The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-08
TO STUDY
METHODS
Japanese Officers
Will Tour the
States.
WANT TELEGRAPH
AND TELEPHONES
Systems for Handling the Bushes!
of the Former Lines to Be
Investigated.

Mr.. D. Aoki, Minister of Communica-
tons in the cabinet of the Emperor of
Japan, accompanied by Mr.. Yasuo Ri |
ko, electrical engineer of the depart |
ment, are passengers in the America |
Maru, on their way about the world on |
tour of inspection; looking for ideas
which will be of use to them in their
department.
The most important mission perhaps
| is that of the minor official, in that
upon him will depend the installation
| of a complete system of telephones as
part of the national system of COM
| munications At present the depart
ment comprises the matters of letters
and telegraph service as well, and
should it be deemed advisable to add
telephones to that list the result will
be to make the department one of the
most complete in the world. Mr.. Aoki,
who speaks English well, said yester-
day:
81 expect to stay in the United States
until the middle of December, when
L will go on to England, so as to be in
London during the Christmas season,
to observe the methods of handling the
extraordinary rush of matter, which
burdens the post at that time. In gen.
eral I believe We have an excellent
service in Japan now, and that there
will be few things which will be neces-
sary to introduce, so it is that l shall
give the best part of the time l am
laying out to spend in America, to the
telegraph systems which would be ap-
plicable to our conditions.
Mr.. Riko will not accompany me to
England as he will want to stay in the
United States for perhaps a year, look
ing into the various systems Of tele-
phones which are in use. We have the
telegraph to almost every part of the
empire now, and may extend 1t very
little more for some time, but there is
a great possibility before the telephone
system if we can find it advisable tc
introduce it. The study of the various
systems and the costs and methods OF
installation and so on, will be the points
which he will make familiar to himself
and we will then have an opportunity
to decide with all the best information
before us.
LAS to our affairs as a nation, 1 be
lieve that the worst is passed and tina
there will be soon a chance TO recove
what the present depression hal
brought to us. There is no doubt tina
there was clear case of a financial
depression upon US, and its cause per
j haps was just as plain. Some of GU
people believe that we made too mucl
\ of our army. We are very proud o
d the army and its showing during tn
recent troubles in the East prove
that we were not mistaken in it. TIL
q armies of the world came in cOntac
n with ours and the result was that tn
4 methods of our soldiers were approve
i by the men of every other nation.
8 is the general feeling in Japan that tn
q close service of our soldiers and thos
q of the United States will mean niue
q in the continued friendly relations c
q the two governments.
Il There will be less money spent upo
9 the military works in the future an
q this will mean that there will not b
a the steady drain upon the resources c
II the nation. There is a belief that W
n have gone on too fast in making ouI
a selves a military power. The Chimes
"a indemnity went into defensive work
g and the result has been that there is
81 development in advance of the Natio
81 all the time. Perhaps there will
& slow revival of trade, but our pee
% pie are loyal and win work themselve
u out of their difficulties"
n During the afternoon Mr.. Aoki an
S. Mr.. Ril1o were the guests OF Fostmasts
81 Oat and paid a visit to the executiT
M mansion and other points OF inrece