Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20
FRANK c.. CARPENTER INTERVIEWS
THE GRAND OLD MAN OF JAPAN IN
HIS VILLA NEAR TOXIC.

vbat could China contribute 10 an oil
lance. offensive and defensive. Moth
Ink bon her present situation, and moth
. ing for Years tD como. I cannot think
that the United States would be 50
foolish as tO think Of % combination
where 30 would have to give all and
. receive 30 little
/ JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES
what Is the attitude OF Japan to-
Word tho United States. your high
. ucasr''
"It Is friendly and ! have no doubt
/ but that 10 will continue go. Thore
/ haEo boon some little unpleasant
I things about tho treatment OF our linz
/ migrants and OF our children In the
I schools Of your Pacific slope, but they
| viii not anect the friendship OF tho
/ two nations. As to Japan wanting 60
| make war with your country, that Is
| ridiculous Thcre is no such sentiment
/ among our people. Besides, we are a
small country. with comparatively lit
tie wealth. Your country IS great In
| size and its resources are enormous.
! You have vast areas Of the most for
| tile soil, the richcs Of your mines arc
iucalculablc and your people arc many.
why should Japan seek 20 enter into a
struggle with YOU?
Besides, our country has always
/ looked upon You as its best friend. We
have associated together Tor years I'm
the closest relations In the family OF
nations and have never had a dis
agreement We appreciate your
friendship of the past and We shall re
ciprocate it whenever we can.
UNCLE SAM AND PRINCE ITO.
CAS- far as / myself am concerned"
Prince Ito continued. 81 wish to eN-
press my kind regard for your people
and your government They have been
good to me in the past, and ] owe them
much I visited your country years
ago to study your financial system. I
then spent six months there, and dur
ing % great part OF that time was i'm
Washington, ID. t.. That was when
Gen. Grant was president and Mr..
Boutwell, secretary Of the treasury.
Gen. Grant was very kind and Secy.
Boutwell, put all the information Of
your treasury department at my dis
posa1 u was through the studies that
7 made there that ! was able TO formu-
late the financial system which Japan
now has and 10 acquire other knowl-
edge which has been of benefit 20 me,
and I hope also TO my country
JAPAN DOES NOT WANT THE
PHILIPPINES
"But how about this talk of Japan
wishing to acquire the Philippines
It Is said by some Of our newspapers
that you seek q war with us i'm the
hope OF adding the Philippines TO your
territory"
THAT also is ridiculous" replied
Prince Ito. The subject of the Japan
csc ownership OF the Philippines has
never been discussed I'm this country
and It certainly has not been mem
toned en- the councils Of our govern
ment I have no doubt that those ISL
nnds are rich and valuable, and that
they viii be OF good 20 your people
iu attracting their attention 20 the
great field Of Asiatic trade. ] believe
that they have already done so, ana
that the increase I'm your business in
this part Of the world is owing some
what 20 that interest. 1t seems 90 me
that the United States cannot az
ford 10 let the islands go and that as
a world power it must accept the situa-
ton and work that problem out TO a
conclusion.
"As to tho Asitic market you will
need IL more and more as time goes
on. You have enormous supplies or
raw materials and your skill In manu-
facture Is such that you must have
a world market. One Of the best mark
cts Of the future will be found on this
side OF the globe"
THE FUTURE OF JAPAN.
what is to be the place Of Japan
in that market, your highness2" 1
asked.
1--WE hope TO do a great deal or
the trading. and we ought 20 do a
large part Of the manufacturing,' was
the reply I'VE are here right on the
edge Of China, with an abundant sup
ply Of labor, which Is comparatively
cheap. and which IS both artistic and
adaptable 10 the handling of machin-
cry. There ought TO be opportunities
for combination OF American capital
and American raw materials IN the
manufacture OF goods for us here on
these Islands for the great market OF
China. We are on the ground. We un-
derstand the field and the natives Of
the countries about us. and we have
such trade connections in the way OF
steamship lines and other things that
I believe that the capitalists Of the
two nations working together could
do better than either could alone. We
very much desire American capital"
THAT brIngs up tho financial con-