is nearly 15,000 miles square; every mile of which, excluding that part occupied by the savages, contains some enemies of Japan. It has been considered necessary to place all under Japanese administration, and there are not troo} nor policemen enough to give each district the number it requires. "I believe this has often been pointed out to the main government, perhaps even by the two officers above mentioned. The members of, the Diet cannot understand the situation all by viewing affairs from Tokio. The fact, unpleasant as it is, must, be-faced; the Chinese throughout the island, getierally, dislike. the Japanese. This will no doubt in the future be changed to the better. The Chinese must, in time, see that the intentions of the Japanese are ofthe best and that the advantages of civilisation and. education, ete., are given them for their benefit. However, the present is to be considered. The situation must be reckoned with as it is not as it, ought to be. More
are needed, and the police should be selected troops, more gendarmes, and more police not from raw recruits but be picked be old and'trusted men. from the Police now on duty in japan an
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