Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-17
'0N WAY ROUND WORLD
Japanese Party Sightseeing in
Washington.
/ MAKE CALL AT THE CAPITOL
Members to Be Given Special Recep-
ton Tomorrow Evening.
HEADQUARTERS AT SHOREHAM
Total of 2O,725 Miles to Be Covered
by Tourists Before Reach
ing Home.
HEADQUARTERS AT sH0REHAM

A party of Japanese business men. &C
conpanied by three ladies, arrived in
Washington yesterday on its way
around the world from west TO east The
tour is under the direction of the Asahi
Shimbun. The Morning STAR. paper
published in Osaka. which claims the
naughty title of 1.-The Chicago of Japan.
All the tourists. who number fifty-seven.
are clad i'm western costume. with the eX-
ception Of Nine. Nomura who clings to
the kmono. obi and other mysteries OF
feminine Nippon.
The party came from New York and
went directly to the Shoreham. where 1t
will make its headquarters until Sunday,
when it will return to New York. Sum
day night the tourists will be entertained
by the Nippon Club at New York. and
next Thursday will sail for England on
the Cedric.
The tourists visited the Library of Con-
gress yesterday evening. being conveyed
thither in two sightseeing motor cars.
This morning they visited the Capitol, and
this afternoon they expect to be received
by the President at the White House.
Reception at the Capitol.
The opening of the Senate was wit
messed by about seventy of the tourists,
representing tue llldHCldl, SCleHtlllC anu
business interests of Japan. and double
that number of representatives of the
commercial interests of Tulsa. Okla. The
visitors were present during the opening
prayer by the chaplain. Rev. Edward
Everett Hale.
When the japanese Journalists called on
Speaker Cannon at the House end OF the
Capitol they chatted with him through
an interpreter for a few moments. The
Speaker made brief address OF cordial
greeting, among other things saying:
II am very glad to meet you boys.
speaking to the newspaper men in the
party.
THE spokesman of the japanese
glanced around upon his brother editors,
many of them specialized. one or two quite
bravely bearded. and all rejecting his
own expression of polite concern. Par
don to me- he said, i politely inform the
honarble sir we are not bOys-in Japan.
- see.' FASTENED the speaker. and I
will explain: In this country we speak of
all good newspaper men. all real newspa-
per men who know their business. as the
boys: it's a term of compliment and
sometimes-of endearment.
The explanation Strengthened itself out.
The compliment was accepted with ex-
ouisite grace of word and bow and the
newsmen of Nippon took their polite de-
parture.
IEeH tI1e speaker addressed nlmSel1 10
Motosaku Tsuchiya, member of the
party. who represents the Toxic Asaki,
or. in English. the Toxic Morning Sun.
Mr.. Tsuchiya.' said the Speaker. do
your journalists collect news the way it is
done in the United States? Our boys run
around and get pink stories Then they
try to get somebody to either deny or
confirm them. Then the next day they
print a contradiction"
Mr.. Tsuchiya solemnly assured Uncle
YDn hot oil I'm liCtS arc
scrupulously honest.
For heavens sake cried Mr.. Cannon,
in humorous vein. 'expatriate yourselves,
for we have none of that variety in the
United States
reception will be rendered the party
by the Japanese ambassador, Baron Tax
ahira at the embassy, in X street, to-
morrow evening.
Long Trip Planned.
Steaming from Yokohama March IS
last. the party will have covered, upon
arrival at the point of departure, 2O725
miles. The first American port at which
the tourists touched was San Francisco:
thence they came through Salt Lake City.
Chicago, Niagara Falls and Boston to
New York and Washington.
After leaving New York they will stop
at London. Paris, Berlin. Cologne, st.
Petersburg, Moscow, Viadivostok and
thence by steamer return to Japan. The
women of the party are Mrs. Michiko
Nomura, who came unaccompanied; Mrs.
r. Umehara and Mrs. T. Hori, whose hus-
bands are with the tourists. Suji Hara,
president of the Toxic assembly. is
among the tourists. also X. Sugimura,
member of the staff of the Toxic Morn
ing Star. who speaks English with con-
siderable fuency, his education having
been acquired In Japan and this being his
first trip across any ocean.
Members Of the Party.
Others in the party are *. Asayama, n.
Enami, X. Haga, Y. Hattori, Y. Hitomi.
Y. Hori and wife, s. Ide, S. Ikai. L.
Inonye. J. Itsumi. J. Iwamoto. NJ. Iyama,
S. Kamada, NJ. Katayama, c. katsuda,
Y. Kawasa, 7. Kawada. NJ. Kfra. X. T.
Kitade. Y. T. Kumitomo, S. Kobayashi,
M. Konfshi. H. Konishi. X. Masutani,
S Masutani. 7. Matsuzaki X Minani e.