A PATRIOTIC MURDER

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 105, 27 January 1908, Page 9

A PATRIOTIC MURDER

Tlic preliminary Court' at Tokio Ims committed for trial on a chprgo' of murder a Japanese named-- who; for ' tho safety of his country," stabbed to dentil a compatriot nnmwl-Soiji'Mnywla. tt teacher of languagns, whbiii 'ho suspccted'of being a spy because h<f-s taught ■ Russians Japanese; -..'-I'.vA ...

Imamura. camo from if Village TOO : milcs' from rokio, and informed '"t-he'-'SJitftr ■ v 6f- : tho' "Asahi," wliioh had roiaWv-'thiß ; tTv":ibftreachery, that he intended-'to'' lH^stigato" Mayoda s conduct and ltrmg'-'-'liim-'iti justice'-: Ho was introduced to th'Citon'rffter:- *ncl? £■ warm friendship scninod'--W BHl' two<m them. Under this cloak' Innlmiira probwl the character failing to find anything, suspicion?; l -JhViiio&a: €ltat*E tbc two should turn s(>kw^>«l> , Imamura decided to act,.for himself:';-' 1 -'*. i-

On'the following nights lift"visited Suddenly,. on some prntnxt,-'he-l»jft tlfd rootn'V iilul, taking s handful of .isW. from n charcoal brazier, placed thorn 111 a paper scoop. Returning to tho unsuspecting.. .tenchor.:-ho hurled the asheß ill his fahs/anil-.tten stabbed him in thp shoulder. ..Mortally /wpumled.' Mayeda staggered into the' Street,', pursued, by his murderer. who stabbed him again arid again. Then, with one foot tin tbe'prostrate body, Imamura .'.waited: the;' coininfj; s of. the. police.' "Ho was a traitor," ',)io , said ; "I killed him lor the safety of 'my ..country."/

A solution of the "yellow peril'' was siißrRested by tho Itev. A. N\ Johnson,. nno of tho doputation from tho London Missionary Society. in the course of ,l;is dtlrcw at Morny Place' Church, says the "Otago Dnily Times/' China \var> hound to overflow other' lands,, ho raid, and we British should not say -imioh against thin, us it was a way-.of- our- own. "Aro they to push out into the world, us a heathen people?" ho usUtd. If so.-'the.world would lmvu a ycry bad tirao of it.-, us Uio.v wore nctivo, thrifty, and .industrious. lint woi'o tliey not to spread as a Christian pouplo? And that would bo.u very..different" matter. It had been said by a .missionary-in China many years ago that, if at . thiv,end of «) years there were '.'(K)0. Chrintiansin China it would ho oreditablu. As a matter of fact,■■ there wero now, at tho eiid of that 50 .roars' no ftwor thaw 200,001) Chine so actually mem-' hers of tho Christian Church in thein own land. And tho Chinese Christians had a curious habit of everyseven years. Working tho increase-;, out- in thai, ratio, the rev. Rcntloman found tliaHu: 1981 there would be 4011,000,000 Christians iii Chin*.

• PRESS OPINIONS, s ; , , rapss CABLE SERVICES , „ ' ' Onco the fot&te is prepared to provide tho funds far the transmission of Neiy Ze?lind news, to the papers of the United King- , 1 .dom|,,Jhftjnat{to-:.otr.Ui6iftrcangeiaenl>:-'of'':ihe»'''i-.<-s' ; v'. service should presont little difficulty to the Government Iho Press Association an 01- * v "ganisatien ,_wliichf whiles ltv isi! composed' of ;•> wp • i jOurnals -<)f Aovor.vr of. Jiolitrcal 'Opinipn,ay is itself entirely; neutial, at onco' siiggests i Itself as tho institution most capable of Supplying the service from this end Jho Asso- ~ - s eiatipn-,.-co)l I <!cts;!itSi.ipformatiop,v from, every ' • • .paH ftf New Zealand, tho, whole of its news { .passe?:, through . the hands :o£'its ■■manager in its head office is, thci-ofore, ui sthe5 the best position to pro\ ide a prompt, f efficient, and politically colciirloss f?rvico oF NA\ Jfealand xicirs Nor should the dwtn- " butioniiof•; the inessagfts.-.m- the* United iKmg-. dom iiojheset "with difficulty, It would pi Ah- ' ' v!»blS.T:be i.uinlesiraule to 1 connect. .-High . Commissioner's ofice isith the i>crnco, as to^ do ;so might have ,the -.cffe!it> ot crcitmg the ;- "i improsfjion that tho Goi ornmcnt influenced ,tbo.tone.flf i-jbid' thcreiwoiUd bo vno need':to the. High r Gimmis- < S sioner's officenitV the arc at-' ; , tho supply .of iicws .to. Ivpw viealand papers, ■ ■ .oach. : ,oocui\wng!.coWniodio«s: and: ■ ccntrallv- «4«w sitinfcfd offices, and no hi'ie httlo doubt that, the, Guvcrnmcntscovild.'arrjmge with one ■ ivi 01 othen otvtliese,! to:> rocoiro- thfe. fcable mcs- .' ■ ■ 1 sages from Now Zealand and to idistribute /1 thcan thiottghout Great Britain, to such, is ould be prepared to Yrabhsh ' ■Xheitni!. JBy- tho adoption -of..some .such-plan■' »*•»> as this ind through tho cxpendituro ot -a ,;noderatO'snm. r cable' charges ; tlie. Goveriim.ent ■would ■ I.cftectivcly bring. New- Zealand ,undct the'Uo- .- .v. i,,tico ot.tbo teeming population of tho Mother' —"Ota?o Duly Times " >

> TJM'ROpUCriVK NATIVE LAXDS | ■i • A -debite uliich took phfto m the Legisla- , iftuo fc.ouii(-M..Wsi&r<H the- end jof last session i, ,«ii subject oLunproductivo Nativo la'ids . | she<ls a flood of light on tho follv and want 1 ' J ,;6t' jphst'^y-jlniGofern- .. . Went <)f.-Nete Zealand •;m' -dealing' with ;tho; ,' i i reiilsdh-" tlio v ,'cussion ;des|ewos: more atVijiition thaii>itha» ; o' '.i .-hlthi.Tto 1 Wft <sn several oi- i easions urgwi the nliwndora as well as the' i) must left °t an ay tho settled lands of 1 ! ; • while,' "> ',t hntidtod's of thouiaride ot acrtb of', unoccupied Native lands m tho Koilh Maud, -. ; :of ho-'ußo to tbo owners; and lying absolutely j.»k -i .ffiasto and. unproductive. : ; . ;i The' rcUiru ' ■ tlnt'tlieio Siero 7,479,000 acres o? ■Native land 'in. ' the' Noitli Island, ' ; 1 ociUpted •'■ f and;.-;-.' «ni>ecupio<l^;;;■ ;'of'': : }?i;; : 2,870,000 acrc^..were-."unprodnctivei'-.-.-Mr.-'V'■ b<ri Orniond has put into ''Haiisafrd" a pago •' - witli'ii''_i-ipTv io making known ..SKe, position. - v 'lh6 lacts v revealed iiro most; •■'j significant taken m coniiectivln "with what is ' > spoken of a« the "earth-hunger" ', ' i itiad the luannoU'-fii y(;hicli i tholGevernment -j , h?vjp hcen,penalising,and bringing.pivssuro" | .to bear on'liurop^'n'kndoxhers 'to ;conii)el 1 •i|n?in' lands. i Tho pago ' i •in tpveitioii 'iiiclii:les.'sl blocks of land, tfith'■: '' I an area At 227,f10O 1 acre?, and out of'this I ~aic-a: :| l.l<l|o3o acres - were' forest." > Tho -re»ii'V.'.!{'--:-:-j ; ■dent-populatiO.ii of4hia-l«rce .tract' of'couii- :, -;: »' j ~tr.y; was- oply iee®,': aithongh 'of.". y 1 iwviicrs wa% stated to'bo 5751. ' Out of tho blocks--, no fewer 'than 37 !; were un- - '/- • ' . ortupicdr' ; , ' ; :'rhere^ .-bf;'-29i500 ; . : 1 ;• 3;J.,000. > acres. -re-:l;vii-;i ' :i as" Jwithr I 'lsjs .rtut- yv.At-the": came^time,^'.everyiuv'i-f.-". . block .mentioned in tho page was returhed 1 i as fit for settlement'. . For . years ' j O MK; Ormondnirgcd tho-GoTOmmenti first to ! .; to : tho''Ka{it&.-'«ilI.' i o'cciipv . J ' and- acquiro. tho; rest .for .settlement-.. r A\ ith .-iilinost iiitonoeivablo^.'■•■ shortsightedness; the j : Government'lieglectod :to;;-act- upon this ad- ; • :4 ; l ;rice.* - , ' i i ' Had -it 'heeti- adopted, - tiie '.Native? • would- been much' better- offj' tlio !i ; pfrah- demand'''for'-.land' for - settlement would •: .<s>,: . .llavo.Uieen' met; 'ahd the colonists taking up - ; ..i - i' such-land, would-havo done 80. on favourablo-'' 'w. ■■ .terms, not at high rentalsOsuch- have-'' ; i '.tb' bo paid for. lands"acquired from European ; '■ jsottlers, by..-',ivh(s}n they."wens'alreadv- being '- i beneficially oceupicd, - - This . policy,' which . was urged;iippn itho Government; years ago ' ... 1 •by Mr. Ortnoiid and others, ii.is been-adopted ■ in principle 111 the' i-eport'«f tho-Nativo Lahd .Comniisslotiu-andiomWlied ■ ill tho'Native .• * '.land.;.legislation . of : that : Session,' .What ' seoina .to, be a decided blot 011 tho measuro ''. >. .1 ; w&s pointed, out-, by Mr.-' Ormond, namclv, ! the: provision, to create Maori -Land Boards •- ! fer.'t-ho.purposo of roatling and settling tlio — ■ -j lands.::;; ;Mr. Ormond: pointed out very forcibly that; wfe,already have departments enough • •>. i -U 1 OTuntry-^-wo:-.liavo. Land Boards, a . ;I'ublic AVorks Department, a Nxtivo Bepwtpieati .and it i.s notat all easy, to understand J .why somo of the existing machinery could •not, have been utilised, ilistead of creating a ■{ new department, and consequently a nevr ' source of expense. ,It is' tolerably certain tliab a Bill posted iii hot h'asto at the fsg- . ,ciid of last sessiSn will "require to bo .broinjlit up again .for...amendment.. when rarliamen't next meets. 'ff so, this is one ftf the points Which 'it' f is- to' be:hoped will-reomvo earnest consideration.—Christehnreb "Press." - ' -