The Archive · 1927

A Law Abiding People

(5) Respect for law has passed into religion in "Japan. Besides bei aL very polite and kind, the Japanese are perhaps some of the most law-abiding people in the world. Petty thefts, "squeeze", cheating, kidnapping and banditry are unknown in Japan.

There is no such thing as rudeness in Japan. Nobody ever insulted and highest consideration is showed to strangers.

(6) The day are the late Count General Nogi and General Saigo. It is not their martial exploits that attract the hearts of their people, but it is their clean and most unselfish lives, free from any taint of duplicity, their absolute frankness, their spirit of sacrifice and their loyalty to the Throne that enshrines them in the heart of the people.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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