Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-08
Devoting Entire Energies to Upbuild.
ing of the Country.
APANEsE OPPORTUNITIES GREAT
People Now Have No Desire to Leave
the Islands.
AMAZED AT SIGHTS IN AMERICA
Methods of Doing Business So swift
TINT They Astonish Man from
Orient who Finds Them
Too Strenuous.

NEW YORK, Aug. 7--(special Telegram)
Tt is more foolish than the most foolish
Of fables, this suppostion that Japan may
seek war with the United States; 1 DO
not know how to laugh at 1t seriously
enough"
As he said that today, Baron oura smiled
and then, after shaking his head, as IL
to emphasize his expression OF the absurd
ity of the proposition, laughed heartily in
further rldicule OF It. lie spoke with OBJ
vious sincerity and conviction, adding:
THE very notion OF war between Japan
and the United states is contrary to the
now ingrained spirit of our people. Re-
spect. affection-those words are not strong
enough to describe the feeling of the Jap
anese for this country. Our people ven
crate the United States
I'VE all look upon this country, simply
and naturally. as the great and kindly
friend of our nation-the friend who has
guided and helped us In our labors toward
civilization There are none in my country
who do not recognize the debt we owe to
America-and love her for II. Moreover
our hands are full Japan has many big
problems before her at home The last Of
our thoughts is for war For aggressive
war we have no thought at ALL"
Amazed at what He Sees.
Baron Kanetake Oura, Japanese minister
of state for agriculture, commerce and in
dustry, who was minister of communica-
tions during the war with Russia and had
charge of all the arrangements for trans
portation and communication pertaining to
the great conflict, leaves today on his way
for Pittsburg, Chicago and home. Already
he is amazed at what he has seen here.
| The baron cama from Iandnn ,,,ha., H..
has been acting as president OF the Anglo
Japanese exhibition. He is a keen advo-
cate OF expositons, and believes the show
| in London is doing much to further trade
between Japan and Great Britain
| You accuse us of plling up armaments,''
he said, but you are setting us the ex.
! ample. 'Yon mus 40 ~ we do, Is what
the other nationB say 10 us; and we can
not help ourselves it is nor for us to be-
gin, but we would follow.
We want no more war. In our genera
tion we have had two wars. our wounds
are recent; we know only too well the pain
ana cost OF even successful war; we know
the inhumanity OF war and its injury to
civflization; we have problems enough at
home to solve without seeking to make
more"
Among your people is there not a de-
| 'N ~ '''ii'iSt@tS u tue OHlted StateS?"
he was asked
| AT one time there was Ouch a desire.
Labor with us Is cheap Our people heard
! of the chances in this country and nat
urally, many wanted to embrace them
But now the opportunities at home are verv
large.
No Soreness Against America.
| Therein lies one of our greatest prob
| QiIf ID
America because we ask cur people to re-
main at home, You forget that with us
1t has become an instinct for home and
country before all else.
our industries are developing so ran
idly 1t is incumbent upon us to retain our
labor. We have not enough. All over the
agricultural population IS rushing to the
growing cities. Already the danger exists
that the prosperity Of our trades will in
jure our staple industry-agrlcultur We
too. will soon need our back to the farm
movement, so serious is this problem be-
coming
1T has been said. and erroneously. thar
japanese women Of the country are de-
spised and downtrodden.
"on the contrary, the women ara q.
progressive and interested In the c,,,,o
movements as the women OF the occidsn.
why we have women reporters. too.
The empress OF Japan has gone into
history for their political and industrtaI
genius and we are likewise Responsible ~
the women OF our country for our lItera-
ture.
"At present we owe our schools, reforms
and the added impetus given to educa'
tional interests to our women. who a..
now striving for their property rights ,,,st
as the suffragettes are doing here
i think the women OF Japan ars NJ,
as eager for suffrage as the p,,ro,aN.'
women but suffrage viii come 10 Ian"
sooner or later. ''"
This morning" he continued .rI ,,.
your business distrlct--what Won call a.
town. Never have seen anything I,ks :.
or course II is all very bis-mucb bj0gsr
than anything we have at home. But tbs
difference is not only that; II Is the Won
derful speed that impressed me-
Finds the Pace swift.
we Japanese have always thought our
serves nimble with our fingers and our
wits But we are still plodding in ox-carta
while you Americans are riding in aero.
planes. In your ways OF doing business
mean. You work at an electric pressure.
You have no laggards. or at least tbsv
are not visible When they fall behind. do
they crawl into the bushes and die rather
than not appear in the first rankY
1T seems to me that you must have a
marvellous physical strength to stand the
pace you set We japanese have endurance
but we could not stand your business life.
We would be dead or insane. The lightning
when 1t strikes is no swifter than the form
alton OF a business enterprise among Won.
Your former great president called II the
strenuous life, should name 1t the speedy
! life.
There Is no need for the Americans to
be jealoue OF the Japanese commercially.
The Japanese merchant can never catch up
| with the American.
| sFor myself 1 do NOT rave for - ...,,..