Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-08-22

l To judge from the active plans
 which are under way for the great international exposition at Tokio in 1912, one would think that Japan was too busy to take seriously all the talk of war with the United States
 which is going the rounds of the press at the present time. Certainly, international shows and international
 conflict do not go together, and 1t is
 doubtful whether the busy little is-
 land kingdom of the mikado will
 choose the destructive policy of
 war rather than the constructive
 one of stimulating her industries and
 commerce by a great worlds fair.
 That Japan can fight she demon
 strated in the recent conflict with
 Russia, and that she can enter as
 heartily into the commercial and industrial competition of the world
 she is demonstrating more clearly every year. and from now until 1912
 she will be desperately busy prepar- ing for what she hopes will be the biggest world exposition ever held.
 As sort of prelude to that greater event of five years hence, there is now being held at Tokio an industrial deposition which, while in its inspira- tion purely municipal undertaking, Ifs in reality national in it's charac- ter, and as such worthy the study of those interested in Japan's industrial development.
 To the foreign sightseer there is much in the present show to warrant mot only one visit but several, and gives him a faint hint of the large
 things which may be expected in 1912. Be he ever so indifferent to the material side--to the changing ma chinery, to the mineral displays, to the show how made of native in dustry, even to the art--his soul will surely be stirred. to interest by the crowds of swaggering young veterans Iso proudly wearing the uniform of the Imikado's modern soldiery or by the apparently never-endlng procession Of prettily kimonoed mothers and Tit tie mothers" with the doll-like coming generation strapped comfortably to their backs. It must be highly az Igravated case of western nerves that does not find music in the click click-click" of the myriad of wooden clogs on the graveled walks; heart with no tinge of human sympathy that does not beat a little quicker at the sight of the happy family groups in the dainty tea houses; soul dead to all beautiful things that does not ex- perience thrill of genuine delight in which the only jarring element is the Japanese man in his foreign clothes.
 Inside the grounds and out there are many shows to catch the sens of the visitors, but the modest charge at the gate covers access to all the main building wherein are displayed the substantials.
 The site of the exposition is Uyene, the largest public park in Japan. This park Is situated on elevated ground in the northeastern part of Tokio and covers about 13s acres of ground
 Like everything else found in Japan, Uyene park has a history linking it with the days of the old civilization. when the emperors were permitted to live in regal seclusion at Kyoto while the Shoguns ruled the land from Tokio. then Yeddo. The park is as- sumed to have derived the name by which it is generally known from the fact that back fin the days of the old Tokugawa Shogunate, a feudal lord from Uyeno. In Iza province. had residence on this site. In order to insure submission to the shoguns the the feudal lords were compelled to live in Yeddo, where they could be kept conveniently under the watchful eyes of the real rulers. Later, one of the Tokugawa Shoguns spent a fortune in building here a temple. ri- valing a famous one at the imperial capital. Like everything else con nected with the Shogunate. this was swept away in the great contest of 1888. which restored the imperial fam ily to actual power and nshered in the glorious era. the Meiii. The Japan of today reckons it's time from that aus plciuus event, this year. 4. n. 1907, be- Ing the fortieth year of the MeiH.
 Uyeno was the scene of the first great exposition of the new era. that of 1871. In 1893 the grand reception to General Grant vas held there. and since then Uyeno has always been se- Ieeted for the biz affairs at the ns- tionai capital It has been greatly by the unrivaled skin of famous native landscape artists until today 1t Is unquestionably one of the