<Article>Shimpei Gotô 後藤新平 and the Japanese Colonial Management : Formation of Japanese Colonial Policy and the lnfluence of Domestic Politics

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  • <論説>後藤新平と植民地経営 : 日本植民政策の形成と国内政治
  • 後藤新平と植民地経営--日本植民政策の形成と国内政治
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As the result of the victorious Sino-Japanese War, Japan aquired Taiwan, which provoked the unexpected rocketing up of the "Taiwan Budget". That is the very reason why the Matsukata's Second Government decided to introduce the land-tax increase. Both the political parties, which were against the land-tax increase, and the clans "Hanbatsu 藩閥" which intended to increse the land-tax eagerly, started to insist on the readjustment of the "Taiwan Budget". Shimpei Goto, who took charge of the civil administration of Tai wan, dared to reform the way of ruling, basing it upon his theory, that is, financial readjustment by maintaining the traditional customs "Kyukan-Onzon 旧慣温存". Goto succeeded in cutting down the current expenditure of the "Taiwan Budget". Besides, he tried to realize his own theory of 'active' colonial management through the expansion of the extra enterprise budget, which was supposed to be given shape by the Taiwan Enterprise Public Loan Bill "Taiwan-Jigyo-Kosai-ho 台湾事業公債法". The bill was approved by the 13th session of the Diet. Although after 1901 Japanese government was hard presse financially, the extra enterprise budget was carried out more affiuently than had been expected, for it looked upon Taiwan as an area of strategic importance. But Goto was never satisfied with such rapid realization of the extra budget. He, therefore, had the Taiwan Ruling Bill "Taiwan-Tochi-Ho 台湾統治法" drafted, in order to restrain the'thriftism' "Rinpishugi 吝費主義" and the principle of gradually extending Japanese laws to apply to colonial subjects "Naichi-Enchoshugi 内地延長主義", both of which were major opinions at homeland.

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  • 史林

    史林 68 (5), 673-704, 1985-09-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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