The Republican journal., 1906-03-22
GOODBYE TO JAPAN.
...s, rom Mrs. E. A. Fisher to Relatives
in Belfast.

.t-lou today as that is the only way
..sf can wish you merry Christmas
... .r- to be here another week before
.r tor Singapore and Colombo
....-. expect to find very warn
..,st,r 1t is just right here, palms
.,t overs growing every where.
..ue my last letter to you was from
....geIy Myanoshista, way up in the
ntaius. Taking Japan as whole
tn.A little disappointed in the coun
.-, nat not in the people, They are d
.r at school, trying to learn the
.r trm other nations. They are
..4 clean people, and in that way
..Ht from the Chinese.
IS -aJed from Kobe Dec 14th on
Mongolia" for Hong Kong and
ate ports. Our first thirty
..., was through the Inland sea.
raiuerS always sail 50 as to go
hat in the day time, or
the most beautiful part: and
..titul There are thousands of
-ome of them no larger than a
and shaped. just like one.
aeIe there Is any earth they are
sod. but many of them are moth
70 rock, They all, and especial
smal ones, seem to be of vol
gin. We arrived at Nagasaki
1rning, and staid all day, as the
1d to coal there. 1t is novel
the most of the work is done
eu and young girls, There are
Iru and boys. They pass tie
ou one to another in baskets
about two shovels full. The
told me that they took on y, 900
cal and had / 400 women, girls
.. ). to do the work. The coal
aut to the ship in immense
md is passed up ladders to the
night we said goodbye" to
md steamed away for Shanghai,
lovely night, and the scenery
0. AGtiful as we left the harbor and
long the coast. The next day
..- -18iay and we stayed on deck all
ding and watching the waves.
vt day we were called up early
Yoat had anchored at Woosong
,,1rt 6Ca+nr u-aptGA tp SOC III
. -stngerS, as we had come from
where the plague was raging
had viewed US ali we went On
launch and started for Shang-
. leug our dressing bags with us,
3ere not to return until the next
.. EN- the launch came back. 1t
- urteen miles up the river TO
. N. We all departed III high
Tor every one said it was very
Sc place, with great deal to
lie shops with many novelties.
for "best laid plans O mice
When We arrived we were
he dock 10y one of the American
clerks, who told us to 90 right
and stay there until we could
to the ship, as it was not safe
-u on the streets We went to
.W House and took rooms. for
r OF no way to get back until
day. The city was IN state
lection. The Chinese had risen
some trouble in the court, and
lied that certain officers be dis
The mob was so dreadful
cry shop was closed: also banks
rs. The sailors from the war
re all armed and lined up III
tom house garden and on the
In the garden were number
4on all ready to be fired. and the
al guns and pistols; that is, the
police and the Sikhs. The |
re Indians from Punjab, and |
axe the finest police in the
Us they are perfectly fearless
. dignltied. 1t seemed so good |
t4eir tall forms towering over
Chinese, and wherever we saw |
lm of their white teeth and the
their red turbans we felt there
Fs' ty, OF course they are only in
..-ish part of the city and along
and. as the street along the |
rnnt is always called. One of !
ids wrote line to the consul
+.l- nm what we had better do, and .
-. get back to the ship as soon as
as they had all they could do
tt themselves.
~ word was brought that our
would take US back at two
md after lunch we started and
tour o'clock were safe on the
- Mongolia, slipping our tea as
la ug had happened, The consul
i I'll we left that there had been
gty natives and one sikh police
-- I'D and many Europeans injured
uJTned the police station and
a'. Netropole and blew up and burn
automobile of the British Vice
md all the bicycles they could
lie were afraid of what might
the night; but Italian and
warships We're there and had
rl men on shore to protect their
..tH interests They exnpcttd