The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-11-11
BILkINS IN JAPAN
The Major Visits the Mikado
And Is Highly
Pleased.
GREAT RULER Is HE

The Japanes Language-The Mikad'
gt jor Tells Him How They Ar,
Caught--The japanese Flight Like
. Devils and Behave Like Gentle
= men," Said the Aiikado To Bilkins
The Mule One of the Creates,
American Industries Japan's
. Great Cities-Public Conveyances
Toxic, Japan, Oct. IS, 1909.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
II they ever wuz any doubt erbout
, the United States an Japan bein' or,
guide terms, me an the Mikado ov
Japan hev settled that. Since my
last letter ter you l got in touch with
the American Ambassador here an
he soon had me goin' on visit to
the Mikado. Oy course he IL great
ruler an he pulls the bell-cord over
a great country an wonderful peo-
pie. The Ambassador arranged the
date fer the visit an they wuZ not
any trouble about his. Some ov
like some people know in the Unit
ed States--too busy to see anybody
at times. But the Mikado ov Japan
meets you jist like he had bin waitin'
an purity nigh a-dyin' ter git a site
ov you. The Japanese people, like
the French, air noted fer their polite
ways. But the Japanese air not so
fussy az the French an they hev
way ov Citing rite down to busi-
ness; by the time that the average
American hez started to say or do
thing the average Japanese heZ said
hit or hez done hit. An that liz one
reason the japanese accomplish so
much-why they air great in war,
great in peace.
The Mikado does not speak perfect
English, but he liz larnin'. The Jap
anese air bright, an when they once
git an English word placed an
know the meanin', they do not seem
to ferget. Ov course the tone iz diff
| ferent; if it were dark you could tell
that foreigner wuz doin' the talk
| in. But you do not git mad every
| time the Japanese begins to talk, fer
| they kin say things SO quick an nice.
spent some time with the Mikado
| for he had many questions to ask.
He admitted that he had not met
many ov the plain people ov Amer
| lea an sed he wuZ pleased to meet
me an talk over matters. He init
mated that he an hiZ people felt
little sore over the fact that our i'm
migration laws an rules air so strict.
But he seemed to understand that
our laws air not made to keep the
japanese out, an that they air in
tended to apply to a certain class,
some ov whom may be found in any
an awl countries.
| "How is Mr.. Taft?" axed the Mix
ado after we had slipped little tea,
| fer the Japanese air awl wild on the
subject ov tea.
"Mr. Taft iz K. o. sez I. "He iz
az broad az he iZ tall, an that liz
ennuff. motifs by the papers that he
liz on a Western trip now-tryin' to
slip over here, I expect"
| "Wish he would" sed the Mikado.
'I'd like to help him eat that pos
sum. Rice an 'possum is good"
I never could eat 'possum, but I
had discovered one ov the Mikado's
weaknesses, so I blazed erway an
| talked 'possum till the Mikado's
mouth watered. Every little bit he
would say: "'Possum good"
| 81 useter hunt them," sed I.
"Great sport. The little 'possum
awlways climbs big tree an the big
'possum seldom goes erbout much,
orally caught. By the way, you ought
to raise fine 'possums in JAPAN" sed
I, "fer you hev the largest persim
mons here that l hev found in the
world, some ov them bein' az large
az a large apple, an very sweet"
"Yes, that iz fact" sed the Mika
do, "but, too many Japanese; they
catchee all the 'possums before you
could count a hundred. Forty-seven
millions japanese catch forty mil
lions 'possums in one night. No pos
sums left for seed"
I could see how hit wuz an could
sympathize with the brave little peo-
pie who hev to go through life with
no 'possum to cheer them up an
grease the rough places in their
throats.
"No, I suppose you do not find
much game ov any kind in densely
settled country like this. But you
hev the happiest an most orderly
people hev ever met with. No long
faces in Japan. You hev but little
crime. I am told that at the close ov
the Japanese Russian war, after
peace had been declared, when your
country wuz ablaze with joy, a great
reception wuz held at Yakohoma to
welcome the naval heroes on one
day an on the next another recep-
ftion wuz held at Toxic, which in
/, cluded both naval and military Of
} fcers. Practically awl ov the people
: ov your country, including, ov
course, the soldiers an sailors, wuz
! present am told that the two
, great receptions or Publications were
e pulled off an that they wuz hardly a
crime or an accident durin' the two