The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-04-01
ON THE WAY TO JAPAN.
BARRETT GIVES an INTERESTING
PREFACE TO HIS JAPAN TRIP.
ON To THE CITY OF YOKOHAMA.
How It Ii Viewed on the Western Coast
The Different Characteristics of
Both Nations.

This letter is concluded on the uech VI INC
China. and is mailed from returning tug
as we pass out OF the Golden Gate INTO the
Pacific.
To Yokohama. Japan. it is an eighteen
day journey via Honolulu. The emma Is
scheduled to arrive at Yokohama on Easter
Sunday.
Then-unless the Chinese peace ENJOYS,
now in Japan. shall have been suceessiui
in negotiating terms with Japan by "hlSh
the Japanese war dogs shall have been cali
ed OF in their march upon Pehing' the
Chinese capitaI-I shall Immediately take q
steamer for Tien-Tsin, from whence sisAii
go inland TO the front with the Japanese
army. snd hope TO witness the tahAhs Va
Peking. That would end the war.
On my journey out here from new Ut
leans Travelled with an envoy OF the Jap
anese government returning 10 ms
country He predicts that Ii lung Shahs
and his accompanying peace ENJOYS, ho"
in Japan, will be unsuccessful IN tieAI ms
sion OF peace, basing his preulcuoil uPOH
the fact that the war party IS IN tiie d.
cendancy i'm Japan. and being ehthuseS
over the unbrOken and uninterrupted line OF
victories OF the japanese army Is ueleI Ailii4
ed To enter Picking before agreeing 10 OF
sanctiOning any terms OF peace.
What could be more natural than such
desires on the part OF an enthuslAslle' -,
impulsiye and an enlightened peoI-e!
Why should Japan agree TO declaration
of peace with a nation outnumberlhS It's
own mOre than ten 10 one when II mas oiily
inflicted temporary and not NIlal "oUh1S
in the body OF the whole naton-wonlas %
the flesh from which the whole can recover
In time-and unless surrounded and hemmed
in by the possession Of vital ana auNah'a-
geOus points on the part Of Japan turn up
on her and demOlish herr
As nv envoy friend informs me. CHINA 5
peace commissioners would Willingly &c
cede the island OF FOrmOsa 10 Japan 10
gether with an indemnity o. $llJ,V5J'Vyl' pay
able in gold. il Japan demands ~ b1t Ihl-
IA viii not willingly cOncede any OF her
mainland now occupied by Japanese troops,
and especially that portion along the coast
OF the gulf OF Pe-Chi-i. both the north ana
south sides of which the Japanese lOrces
now occupy.
China viii not relinquish her possession
OF this territory because II is believed that
Russia viii not submit TO the Japs acquir-
ing it, It is believed Russia has 50 notliied
China. and is now interpOsing 20 cause
japan TO accept the terms OF peace China'
through her ENJOYS. viii offer.
But Japan, in her flush of victory, wants
TO corral the entire OUTFIT and hobble the
Chinese empire 10y tossing her rope OF VIC
tory about the very castle OF the emperor
OF the orient Then her victory viii be com
pIete. She viii be the monarch Of the orr
emit the power OF the east, and one OF the
ranking nations of the earths lin de steele
civilization. rising almost in n night from
obscurity TO fame, from heathenlsm TO the
most advanced and powerful civilization
With such a victory as this, and the pos
session OF the territory about Port Arthur
and WeI-Hai-Wei and q firm foothold in
Manchurfa, Japan Will occupy command
inE, position from which the Chinese whole
can be guarded and its movements closely
watched
But whatever be the outcome of the war
whether IL ends three weeks hence or IN the
late spring after the Japs have entered Pc
kine-the situation. the condition OF affairs
in the orient is OF the greatest interest
10 the entire civilized world. The ehect Of
the war upon both Japan and China; the
weakness il has demonstrated OF emma, the
strength Of japan; the ignorance anu su-
perstitiOns OF the Chinese, the advance
ment and patriotism of the japanese, are
all Of the most intense interest 10 the peo-
rle OF all classes and conditions. Natural
" Americans are most interested in the
Japs They are more nearly Ct our KIND
Many OF their leading men have Aeen edu-
Gated at our institutions OF learning lhey
are. 10 al extent, oI Us, and We are with
them.
In going TO Japan and China I go to write
Of conditions ana things as see them with-
out prejudice OF INTERESTINGLY 10 ten OF
the people. Of their conditions OF thelr CIV
uizatioa OF their methods OF life as COM
pared with ours. of the war ana as eiiec',
and indeed. OF everything as l find IL ana
So. IL. beginning with my FIRST impressions
ana rrserviug the right 10 change Opinions
in time if the length of my stay causes
things to appear differently IN "ihet
words. / shall write as l 20, endeaNorlHs 10
tell il as 1 see il. With time and study APP
r,earances may change. With such changes
A IN r1W letters.
pace
In tie SLEEPER from FL Paso I found good
fortune i'm having an understrly' 50 70
speak in a clever bearded New Yorker en-
route To Arizona 10 dispose OF a b'.d invest
meut he had made in tie form OF d S''''-0
ranch We congratulated one anolner upo"
our good fortune and became 50 chummy
that he gave me his lower ana TOOK inc
urpcr berth on the second night out 4
half suspect now that it was 10 eliminate
me from the smoking car where ne met q
practical ranch owner to whom ne ul@loS,u
or his investment during the night ana par
al company with me at Benson, AFiL-' tile
next morning. 20 take last look At ms
fieeting investment.
Pho purchaser came on through 10 San
Francisco and he proved himself 70 be inc
prince OF the palace train. He boarded II at
y Paso, tossed q SCJ-mile book 10 the
conductor and was greeted by the full tram
crew with G0flei caps and How are you'
colonel" OF tn passengers he knew nohe'
but a day had not passed before he knew
all. His cards bore the Waldorf, New
York. as his eastern home. but 10 a cattle
ranch Just over the line in Mexico and 10
mines galore in Arizona he belonged. soon
he recalled having met me at the Press Cluo
in Washington when DE was ~ the capital
chaperoned by Governor Campbell. of Ohio'
struggling with HoSe Smith and tne Qresi-
dent over the appointment of q governor OF
Arizona He was the man who induced the
president TO override Eoke in his selection
OF the governor of Arizona territory. In
the east as in the west he IS a well known
character, not only bScause OF his wealth,
hut for his jOviality and entertaining quail
titles.
For years. in his younger life. connected
with the department of public works OF
Great Britain. he was in Egypt, in India and
throughout all the east. or that country
and Of China and Japan he told interest
ing stories. over the condition of affairs in
the east. the cause of the present war be
,v-een Japan and China and the effect OF
n he chatted interestingly.
In our first chat 1 remarked that ! was
a., Youte 70 Japan. To my left sat blonde
bearded. middle-ased man of the German