The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-09
A SHELDON PAPER
Rev. e. Hawai- Tells How One
Will Be Started.
Already $4,000 of Necessary
Funds Have Been Raised.
WANTS $4,000 MORE.
Expects to Secure That Sum in
America.
WANTS $4,000 MORE.
Says There Will Be a Corps of
Sixty Writers.

A very determined little Jap is the
Rev. u Hawai-, of Toxic, who is in To-
peka trying to raise money to establish
a Christian daily newspaper in Japan
las long as there is bread and wa
ter" said Mr.. Hawai- Sunday, Il will
stay in America working to raise money
for this newspaper
Mr.. Kawars proposed Christian daily
newspaper for Japan is a strictly To-
peka invention. 1t was suggested to the
japanese Christians by reading Charles
NJ. She1don's book, In His Steps" Mr..
Hawai- is in Topeka, and spoke Sunday
at the Central Congregational church.
In the evening a collection was taken
up for the benefit of the proposed Chris
tan daily
Mr.. Hawai- says that $4,000 was rails
ed in Japan before he left for America
He is trying to raise $4,000 in America
to complete the funds which is conSid-
cred necessary to assure the success of
the enterprise. He has already secured
about $4,000 here and thinks that by
spring he will be able to finish his work,
and go back to Japan with the neces-
sary money. Mr.. Hawai- will be in To-
peka over next Sunday.
Mr.. Hawai- is a typical Japanese. He
is small alert. dapper. and intensely
enthusiastic He talks and writes Eng
lish but his writing is easier to under
stand than his talking. However, his
talking is not at all bad. though he
has a queer way of constructing his
sentences which shows that his supply
of American idioms is rather short.
I do not allow my wife to read some
of these newspapers said Mr.. HAWAI-
emphatically, in speaking of the social
ed yellow journals This statement
caused a ripple of laughter through the
Sunday audience. 1t was SO un-Ameri-
can
The proposed Christian daily in Toxic,
or Tokyo as Mr.. Hawai- spells it, will
be printed in Japanese.
What will you call it?" was asked
by a State Journal reporter. in con-
versation with the Japanese newspaper
promoter.
''Oh. 1 have no name yet I have not
thought about name. L have had too
much else to do.
How large a paper will it be?''
THAT depends on how much money
we can GET
win you be one of the editors?
Il will be one of the editors-but not
the head man, Oh, noi''
.''What arrangements have you for
telegraph service?'
I'VE will get some foreign dispatches
have-ah. what you call it?"
Associated Press?" suggested the
Yes: yes. that's it-Associated
Have you been in newspaper bust
Il am special American correspondent
for four Toxic papers" replied Mr..
Hawai-.
How large a force of editors do you
expect to have for your paper?"
We have about sixty who have
pledged themselves to write for the
paper when it is esta blished.''
With a force of sixty editors it would
seem that the Christian daily would
either be an amazing success. or break
up in a row over the first edition It's
hard to tell which.
Mr.. Hawai- endeavored to explain to
the people of Central church that the
proposed Christian daily would be a
good business proposition, as we'll as a
great instrum ent for the salvation of
Japan
This is a great epoch in the history
of JAPAN" said Mr. Hawai- THE whole
nation is being swept by a tidal wave
of western ideas. Western inventions.
western government, western philoso-
ply, have in the past few years revolu-
tionized the nation. The old religious
ideas can not survive this invasion. Old
religions are being cast aside. One OF
two things must happen Either the
people of Japan will take up with Chris
tianity, they will lapse into skeptic-
ism, infidelity and atheism. Now is the
time to introduce Christianity to Japan.
opportunity to accept Christianity for 81
years. In that time we have gathered
many people. They will go far toward
supporting the Christian newspaper. But
what is that 100000 out of so million pOpu-
lation? We cannot reach the vast null
titudes without some new and powerful
movement. We studied for a, long time as
to the best way to reach these people
We happened to read the book written by
your own pastor, Mr.. Sheldon, and at
once decided that the best thing for us
would be a Christian daily newspaper in
Toxic: In that way we can teach Chris
I'VE expect to lose money for a year
or two 1t will be hard to start such a
paper. I am trying to raise over here in
America emergency fund of $4,000 to
be used during the first few years of the
papers life to meet unexpected demands
AS long as there is bread and water l will
stay in America trying to raise money for
this newspaper.
printed by big publishing house. in
Toxic. The plan is not to buy a print
ing outfit for a few years. until the fu-
ture of the paper is more certain. The
paper will be modelled somewhat the
lines followed. by Charles. NJ Sheldon in
his famous experiment" Mr.. Hawai-
saws that there are already so newspapers
published in Japan but none of them are
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