The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-03-25
AT THE HOTELS.

That Japanese passenger steamers and
nen-of-war are Rtted cut with the wire
less telegraph system Is the claim q =.
/ EamanOtO, Of Tokyo, Japan, who IL az
the shoreham. passing through this coun-
Try on bis way to England. where he In
tends 70 spend one year studying ship
building.
Mr.. Yaslanoto Is & cousin o. Admiral
/ Yamamoto, and Is an Official II the de
partmeEt Of communication" as re put
it
Every passenger steamer and merchant
ship Of any importance az su,' said the
japanese. rs equipped win the wireless
/ system, and as for the navy Here
the man from Nippon snniles significantly
and stopped talking
There Is no desire OF even thought
among the better class Of japanese OF
going 70 war with America, not any more
than Americans want 70 go TO war with
my country. There are hot-heads IN
Japan as well rs IN the United States, but
they don't compose either the nations
wish Or that OF the government"
Mr.. Eanauoto said he would cail On
Ambassador BarOa Takahira to-day, and
that be would leave tonight on rs Jour
ney 70 Europe
The sense OF national consciousness IN
India is steadily increasing" said Percy
Z Hilton, OF London and Calcutta, who
Is az the New Willard
The belief that india. with her 49,
10000 population. though divided by dif-
ferences IN religion and n language, IS
/ one-one in place. one in destiny-ls a be-
lief which grows with the growing years.
india FOR the Indians Is an increasing.
potent and persuasive Tailying cry. The
cry IS heard with certain note Of shrilI
insistenCe IN native newspaDers
1T is felt IN certain Christian mission
airy movements. IN which indian man
agement Indian money. and Indian men
represent rhe method and force OF prOpa-
gandism- II is further heard in private
conversation Nor IS this note OF national
emphasis confined TO the native people
Il belongs 20 not a few Englishmen,
whose present home is in Calcutta. 1Ia-
dras. or Delhi
Moreover, this feeling OF national ron
sciousness among the Indians IS one nver
which every great lover o. humanity
must rejoice II represents life. vision.
struggle. u intimates that lethargv.
stagnation is passing. India, Ike China.
awakens a nation and takes a worthfer
place In the great brotherhood OF nations
when the sense OF its own integrity and
Individuality Is the keener and more adj
eQuate India for the Indians. IS
method Of transmitting Il into India for
the world
England has been both consciously
and unconsciously the cause OF this
growth Of national consciousness. Il
may be called either blameworthiness or
credit. but the fact IS clear enough Eng
land has been the schoOlmaster Of India
She has built shocIhouse, college. and
university hall She has introduced her
own education. for better or for worse.
into municipality and village commu-
nifty.
There IS no doubt about it-India
should be free from England, and ought
70 be given a chance 70 work out her
own salvation"
Ricardo J Barnlos. % Buenos Ayres and
New York. who Is az the Arlington.
speaking OF his country. said last night
! that when one leaves Buenos Ayres ore
IS II the camp"
From north 70 south. the whole length
OF great Argentina. and through the fer
tie grazing lands TO the foothills OF the
Cordilleras II is all campo"
out in the camp. from the Buenos
AyreS point Of view, there are no CIV
iAzed pleasures. no avenidas. no cine
matographs, no jockey club. 10 sports
man no Palermo Rosario IS conceded
10 be precioso. Bahia BIanca's threaten
ing attitude in the matter Of grain ship
ments forces q little recognition Cor
dova Is gayly dismissed as a school
teacher town Otherwise. campo.
Yet II you look for the sources Of
Arsentina's present prosperity and grow
ing greatness you VIII md them In the
camp A camp which lo0mei before the
Chicago grain market With 22roa1 orc
bushels Of wheat last season; which loads
. ships with nnseed and maize almost as
fast as they can be furnished BY the
. German and English owners: which main
tains a chilled meat export that rivals
Australia; which numbers its sheen in
millions. when L numbers them al ali.
and raises more fine horses than the
country can employ-that is the Areen-
tina camp. which BuenOs Ayres. with true
metropolitan insularity, affects TO dis
dsin
NO one vet knows the possibility OF
the pampas- Only a few years ago Ar
gentina was importing the wheat for irs
bread To-day il IS milling wheat for
Brazil few years ago land could be
had for the asking. the government rub
bing its hands with glee when q few SET
tiers consented to take 100 hectares
Nov the dne tracts OF land are quoted IN
the real estate exchanges. The determined
men who went into the wilderness are
now the owners OF palaces on the Aven-
ida Alvear."
Mrs Phelps Stokes. at dinner II. New
York. condemned the customary treat
ment Of Domestic servants said Lewis
J. Harris. OF S. Louis. No. who is AZ
the National and continued: 'On ac-
count OF this treatment she said. qntelI-
gent young men and women keep out OF
domestic service. despite the good pay
and the comfort
But who can blame them9 IN a court
OF law one day man cook was testify
ing, and simply because he was a cook
every one there. from the judge down TO
the crier. felt entitled TO call him By the
first name. Had he been a cart driver
they would have called him Mr.. smith.
But no. he was IN domestic service.
"A young governess. a vassar girl.
turned 10 ne during the trial and said
that she, as governess. met with Just
such treatment on all sides She said that
on the lawn Of a country house her
mistress once introduced her 20 a gen
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