The unwarrantable conduct of foreigners in running down our countrymen ever since the ports were opened, has shown itself in such numerous instances that we cannot enumerate them all. Of late it appears to have attained a seater maguitude than ever, Ah! Japan is a grand independent country. I is indeed only natural that our countrymen should gnash. their teeth and that their arms tremble with wrath, whenever th the proud, violent and avaricio the foreigners towards them. Th ws, courts of justice and officers to x minister them, to protect right and equi among men; men therefore, who kill t follow creatures meet with their purus ment, and likewise those who steal. The justice of such principles is easily seen and acknowledged in every country in the world. In our country, however, there seems to be no Court—though there is one—that we can complain to when foreigners commit unlawful actions whatever they may be, and there is no way of redressing our injuries. What an unfortumute thing is this! Speaking only of the transactions between our government and the Foreign Powers, putting aside the intercourse of the people, we find that the former has been, caught napping negotiations with the latter. We eu: help regretting thet our national inter however ood may be, ill degenerate. if he is allowed to pursue his own way, How much more must this be the case with the uncompassionate aliens who are under no Featraiut, and, getting the upper had, i is no wonder that their insults becrime grosser and grosser, Moreover there are partial Consuls, who under the advantage of extra-territoriality benefit their ow: countrymen, and approve of their dispara, i who to the aloe jur now we have met with an oppor: unity to comment upon it,, Some time ago a Chinaman made an attempt in Kobe to export three cas ing gold in bars, in spite of the port of this article being forbidden the custom olliciuls discovered the deception confiscated them, No one will be at to discover the wrong in wu attempt to smuggle. After many days box were claimed us the property of the Hon; kong and Shanghai Banking Corporatio and it was auid there wus no reason to couficate them. Thereupon the Customs authorities instituted proceedings against the Bank in the English Consular Court at Kobe., At this time we thought however eelfish and one-sided the Gousul might b he would give an impartial judgment, the contrary, however, he yave judyment for the deft unjust judge ti duty of the C right from: wrong and to protect the injured cording to the law. The English Consul in question has delivered judgment regarding his duty. It is unlawful. here is no difference whatever between him and the shrewd and shameless Chinaman, If we even accuse him that he giv partial decisions to weak oe and partial decisions to strong countries, he will not be able to say one word in indi tion, But he ought to know that there is a universally acknowledged principle and that there is "law in Japan which cannot be annihilated, however partial and selfish he may be, If he knows that, it must be plain to him that it is an open violation Of the law to attempt to export prohibited articles under false representations, it is unlikely that he should be deluded by the deceptions of the said Bank. The Custom House ig but a department of the Gove: ment, where a partof the business connected with foreign countries is carried on. Chat such an unjust judgment is given against it, proves the contempt for our Government. We wish to see what steps the Customs authorities will take to repair dishonour cast upon our Government, The aliens despise our law, and resort to jolent and avaricious measures, which we must endeavor to check as we do the smuggling by Chinese. It is not the English Consul alone who gives unjust judgment. What is the cause of these wrongs? It is the existence of the extraterritoriality. To abolish this it is useless to depend on the effort of the ud to wait without doing any Ive8 e og waiting for a be washed white, We must go to the root, and it should not be difficul! combine the energies of a whole nation. Japan Herald's translation from Choya Shimbun.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.