Queer things about Japan . e turbulent soshi whoare at the root of every disturbance. What are soshi ? I asked a British Consul inJapan. People who have too much education and toolittle to eat. Students swarm in the streets and in the templeswhich are the loafing places in Japan. They areeasily recognised because they wear Japanese kim-onos and imitation German caps and shoes andspectacles—perhaps they think spectacles part ofthe German uniform. The Japanese student main-tains the national tradition for upside-do^^^lness : itis he who expels the master, not the master whoexpels him. It might b
Queer things about Japan . e turbulent soshi whoare at the root of every disturbance. What are soshi ? I asked a British Consul inJapan. People who have too much education and toolittle to eat. Students swarm in the streets and in the templeswhich are the loafing places in Japan. They areeasily recognised because they wear Japanese kim-onos and imitation German caps and shoes andspectacles—perhaps they think spectacles part ofthe German uniform. The Japanese student main-tains the national tradition for upside-do^^^lness : itis he who expels the master, not the master whoexpels him. It might be thought that he has notmuch to do with street-life, but when you meethim in the street you would not think he hadmuch to do with university life. It is like theSociety-Literary Club in New York—the literarypeople thought the society members were insociety, and the society members thought theliterary members were well-known authors. Any-how, street-life in Japan includes nearly ever^ 2o hack on p. 42. ^^ •. Enter Jujiaii. To hick 0^1 J. -IC
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