Morris tribune., 1906-07-14
CITIES OF THE
SUNRISE KINGDOM
REV. FRED HILL WRITES OF HIS
VISIT TO JAPAN,
Nagasaki, Kobe, Kyoto-The Boys
''Universal'' Birthday-Japanese
Business Methods and How the
Guide Gets a "Rake- off, A
Night i'm a Japanese Hotel
Temples are the Chief Sights.

On board S. S. Mongolia, June 18th,
1906.
Dear Mr.. Morrison:
After long silence during which
time we have journeyed from China
to Japan and have travelled up and
down through this strange and Won
derful Sunrise Kingdom, [ am moved
again to tell of late impressions. We
spent ten days in Shanghai but as
spent seven days in bed with the
fever, 1 did not see very much OF the
city. However there wasn't very
much to see that was distinctly Chinese
for the foreign element dominates
most of the city which is easily &C
cessible to the visitor. Echoes of the
December outbreak were to be heard
and it was not difficult to understand
a part at least Of the meaning OF the
trouble. The mob element in China
is strong, the coolie class is very
animalistic and ferocious. A mob
forms there,-shall 1 say as quickly as
at homeland a mob there is as insane
and furious as in America. OF course
the boycott on American goods had
something to do with the trouble,
there is a deep feeling of resentment
toward America for her treatment Of
the Chinese, but [ believe there is an
other element which enters into the
condition. 1t is the attitude Of the
average foreigner toward the coolle
class. That attitude is one OF con-
descension, scorn and even brutality.
Some men seem to think that coolle
is a dog and they treat him as such.
In this particular [ think the English
man is a greater offender than the
American. BIT perhaps this opinion
is due to prejudice on my part. At
any rate the outbreak came and other
outbreaks will come and then the
part of the home press will say that
missionaries have caused another
massacre missionaries who OF all
people treat the natives with kindness
and consideration.
AS soon as the doctor pronounced
me s!6t'' we boarded the ''Korea" of
of the Pacific Mail line, bound for
Nagasaki and other Japanese ports.
This was the first steamer on which
we had travelled which flew the
United States flag. It was JOY too
and no mistake to be under the DO
minion of the stars and stripes once
more. And as the ship is one of the
finest we have sailed on since we left
home, there was an added sense OF
satisfaction. One hates to hear
rumor.' to the effect that this Ameri-
can shipping company, one of the few
in existence, is in danger Of being
sold to Japanese concern.
The sail to Nagasaki was uneventful
and short. We came to anchor sun
day morning and while the vessel was
coaling, we went ashore. The coahng
is done by hand and the hands are
those of Japanese women. 1t is inter-
esting to watch these little but 1.-the
orientals rapidly pass their tiny bas-
kets from hand to hand, and the
amount of coal they can transfer is
almost increditable.
The Nagasaki harbori is we'll fortified
and is naturally protected by the sur
rounding hills. Here we came up
against the Japanese restriction about
photography. No harbor which is
fortified may be sketched or kodaked
without special permission. In one
of the drydocks we saw the huge
Great Northern steamer "Dakota"
undergoing repairs to a shaft. This
drydock is the largest in the Orient.
We also saw an ex-Russian battleship
which was sunk by the Japanese dur
ing the recent war and later raised by
Japanese engineers. She steamed out
of the harbor while we were there
and went off for cruise.
The city of Nagasaki has no par
ticular interest for the sightseer
G0rOugu LILO lCSAoAA eS0oAp 'AiSAA
abounds in picturesque spots. A
seminary friend is there and we spent
the day pleasantly with him. In the
evening the Korea steamed away for
the Inland Sea and Kobe, our temper
airy destination. All the next day the
ship wound in and out among tiny
islands or past picturesque headlands'
The sea was calm, the air good and
the scenery all that could be desired.
ITnon some of the larger islands are
factories and mines which evidenced
Japan's progress in material things.
We came to anchor in Kobe harbor
too late to allow of landing SO we
went through the farcical medical
examination and went to bed. This
medical inspection is wonderful in
atutution. You are told to assemble