Of thecity, and t>bstructefltheroads by standing; in a line across them, but .after, some; difficulty harmony ivas restord. Japanese*papers state -that 1 the 'Govern-; ment ifaten'dt;t6<'connect lioo-Ghoowith Japan by means of a telegraph cable,; thence to Bagoshima; and that a survey will sKortly be« comnaenced! ! . < ; The increase in traffic receipts on the: Government railways for the past month: is about 55C5 dollorsmore than in the! corresponding' month* of the previous, year. •■••■'•»': :--; 'l ■'" '' ' ■■■•■'■'■•''■ j Dr John P. Vitch, who at one. time served in New Zealand gives the following I exxtSib^ e^era','^h;ibh,h^s broken pnt in 1 ■eT^a^'Hißtnct's^ an 3' ii ; a rsourc^,. of 'coflUderabie anxiety Mo G6vernmen^ The course .ofrtreatment recommended- : wilb be l £p^^e|y,'l'^ca^c>us. t, It ■- .consisted| (Bmefly v>in' Affie Inhalation of raulphurous j jjcMjl ai^gc^ejeate^; by .burning powdered saiphur V rjon (l af plate ; or- brick ;' this was then placed near the patient's face so j that the fumes could be inhaled by the extreme rliolerence of • the | effects of this gas shown?. ■ byl 'cholera' jp#4i^ttt«;awas i very noticeable; although, Jannad;intb their nostrilsi it did'not appear i irritating' 1 effect, wliilst; I myself could scarcely enter the'ward i 'ITit*»«tft' %elng' !t seized," 'with Violent, WykY9m&ubP"&ugispfc:;ans sneezing, j On a person being I 'attacked with cholera! the plate on which the sulphurjwaslajd; WBB,placed clpse ( .tc> i his, ( face ;• the sulphur! wßicii'was/frequently 'tnixedi wjjijtaa/small j quantity of finely powdered nitrate ofj potass, in order to add to its i'coni-j bustion was jtl^j^gnitedu anfl,. applied ] until an amelioration of the symptoms took i place. After this^it,,^* applied v by the j medical attendant :^gaifl»f ifi s considered j necessary. The adjuncts to the inhalation ) of the gas consist,.of .l,he drinkiDgnafter each disturbance qf n ,Jt;|ie.)hpwiels of ihalf a dram of diluted sulphuric acid in two: ounces of water, or pepperments- water, j and as much cpjd;, pjrangq[water as the' patient choose to drink, and friction over \ the b0dy.,..^,, v^L :^V, v, „^,v., ; '■:■■.,•,■ v;- ■... • '■•''■ ;