The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-28

Gil While there Mayor Ozaki in
formed me that he, in company with
the mayors of the other cities, would
tender Admiral Togo a reception on
the following Tuesday, and invited me
to be present. Of course l accepted,
because it afforded a rare opportunity
to observe Japanese customs as we'll as
to see a large cOnCOurse of people. AS
I witnessed the naval review in Yoko-
hama the day before and the Hlumin-
alton at night, I did not reach Toxic
until the morning of the reception, and
this led me into considerable embar-
rassment. On the train l met a jap
arese gentleman who could speak Eng
lish He was kind enough to find me
a 'rilxisha with q pusher and, to IN
strUct them to take me at once to
LTyenO park He then left me and the
'rikisha men followed his Instructions
to the letter. They had not proceeded
far when I discovered that Admiral
Togo had arrived on the same tram
and that a long procession had formed
to conduct him to the park Before /
knew it. I was Whisked past an escort
of distinguished citizens, who, clad in
Prince Alberts and silk hats. followed
the carriages, and then I found my
'rikisha drawn into an open space be
tween two carriages. Grabbing the
'riI<isha man IN front of me, told him
by word and gesture to get out of the
line Of the procession. He could not
understand English, and evidently
thinking that I wanted to get nearer
the front, he ran past few carriages
and then dropped into another opening.
Again I got him out of the line, en-
ploying more emphasis than before
only to be carried still nearer to the
front. After repeated changes Of po-
sition, all the time employing such
sign language as I could command and
attempting to convey by different tones
of voice suggestions that I could not
translate into language, / at last
reached the head of the procession.
And the 'rikisha men, as if satisfied
with the success Of their efforts,
paused to await the starting Of the
line. I tried TO inform them that I
was not part of the procession; that
I wanted to get on another street; that
they should take me to the park by
some other route, and do so at once.
They at last comprehended sufficiently
to leave the carria ges and take I'D a
rapid gait, but get off the street they
would not. For three miles they drew
me between two rows of eXpectant
/ people whose eyes peered down the
street to catch a glimpse of the great
admiral who, as commander of the
Japanese navy, had won such signal
victories over the Russians. saw a
million people: they represented every
class. age and condition. l saw more
/ peopIe than I ever saw before in a sin
gle day. Old men and old women,
/ feeble. but strengthened by their en-
/ thusiasm: nniddle-aged men and wo-
men, whose sons had shared in the dan
! gers and in the mphs of the navy;
! students from the. boys schools and
! students from the girls schools, with
/ flags and banners; little children
/ d. essed in all the colors of the rain
/ bow-all were there. And ] could inn
I agine that each one of them, old enough
! to think, was wondering why for
! eigner was intruding upon a street
which the police had cleared for a tri-
/ umphal procession. If someone had
/ angriIy caught my 'rikisha men and
thrust them through the crowd to a
side street 1 should not have COM
i plained-I would even have felt re-
/ level; but no one molested them OF
! me, and I reached the park, some min
4 utes ahead of the admiral. How glad
I was to alight, and how willingly
rewarded the smiles of the 'rikisha
men with a bonus-for had they not
i done their duty as they understood it:
i ana naQ InSy hot also given me- II
! spite of my protests, such a view OF
the people of Toxic as / could have
4 obtained in no other way?
At the park 1 luckily fell in with
/ some of the councilmen whom l had
met before. and they took me in hand
! I saw the procession arrive, heard the
banzais (the Japanese cheers) as they
| rolled along the street, keeping pace
with Togo's carriage, and 1 witnessed
4 the earnest yet always orderly rejoic-
ing of the crowd that had congregatet
at the end of the route. When tn,
procession passed by us into the parl
the members of the city council fell il
behind the carriages, and 1 with them
When we reached the stand. a seat wa:
rendered me on the front row, from
which the extraordinary ceremonies at
{ tending the reception could be wit
, messed. Mayor Ozaki, the presiding of
t ficer, escorted Admiral Togo to raises
platform, and there the two took seat
or little camp stools some ten fee