The Japanese have not shown either much power of government
or much tact in their management of Corea. They are in deadly conflict with all classes of the popu- lation; they have allowed the Queen to be murdered by Japanese roughs; and they have been compelled to withdraw their officials as incompetent. They have as yet no hold on any part of Corea, beyond the range of their rifles, and have not suppressed the brigand-patriots, though they have repeatedly defeated them. They have had no doubt many obstacles to contend with, the greatest probably being the knowledge of the Coreans that no permanent settle- ment had been made. We fancy, too, that for Japanese to govern well, they must always annex. Otherwise, their grand quality of thoroughness in minutim does not come into play, while their serene and rather cruel contempt for intellectual inferiors excites a profound hostility.
