Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-09

I japanese goods. M 1905 opr
tnc United States amount, Nporis d
imam Nl2o,oO0 600 Your ns,, 'o m0.
year has materially decree, or hs
hlthd Tor our goods ana ttl inc o.
cause on our financial di... OF.
"eed our relations with ~. h.
close that we feel any chsr are
business situation in your co,, of n.
JAPAN IN MANcH-p,
lhe conversation here t,,a
moncnuriai and asked efed b
whether IL was so that H. ls
,ie capturing Oh the TRADE y, aa''
"lt is rot 20. was the ro,,.
deed. our trade in Nfanebn p.
snoll that we are ashamed or . N 81
gte DONG all we can 10 81 ".
,leI.' nut are not succcedlnr nol
'o wv puf exports are lcs, ,,
,,,, 49, IN value, which IS bf'
sllai part OF the foreign TRADE Q
Have the Japanese any sd,s.,
over other nations as TO that frs6.s IS
No I think not I"
But Your Excellence" -...
nave understood that your 800.
are carrying Japanese goods "a, le.l ls
iallN low freight rates ana tha,
ties are given ON such of your ,, ,lH.
features as are exported to Si-
churia" n'r
What is "a mistake" said 1rr
we have no such bounties. ON.
nave TO stand on their own fooiira
lA true lhat we are subsidizinc
steamships Tor we believe that be-
US TO increase our merchant marin
that way" "e
JAPAN FRIENDLY TO UNlLEs,g.
What is the feeling here as to.n
United States?" |'
1T is Of the friendliest nature IN,
Iaik about war and ill feeling l. o,i'
found I'm the yellow journals of tb.v t-l
countries, and especially in tbos,
America. our friendship with ,.,,'
gan with the opening OF Japan hi y
days Of Commodore Perry. and Il
grown steadily I believe maj q
best OF feeling exists between tbe d.
ter classes Of both countries and d.
such feeling will continue"
What do you think of the China.
boycott Of Japanese goods p"
1T was somewhat of a s1rpri..
US, as it was to the United states v,h,'
the Chinese bOycotted American gooa
IL seems TO me that this is one M N.
elements we shall have TO reckon v.'p
in our Asiatic trade Of the future M
Chinese have learned the mower Y
such combinations. and / believe IN.
they viii use them more or less again.
other nations with whom thew Il,
trading. Indeed, / see no remedv +.
such a situation except that of arbl
tration. One cannot fight am indivi
ual because ne refuses 90 bun N
goods.
JAPAN'S FUTURE.
What is TO be the future Of japan
Is she to go on fighting with other 4.
tons. or will she now devote herself
the arts of peace?"
"As TO that" replied the vice mimi.
ter Il would say that we are nstIo
Of peace rather than Of war. ana
nope that our career viii be along O
lines Of peace and commercial prosper
lily. We have plenty to do at hon
without engaging In trouble with Ian
other nation. our first business wH
be to reduce our war debt. and Will
doing that we want, if possible
make for ourselves an important plse
in the commerce of the world We al
situated between two of the world
great markets On the east we han
the United States. the richest of ann
consuming nations, and on the We
the vast population of China, whu
trade promises 10 increase enormous
with the introduction Of western civil
ization. We have. one Of the best Do
cations of the commercial world. an
we shall do all we can to take on
rightful place in its trade"
FRANK c. CARPENTER