The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-12
4 JAPANESE AT JAMESTOWN
IHEI HASHIGUCHT DIPS INTO
hooks AND WARSHIPS.

VI ANO " HhOAbAh %
Learns About the washington MOnuniOE
Gets tho Latest Naval Ideas, Feels
patriotic Thrills and Drinks Sake with
the Isukubas Smiling ORiCeEs.
ON THE JAMESTOWN BOAT. May Slim
mediately after I got on board / introduced
myself TO o man Of middle age with . boy
oi his who was standing on the deck, and
asked him what he knew about the monu.
ment which was II ~ sight, sss4a1iss jiust
a little distance from us.
THAT'S the Washington Monument, was
the s "
Il wonder whether It's marblef'
well, 1 think tie granite. But there Is
a piece OF Italian marble about thres feet
high and three feet wide attached TO the
monument. 1t 10 so very well polished that
when you look at II you VIII rec all the dif-
ierent faces OF different men, Bismarck. Ma
poleon and all the great men. generals and
statesmen and all, And when I look at It /
will see the faces in my way. When you
look at it you will see them In your W
way
sYes,' / said, not without doubt as TO
whether he was In earnest, cit must be a
remarkable thing. It's just like q looking
glass, isn't itf'
Eyes, you see,' the man explained, with
an expression Of profound conviction,
sthere is different angles for q man who
looks at the marble. You may look at 1t
from one angle, i may do 80 from another.
That's what causes the difference
Are you from Washington
NO. / come from Pittsburg. But l have
been here before, and when / visited that
l had a guide who told me about
Inc marble. / did not look too closely at
it. though
Ash was anxious to have a look at the town
OF Mount Vernon l aocosted a grizzle-
bearded man who was standing by.
DO you know where Mount Vernon isf'
+Ieh weiss NIGHT
-wissen sic nicht?'
With this answer / va going away. But
finding that / could answer him in German
the man said:
"sprechen sic Deutsch?'
ia, lob kahn etwas Deutsch sprechen.
Sind Gle Won Deutschland
sNein, ich bin o Oesterreich. 1ch hattie
Won einem Kriegeschilfe gekommen.
The oolored attendant upon inquiry In
formed me that almost every. day, some
sailors come N0O KO UOtWOGh VoiAOhA ouo
Washington. They are invited by the
United States Government to visit wash
ington for a day or two n 60 back to
OLD PorNT COMFORT. May a-During
The day while we were waiting tsin bd ioT tSs
delegates Of the Japanese colony, in New
York. headed by Consul-General Koike,
DR.. FTakamine, Messrs. Fukui, Takats and
reinforced by. Lieutenant-C Commander Ia
keuchi Of the Ipperiai Sapsns zee EaSy; 0 VINO
correspondent OF the Osaka Aedhi; Mr..
Omori, q representative OF the Takata
Company Of New York. and myself thought
il might be wise for US 70 hire Q launch n
20 to the United States flagship Connecticut
to learn Of the exact hour OF arrival OF the
Japanese feet. 1t was just before noon
when our launch. with eight OF US on board.
reached the Connecticut.
We were waiting for half an hour while
Lieutenant-Co Commander Tskeuchi went alone
on board the Connecticut TO get the in
= formation we needed. When he returned
to us he brought the words that the Japa-
nese feet IL fifty miles oh the harbor in a
fog. II the fog lifts during the day the
feet may enter the Hampton Roads. III
But continued the Leutenant-Com-
mander, the Captain Of the Connecticut
wishes you all to come on board to take
lunch with him and the officers.
A vote was carried that We accept this
unexpected honor tep %s %ss 6y d the Sap tam
three parts. -Four OF us, including myself,
were entertained by the young officers OF
the battleship. Duringsthe conversation l
and one Of the officers got talking about
he spoke of Jack London's sCall Of the
Wild Has ne read .sea Wolf'f oh, yes;
he read II through. But ! did not fDieh it.
How did it end2 What became Of Maud
Brewsterf Well, the man in the end escaped
with her wa what he explained to me.
The same officer must be n well read mar
or a man Of good memory. For after
lunch | got talking with another ofioer
about Capt. John Smith.
capt. John Smith, l said. married
Pocahontas."
But Immediately the admirer OF Jack
no said he. Capt. John Smith did
not marry P~ocahontas.'
aOh, yes he did, came the other ohiSer.
aNo, It was Rolfe that married Poca-
Then We we're completely endorsed.
In the afternoon we have been waiting
at the hotel for the arrival OF the Meet.
And when it arrived l was anxious TO go TO
the feet. But the trouble with us was
the lack Of means to put out to sea. Once
we put out TO sea we will be all right. no
matter where We 60. Besides there are
some Japanese We left on board the Con-
necticut, II we 20 as far as the Connecticut
we NAV reach from there TO the Tsukuba.
Presently forth came q returning base
ball team of the Connecticut toward the
wharf. One OF the team spoke up to me:
Are you not Mr.. Hashiguchi?'
turned toward and shook his hand.
first without knowing who he was. But
soon 1 recollected. He was n OF my
echoolmates at Monsoon Academy, Monson,
Mass. had not seen him for years. Now,
he has been to Annapolis Naval Academy,
from which he graduated last year. He
Ia now on board the Connections as one OF
her officers.
/ told him ]. wanted TO sc. to the Con-
n~ecticut in order TO 60 TO the Tsukuba.
But upon second consideration j changed
INV mind and hired q launch and went
direct 70 the TsulTuba. II was about o
o'clock when we got on board the Tsukuba.
oh, how glad / felt when ! cav our Japanese
sailors on boardl
Those brown faced, robust. smiling sea
fighters made me feel / was In Japan. In
deed, when any Japanese get on board
such q large cruiser among hundreds Of
sailors he could not feel otherwise. The
first man OF my acquaintance j saw on
board was Commander Takeshita, chief Of
staff Of Vice-Admiral 1iuin, the commander
in chief Of the second squadron. We re-
newed our old acquaintance OF Portsmouth
days.
then We were taken 70 the officers
quarters, where ! stayed all evening until
about 1870 / was introduced to many