Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28

showed and pushed with common
coolies, school boys and bankers moved
shoulder to shoulder. / might as we'll
stop mentioning classes right at first,
for there was everything human and OF
the masculine gender in that crowd. 1t
was merely q spontaneous outburst of
a genuine welcome on the part Of
everybody. Those who didn't parade
stood by aud shouted as 1t passed.
thought My, but what wouldn't that
mob do II it We're controlled by any
other passion beside the Welcoming one.
| could read IN that united, disorderlS,
passionate mob the awfulness of mob
rule. and the unthinlking terribleness OF.
oriental passion IL 1t ever got started
in the wrong direction ! saw visions
of the yellow peril as the newspapers
try To picture 1t sometimes. J. remarked
at the time. and i believe 1t still, that
IL the mob spirit ever takes hold OF the
oriental masses that there might be II
change of government in a single day.
JAPANESE UNITY.
If we read Japanese history into that
mob we can discover the secret of the
japanese awakening. The unity among
the Japanese was well shown in the
parade and it is this spirit OF oneness
that has made Japan what she is today.
Japan bids fair to continue on unitedly
for her bond of unity is not mobbish
but entirely sane.
UTAH JACKIE DISCOVERED.
one day while visiting the Nebraska
with Midshipman Smith Of Utah | was
passing a crowd of Jackies, some peel
ing onions, some painting. others do
ing general deck work and some sleep
ing, but all showing good deal of dirt
both on hands. face and clothes. Sud-
denly one cried out, Hello Tonic.
First ! decided that of course the
Tonic wasn't meant for HE, but still
it sounded honlelke and looked again
| couldn't pick my man on account of
the dirt but in a minute he came for
ward and | at once recognized an old
private OF II company, N. q. L. | was
glad to see him even If he could only
leave his work for a minnie or two, lie
told NC how he had happened TO leave
salt Lake and join the navy. gave
him the only bit of home news that |
thought might interest him aud that
was that Capt Bassett and Lieut..
Barnes Were going TO leave company II
to go on the staff. He merely replied
that it was too bad and that he wished
that "Bassntt. Barnes and Tonic We're
his officers now on the ship. This
made ME feel good and ! mention It
now because it will also make Bassctt
ana Barnes feel good, aud I've learned
from experience that whenever you
have a chance 10 encourage a n. Ct. L.
officer that no ona on earth is more
grateful and no one needs it more 1
asked him what day he had shore
leave and if l could show him around.
He said that he didn't Know about
shore leave. that perhaps he wouldn't
get any at all. that while at Sidney he
had had such a good time that he over
stayed his leave "a hours and that now
he was Il fourth class man. 1 didn't
feel so proud Of TIL. officers of II com
pany right then. asked him if he
had learned such habits while i'll Salt
Lake or if he had developed them after
landing in the navy. He blamed itton
to the navy so it MAS all right after ALL
This is now case of You see John
son all over the world" but still IL
shows that fellows friends some
times circle the globe | was surprised
TO meet anyone over here who had been
close enough to me to have learned that
combination TO my hcart-Tomie.
Pearson. AND SMITH
There are two Utah men on the
fleet. Lieut.. Com. Pearson Of the lli
nois and AIidsnipnan Il. r, Smith, ot
the Nebraska. Both men did what
they could for the Utah crowd in
Japan Mr. Pearson entertained tho
Utah people one afternoon on the Il
lionis and on account of his rank they
We're able to see things that only the
elect are capable of. Some of them
had the pleasure of working the liz
inch guns ana all were shown the en-