The Ainus have also suffered a great deal of discrimination and estocism which, often, was unintentional, but which did not for that reason fail to hurt the unfortunate for ages has brought people singled out for this treatment, but they are now very much better off, -chiefly owing to the efforts of Christain. missionaries who, led by Archdeacon Bachelor, have worked hard, in ce-operation with the authorities, to better the lot of what were the former aborigines of Japan.. There is no missionary, if this word is limited to the customary sense of a Christian missionary, yet working among the eta. The authorities are doing their best to prevent these - outcasts from developing into a discontented community, and the Home Office has appropriated considerable sums for the purpose, but not much headway will be really made until the people can be induced to be more liberal in their attitude towards the eta, for the eta is not asking for charity or Government aid, but for being recognized as equal with the rest of the subjects of the Emperor: So far, the only Japanese that have shown readiness to admit the ofa on terms of equality have been the Socialists and communists, who, the authorities think, are trying to capitalize the woes of these people to advance their own schemes.
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