Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-30
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Methodist Missionary for Japan
Sees President.
TALKS ON FEELING There
Caused by Acts of San Francisco
Authorities.
FEELINGS OF FRIENDSHIP
Throughout Japan for This Country
People Satisfied With Action Of
President and Secretary Root.

MeTTlIudH SOlDeTL lulSS1OudTy
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
for Japan and Korea. was received by the
President this morning and they talked for
some time about Japan and the feeling that
| has been created there by the refusal of the
anese children to public schools with white
children.
Il came here to convey to the President"
sad Bishop Harris, "a message of hearty ap-
proval from the bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of this country on his
attitude on the japanese question. The
| bishops held their semi-annual meeting in
Rochester recently, and they were unani-
| nous In approving the course of the Presi-
dent. have been in Japan thirty-three
years. speak the language fluently under
stand the people, and 1 am free to say that
| they entertain feelings of profound friend
| ship. gratitude and respect for this country.
| In fact, that sentiment is universal through
Japan, and 1t is great pity that anything
! should have happened in San Francisco or
elsewhere to disturb the sentiment, even
temporarily But the Japanese will be fully
satisfied with what has been done by the
| of them may fail to fully appreciate that the
trouble in this country Is wholly local, but
! the deep feeling of respect will cause them
to overlook what they can not understand.
Not Looking for Trouble.
1T Is mistaken idea to think that the
Japanese are looking for trouble with the
United States. Her interests are linked too
strongly with our own and those Of Great
Britain to cause the slightest desire for an
interruption Of the present friendly feel
ings. which would be prejudicial to that
country in the greatest degree. Even if
she were looking out for her own selfish
interests to the fullest extent she would
understand this.
mo attention should be paid to stories
that the Japanese are conspiring against
American interests. They have high
sense of honor and will not engage in any
move seriously detrimental to our interests.
l feel absolutely sure that they have no de-
signs on the Philippines and that they will
be content to leave those islands alone so
long as they belong to the United States.
so far as l can learn the Japanese have
been shamefully treated in San Francisco
and much OF, the feeling there is due to
politics. The prejudices of the people have
been aroused in order to defeat Mr.. Gillett
the republican nominee for governor, and
to elect Representative Kahn, who has been
nominated by the republicans to succeed
himself. Mr.. Kahn made some unwise re-
marks that greatly hurt the feelings of the
Japanese He is reported to have said that
we ought to undertake to whip the Japa-
nese, now that they were weak from their
fight with Russia.
'tDr. Omori, one Of the greatest living SCI
entists, was assaulted twice in San Fran
cisco, while studying the Phenomena of
earthquakes. and during August there was
"a sort of reign of terror in San Francisco,
during which japanese were frequently as
saulted.
Sensitive About Children.
japanese are unusually sensitive about
children. In Japan everybody conspres to
make the life of child a happy one, and
SO much respect is shown for the little ones
that grown people get up from their seats
in street cars and give them to the children
up to a certain age This sensitive feeling
as to children accounts for the grief the
Japanese felt when they learned that jap
anese children in San Francisco had been
deprived of school privileges and Of asso-
citation with other children. They cannor
understand how their children should be
Disseminated against. when italian chill
dren, Irish children, German children and
all other nationalities are received in the
public schools on an equality
Bishop Harris says that Christianity is
making progress in Japan and Korea. There
are about 100000 Christian Japanese he
says and 10000 Christian Koreans The
Japanese are tolerant Of Christianity and
Of the efforts of the Christian missionaries,
and put nothing discouraging in their way.
No Cabinet Meeting.
There was no meeting of the cabinet to-
day, but Secretaries Root and Bonaparte
were with the President during the time
a cabinet session is usually held. There are
only four cabinet officers in the city, Sec
retaries Root, Bonaparte and Hitchcock
and Postmaster General Cortelyou, the 9TH
ere being out making campaign speeches
The number in town will be still further re-
duced next Friday, when the next cabinet
meeting Is scheduled to be- held. Mr.. Root
will be in New York and Secretary Bona
parte Is to make speech that day at
Westminster Nd. Tomorrow night the
Secretary of the Navy will speak in Dem
ton, Nd.
1t is probable that the cabinet meeting
last Friday was the last that will be held
in long time, unless there Is special
meeting. Next Tuesday is the regular day
Oyster Bay that day casting his vote for
Hughes for governor. Before the time for
the next meeting. Friday of next week, the
President will be on the ocean en- route to
The President had long conference on
the New York situation last night with
Secretary Root and Postmaster General
Cortelyou The same men had conferred
in The Star.
Going to "Pine Knot"
President Roosevelt will leave Washing
ton tomorrow morning over the Southern
railway for "Pine Knot" his country home,
III AioSAhditC SooHly, "a. ne Will Do &C
companied by Mrs. Roosevelt, and they will
spend two or three days in outdoor life in
the balmy country. The President will
probably not do any shooting, but he will
ride a great deal. One of his best friends.
Joseph Wilmer, is near neighbor and al
ways furnishes the horses for the President
and his wife.
The probability is that the President will
not be back In his office this week. and Sec
rotary Loeb announces that the President
will not see any more visitors until after
his return from the isthmian canal region.
Whatever time he may have before going
to Oyster Bay next Monday night to vote
he will put in consulting cabinet officers in
the city and attending to important BUSH
ness.
pine Knot" was bought by Mrs. Roose-
welt four or five years ago, and contains
eight or ten acres. The house. a six-room
cottage, is in charge of a colored man, who
will have it in readiness for the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt. 1t has been the Gus
tom of the President and his wife to go to
"Pine Knot" every year for few days.
They usually go down about Thanksgiving
time, the Roosevelt children accompanying
them. The children are all in school now.
The President goes by the Southern rail-
way to small station several miles from