The North American Review, 1904, Vol. 179 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The North American Review, 1904, Vol. 179From this vantage-ground the Japanese began their campaign how? By the intensely modern method of creating a native press! Europe has put a weapon in the hands of the Orient which she will polish and use in her own way. Let it not be imagined that the views of Europe and her civilization spread by the J apanese-controlled Chinese press are those that have cur reney among the anglo-saxon peoples! It would be a distinct shock to the conceit of many people who are in the habit of pat ting Japan on the back as an apt pupil, to realize the extent to which the pupil has diagnosed the weakness of the teacher while utilizing as much as possible-his strength. The effect produced on the most remote parts of China by the introduction of newspapers has been electric. In a population extraordinarily literate and inquisitive, literature had hitherto been entirely confined to the classics, with the exception of a few sheets, circulated chie¿y in the seaport towns and containing little that could reach the populace. One of the first results was the exodus of students to the Japanese colleges, of whom there were last year in Tokyo alone over one thousand, and among these many of the in¿uential class. Japanese teachers have largely replaced the Europeans in the Chinese colleges. The tradition that high-class Chinese could not leave home without losing caste has been dispelled by the visits of princes of the blood to foreign countries, and by the appointment of sons of mandarins of high rank to the suites of the ministers in London and Washington.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.