Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-11-07
MADE A SPEECH
In CARNEGIE HALL

known about Danville that the young
Japanese, Edward Imasato, who has
been employed for the past year at
Castle Grove, is person of education
and attainment.
The young man is extremely retir-
ing and modest and it was only some
DAYS ago that several of his friends
learned that he lad been requested to
deliver one of the addresses at the
gathering of Japanese in Carnegie
hall, New York City, Saturday even
ing given in honor of the Mikado's
birthday.
Mr. Imasato is graduate of Lee
| land Stanford university and during
the Russo-J Japanese war was corre-
spondent for one of the leading jap
anese newspapers. He is at present
preparing himself for post graduate
course in one of the eastern univer-
stiles.
Part of Mr. Imasato's address in
Carnegie hall Saturday evening was
as follows:
japanese American Relations: l
am deeply touched by the honor and
courtesy so cordially extended to Jap
an by all Americans. 1t has always
been remarked by foreign travellers in
Japan that the Japanese are the most
polite and kind people toward visitors
from abroad. Since l have crossed.
your great country has convinced me
that the Japanese can by no means
claim a monopoly of this virtue of
hospitality. That they have at least
equals in their American neighbors.
Wherever l went the utmost kindness
has been extended to me personally
and the most cordially good will has
been manifested toward my country
men. 1 have been the more greatly
moved by these repeated expressions
of friendship as they were showered
upon me in the face of persistent rum
ors about the so.called strained rela-
tions between the United States and
Japan. They thoroughly convir ced
me that the traditional relations of
good neighborhood and of the closest
friendship between our two countries
had not been affected in the lightest
degree by the irresponsible utterances
uf yellow journals or the acts of
small body of lawless element of your
population.
The Pacific ocean watch separates
my country from yours appears to me
to be destined to play the most con-
spicuous part in the international COM
merce of the Twentieth century. Both
shores of this great ocean highway are
inhabited by active, energetic and en-
terprising people-all animated by the
sentiment of fair play and square deal
ing OF course you all remember that
the Americans and English were the
first to introduce and preschthe doctr-
inc of the open door and of equality
of commercial opportunity in the
markets in the far east. You must re-
member too, that the japanese people
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this doctrine and were so thoroughly
convinced of the righteousness of this
course that they felt it their duty to
make an enormous sacrifice for its
maintenance, for, gentlemen, it was,
as has been just observed by your
president, for the maintenance of this
principle of civilization as we'll as for
the self-protection that Japan was
forced into war.
am sure that You will agree with
me in thinking that this principle of
open door.of equality of commercial
opportunity-will be the guiding prin-
ciple in the field of the worlds trade
in the present century Just so surely
as necessarily as the Monroe doctrine
has been a guiding principle in the
field of your foreign relation. Such
being the case, am quite confident
that with the development of COM
merce and navigation in the great
Pacific ocean the common interest and
the common cause will bring japanese
and American people to a closer and
closer solidarity. To my mind no
human work is nobler than that of en-
deavoring to bring about good will
and friendship among the nations of
the world, and none in your country
is worthy of more sympathy and re-
spect, especially at the present junct-
ure. than your work which, as has been
aptly stated by Mr.. Morse, aims to Sc
cure not only perfect agreement, but
earnest and active cooperation in ad-
vancing the work of common civiliza-
tion in the far east.
Holiday Traffic Will Soon be on.
Both the express and passenger
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