The Washington herald., 1907-08-19
AT THE HOTELS.


two nations Is a remote and improbable
contingency" said S. Yamada. Of Tokyo,
last night. at the Willard.
Mr.. Yamada is civil engineer, and a
graduate Of the University Of Tokyo. He
has come 10 this country on a pleasure
trip. after a tour of Europe and a stay OF
several days at The Hague Conference.
"Of course. there are jingoists In my
country. just as there are in America. but
the majority of the people are too busy
with other things to consider war with
anybody. As is the case with all foreign
ers who visit America, the first impress
sion gathered is Of its tremendous size
and activity. and a trip across the con-
tinent viii do more than anything else to
give one a clear idea of the resources
and magnitude OF the United States.
MY second impression was that OF the
strength of your people and the great
proportion Of big, healthy men, all OF
whom seem to take an active interest in
affairs and 10 be busy doing something.
Ny explanation OF this Is that with the
influx Of foreigners and the commingling
Of the races America has absorbed the
best traits Of them all. and has not
sapped her vitality by constant inter
marriage. as has been the case in many
countries in Europe and in some places
in Asia. Then, too, they are self-reliant,
independent people. and in that respect
tLey remind me more OF the japanese
than Of any other nation l have seen.
"One mistake ! wish 10 contradict, and
that is that the students which We send
over here so back 10 Japan. and take
charge Of things there. II there IS any
difference between the two classes OF
students, those who are educated in our
country are superior; and they are hold
ing the most responsible positions. The
University of Tokyo being a government
school, has especially difficult entrance
examinations, and many a man who has
failed 20 enter there finds no difficulty ia
securing admission TO Harvard and other
American Institutions. Then, too, al
Tokyo they are forced 10 work hard.
while I an told BY students who have
gone through your colleges. that work is
not absolutely necessary
We have TO learn English in every
branch, and in most cases we are forced
to acquire a reading knowledge Of French
and German. while the classical students
and those taking medicine and law are
compelled 10 add Latin ard Greek besides.
And this is forced by the government,
which makes the examinations more strict
than your army examinations here. Ia
many cases the student. after graduating
ia the University Of Tokyo, is sent 10
Germany for several years, and this edu-
cation we consider the best IN the world.
Since the compulsory education law
was passed in Japan, a great difference
has been noticeable in the progress OF
business and everything else, and IN a
short time the effects VIII be even more
strongly apparent You Go not seem 10
get the best class Of japanese here; they
appear 10 be OF the lower classes. In
England il is different. and. although
there are not more than a thousand OF my
people there, they are all educated and
intelligent men"
The announcement in your paper that
Lieut. Gov. Lewis Chanler will probably
be the Presidential candidate OF the state
Of New York for the Presidency. strikes
me as extremely improbable" said George
Grace. Of Syracuse. at the Willard. Mr..
Grace is a lawyer in New York City.
and Is at present in Washington on his
way to Mexico. where he has a large in
terest in some silver mines.
''The lieutenant governor may possibly
be the candidate from New York City. but
even this I doubt. as the Democrats there
realize that they have an excellent chance
this year II a good man IS secured. and
they will hardly jeopardize their chances
By calling for the nomination Of ChanIer.
That he is a capable man there Is no
reason 10 doubt. but he is not now. and
viii not be for many years. a national fig
ure, and one which could join the scattered
Democrats. He has had no opportunity
10 do anything in New York since he was
elected on the Hearst ticket The duties
Of a lieutenant governor are not onerous
az best, and with a Republican governor
they are little more than nominal Tam
many undoubtedly fancies Chanler. for
men Of his name have been leaders Of
that organization for years. but I do not
think that they VIII forward his candidacy
this year
In fact, ] am convinced that Bryan
has too strong a hold on the Democrats
of New York for them 10 consider any
other candidate He viii have all the
Hearst Democrats and their strength. be-
sides many others who bolted the ticket
last year because OF Hearst He would
undoubtedly defeat Hughes in New York.
for that reason, and I believe that he
would stand an excellent chance OF de-
feating Roosevelt as Hearst and al other
Democrats would make a whlrlwind cam
paign against the present executive.
"Chanler is too good 6 politician and
too sensible a man 70 allow himself 10
be nominated this time, and I am sure
that he viii realize that the talk Of il is
not taken seriously by New York Demo-
Gratis. His boom is entirely premature
and III timed. and Nill have no lasting
effect on the New York Democrats
so far as I know, ish in their native
element never die a natural death" said
West Taylor. from Beaufort. y. c.. at
the Riggs House last night. AIr. Tav-
lor is one Of the seiners at the United
States Fish Commission Bureau. in that
seaport. and has large and intimate
knowledge Of piscatorial affairs.
"Of course. when taken from the sea
and placed IN tanks they generally Gle
within short space, but I have never
been able to discover a fsh that has
died from natural causes while in the
ocean. If they did their bodies would
be floating on the water all the time and
everywhere. for. if unmolested, their
bodies would have to float.
'If in their native element they were
never mOlested, they would never die.
II they had sufficient food and did not
prey upon one another. there would be
no reason for their dying It was. l
think to prevent uninterrupted tenure OF
life that fsh were made 1ercely preda-
tory and remorselessly caHnibalistic. Their
lives are strenuous In the extreme. and
rhn,- saann to live for The saka Of en4Ir-r