The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-18
JAPANESE IN
 WASHINGTON Oriental Newspaper Men Visit Congress. GIVEN CORDIAL WELCOME Speaker Cannon Knocks the Americs Journalists. Tell. The vis Sr. The American Boys
 Write sske ssorie. And In- vent aythInE Just to Fall Up Space

washiJ ton, April 1.-The opening of the ss late today was witnessed by a Japanese party of forty-five. which represents the financial, scientific and business interests of Japan. The visi- tors were present during the opening prayer by the Chaplain. Rev. Edward Everett Hale.
 While on the House side. the visitors from Japan were received by Speaker Cannon and accorded a welcome. The spokesman of the party informed the speaker of the pleasure 1t gave them to meet him and referred to their itineraries which he said would carry them to London, Paris, Berlin and other Europeans capitals.
 Referring to the circumstances that there were some newspaper men Tn the party, the speaker elicited a good deal of laughter when he inquired 1T their. practices were like those CT some American journalists. Discussing this class of writers. he said that "if there was news. they sent 1t if there was no news they invented think" stories; that if one set of them did not invent think" stories to suit the other side, they invented different think" stories, and if they could not verify either one of the think stories, they had news for the next day by com ITAOlcyinB tnc tuAlA btOtteS oA Nho day before"
 "Journalism makes the whole world kin" one of them remarked. while an- other assured the speaker that they never sent anything but real news. v covering what actually happened.
 "Tf that is true" the speaker hunor- ousiy remarked. you can settle many international questions by expatriating yourselves and founding that kind of Journalism in the United States and the balance of the world"
 ExpIafns Himself.
 Not quite sure that he had been pderstood, the speaker pursued his
 n mean do you newspaper men of Nfphon. write things two ways at once that haven't happened one way at all so that the whole business will be fresh for contradiction the next davi Tell me?' A wrinkled forehead. then sudden tightening of the countenance on the part of the spokesman for ths visitors. who said:
 T take permission to correct for the great gentleman, Japan newspaper men study news hard so he shall understand exeelIently; then write those things very intelligent, very honest. thank you"
 The speaker sighed.
 "I-suppose," he said, bending kindly eye on the intense faces of his callers. T ought to address you all as "boys7'' This was clearly incomprehensible. The spokesman glanced around upon his brother editors. many of them spectacled. one or two quite braveIy bearded, each reflecting his own expression of polite concern.
 Pardon to me- he said. T politely inform the honorable sir. we're not boys-in-Japan''
 'I see" hastened the speaker. 'and I will explain. Tn this country we speak of all good newspaper men, all real newspaper men who know their business. as the, boys it is a term of compliment and-sometimes-- of endear- ment.' The explanation strengthened itself out. The compliment was &C., cepted with grace of word and bow and the news men of Niphon, took their polite departure.