The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-15

Has Seen the President -saIsumans Give
Him q Banquet.

Has Seen the President -Satsumans Give
Him y Banquet.
The Hon. HRseba, the Japanese statesman
who has been in this country for a week
past has left New York last night for n Niagara
Falls, where he will stay for a few hours
to see the falls. Mayor Tom johnson Of
Cleveland, Ohio, will entertain him on
October II. After visiting Mr.. Bryan OF
Lincoln, Neb., on October 10. the Hon.
Haseba will go to Seattle directly, to take
a steamer. on October 30. for Japan.
The Hon. Haseba has been to Washington
and has been introduced to President Roose-
welt by Ambassador Aoki Of the Japanese
Embassy, and found the President TO be a
man who is very %congenial, although he
had not talked with him directly.
Before the Hon. Haseba left New York
he has been feasted on Sa night at
Kawasoi's Japanese restaurant at Al East
Nineteenth street by sixteen of the Greater
New York Satsumans, the Osumians and
the Heugsns in Japanese style.
Open the map Of japan and you will see
in the southern corner of the island OF
kinshin three provinces marked Heuga,
Osumi, Satsuma. respectively. These prov
inoes once AVE united under the leadership
OF Takamori Saigo in the southwestern civil
war OF 1877, which had threatened 10 deprive
the Government Of its power. To-day the
spirit OF unity among the people Of the
three provinces has somewhat cooled of.
Yet in Difference to the memory Of the former
days the sons n the daughters of the civil
war still have a vague idea OF exclusive
brotherhood among themselves, exclusive
OF the rest OF the japanese.
Some Of these Heugans. the Osumians
and the S1tglImanR who ara in this nifu
have gathered together to give a reception
to the Hon. Haseba, who had been one OF
those young men whom Saigo had in his
great heart.
H. Higo, who presided over the meeting.
said in part that since the pass ng away
OF old Saigo there is to-day no better States
man who could succeed him in the gallery
Of fame than the guest OF the even .ng.
The Hon Hsseba in reply to the remarks Of
Higo said:
THE remarks OF Mr.. Higo that | am
to-day the best statesman among the
SatSumans are rather overdrawn." He
then said that since Japan has to-day be-
come a great world power after defeating
Russ a in wart the Japanese people must try
to make good the fame won by winning in
the peaceful struggles, and he exerted the
audience to make a great effort to bring
about that state of afairs for Japan.
There is very little that we can learn
from the West 40 far az the training OF
spirit Is concerned. Only, we cannot,
| regret to say. compete as yet with the
Western nations in way Of material civiliza-
ton. h sc'ence and invention bring
to humanity we have 20 learn from the
West"
This is what Hon. Haseba found out,
or rather treasured himself Of. in his first
trip around the world.
Before the Hon. Hasebs took a train
from the Grand Central station he gave
TO one Of his countrymen who saw him on
a photograph Of himself on which was writ
ten a Japanese poem hc composed while
he was visiting Arabia:
KAzc vs. kiye.
Nami wa nemurishl,
Numihan no
rSukl kagc kiyokl.
Arabia no uni.
The poem translated means:
The winds disa appearing.
The waves sleeping.
The Arabian sea In clear
With the bow shaped moon reflection.
JIHEI HAsHIoUCBI.