Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-26
REVERENCE OF JAPS
FOR LIBERTY BELL
VISITORS FROM FLoWERY KING
DOM RESPECT RELIC
Big Party's Brief stay-Students, Mer-
chants and Women Stop In Phil
adeIphia on Tour of
the World

cred closely ABOUT Ine AlpSlty DOii -
independence hall a large party OF
Jananese. including three women,
gazed reverently at the relic and spoke
in low tones of the wonderful grown
of the country whose national origin
is so intimately associated with the
cracked old tocsin. Later they WERE
induced to turn to other matters Oh
interest about the hall, but their eyes
turned time and again to the peu. II
was rather significant that the Japs
should have set the pace in courtesy
and reverence for several hunoreu
hustling Americans who crowded curl
ously in the hall by removing their
hats and speaking in whispers.
The party is composed of prominent
residents of some of the larger CLUES
of Japan, who are making a tour vi
the world. The men are conlplllii.s -
business with pleasure, the mercnantS
and flnanciers looking over business
conditions and commercial develop
ment in the various countries Vlsltcd,
and the scholars looking into soclai
conditions and paying especial atten-
ton to places of historic interest. II
was even hinted that one or TWO OF
them are to make report TO tne
mikado on general conditions IN tnis
country, especially regarding the pubic
sentiment toward Japanese.
Little Ifne Tor sightseeing
The party arrived at the Baltimore
& Ohio station at 1928 o'clock, Where
they were met by 7. Henry Garllck'
local agent for Cooks tourist agency
It had been planned to convey the
narty to Independence hall in automo-
biles, but something got wrong with
the machinery of a couple of the cars
at Broad and Walnut streets and most
of the party had to take trolley cars,
after a trying wait for the autos.
AS the itinerary of the party COM
PEELED them to leave for Washington a
little after o'clock, there was little
| time for sightseeing, but with the IN
tense curiosity and determination 10
investigate everything typical Oh the
Japanese, they saw everything about
the historic building in less time than
it takes the average American to get
started. They were lined up on the
steps of the building and photographed,
but little Mrs. Y. Hari, wife of a
wealthy jeweler, who was the only
one of the three women of the party
who wore her native dress, grew
bashful and hid behind her portly nus
band. The other women of the party,
Mrs. Michi Nomura and Mrs. K. Ume-
hara of Osaka. wore the dress OF TINS
country. Mrs. Nomuri speaks Eng
ly with reporters.
Gave Color to Street Crowd
The sightseeing in Independent hall
completed, the party walked to the
Continental hotel lending quite a
touch of the cosmopolitan to the noon
day parade on Chestnut street. They
were quickly the center of attraction,
and the embarrassment of the dainty
little woman in Jap dress was painful
as she discovered that 1t was she VINO
attracted the most attention. Lunch
con was eaten at the Continental hotel
and then automobiles were boarded
and the party took a flying trip about
the business section, winding up at
the railway station in time for the
2:17 train.
From here the party went direct to
washington, where they will be re-
ceiVed by President Roosevelt today. on
Sunday they will leave for New YORK
and, after seeing the sights in the big
village, will sail for Liverpool, their re-
turn home being by way of London
Paris, Cologne, Berlin, st. PETERSBURG
Moscow, Vladivostok and Irkutsk. They
have taken in practically all the large
cities and sights of interest on their
way across the country. Their entire
trip will consume about ninety days.
The party was made up of x. Sugl-
mura, literary editor of the Toxic Asahi
Shinbun: NJ. Tsuchiya, Toxic corre-
spondent of the Osaka Asahi Shlmpun;
Prof X Minami of the Osaka hlgher
commercial school; K. Umehara, mem
ber of the Osaka municipal assembly;
Mrs. Umehara, Mrs. Y. Hari. MichiNNo-
mura, proprietor of the Samurai Sho-
kai, and Mrs. Nomura; K. Asayama'
Kobe. exporter of tea; N. Enami, Kobe,
secretary of Osaka Mercantile Marine
company; K. Haga, Toxic, Wholesaler
cotton and silk; Y. Hattori, Osaka
wholesaler, curios; Y. Hitami, KOBE
manager warehouse company; >. lue,
Kumamoto, proprietor of two Shanghai
newspapers; S. Ikai, Osaka, apothe-
cary: r. Inouye, Osaka, broker, cot
ton exchange; j. Itsumi, Osaka, manu-
facturer; e. Iwamoto, OsaWa, statloner;
e. Iyama Kioto, wholesaler OF raw
silk: M. Kataama, Kito, banker; o.
Katsunda, Osaka, agriculture; Y. ha-
vase, Osaka, importer of European fab
rics; T. Kawada, Toxic, principal OF
Takachiho primary school; M. klra'
Oita, Drawer; Il. 7. k1tade, OSAKA Jew
eler; M. & H. Konishi, Osaka, importers
of European fabrics; K. Matsutan1,
Kobe, Stock and Rice exchange; >.
Matsutani, Koke, son of the preceding;
r. Matsuzaki Toxic, exchange; ). Mkt,
osaka, publisher and exporter of or
gans: G.. Mitani, Kito, broker on Stock
and Rice exchange; S. Nagami, Osaka,
banker: H. Nakamura, Toxic, MEMBER
of the Tokyo Perfectural assembly; X.
Nakano, Osaka, banker; K. Narushi-
ma, Toxic, member Toxic Prefectur-
al assembly; A. Nishida, Aomori'
fishing and brewing; T. Nomura, Osa-
ka broker and stock exchange; M.
Ogawa. Toxic confestioner; S. Ogawa,
Toxic. manufacturer mining machin-
erv: F. Okubu, Mito, mining and ag-
riculture: r. Osawa, Sakai, sake brew
ery: S. Saburi, Aichi banker; o. Shi-
kata, Kobe, merchant tailor; x. Soho,
osaka, importer European fabrics. E.
Sugihara, Toxic, speaker Toxic pretec-
tural assembly; T. Tajima, Toxic,
president Sabrin Express company; T.
Takakura, Osaka, broker stock and
rice exchange; r. Takemura, Toxic,
manager Twentieth bank; e. Takig-
ava, Kobe, manufacturer of matches;
NJ Toyama, Toxic, banker; *. Tsuka-
motto. Toxic, student; Y. Yamagupchi,
Tochki, manufacturer silk goods; II.
Yoneya, Hokkaido, manager Otaru
OIL Manufacturing company; M Yosh-
iwara, Fnkuoka, student; T. Kurushi-
ma, interpreter
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