The sun., 1910-07-17
1TENTY.SII YEARS IN JAPAN
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s~av~T - Malone. Who sail~l
# N.s lorz harboF ,wenty-s,s years
A. "a re f01fnast.d ship Fr~i-r,ek
rss bound for Yokohama -, back
,r sn IN Friday whsn hs went away
r. ,gEcst buihiing In town. a. b. r',-
.-.rI-rs -. was a tuelVe story affair
r.t- 'he Grand Central station Ito was
rra. ar.d Tor changs- aud the towering
-. ~ that pr-s~nted itself a. hs crosss,i
o. . I"fsey city didn't impress ham a.
Ill 10 A. 'hr general difference uf things
Western He had hveh - long IA tho
ta-r that he vicwrd New York almost
v.'h tho eyes of an Oriental. and he said
% ~nuli take him longer to get acc,i--
irrri To the GIc"rnes- ~ things here
irHr % had when h. tackled Japan
's.ufy-~'N wears ago
Nr S,avcr - the son of col Ju.'l
S..y-r = Malone whose tI,lc NaS earned
b. . war record col. S.avnr was III"
r-.yretor of the Malone Palladium. hut
k- .on didn't take To the newspaper buSI-
no., and became marine engineer
n ylslt 70 japan. which resulted ia hiS
rnAing that country his home Tor 80
many years, was a result Of the 20 tn sea
surit As Mr. Scayer relates IT, he like
o., other boys of his time had had his
Imagination fired by tales of wonderful
'uvagcS in tropIc seas In Imagination
!, ssw himself. after the hight work
~ tho ship was done. leaning over the
tu'varAs watching the flying fish or
gang at the romantic outlines Of strange
la0i,
Ile was full II romance of the sea
when he stepped on board the Frederick
Billings. bat u didn't take him long To
fni that tho story books had misstat"d
things Even IN that day. he says.
American sailors wrrn not common before
'lc mast and in the Billings foc'sIs.
wa"r" he bunked a. fornmag hand.
r' found many different uatonalNic-
r,p-r--nted Il was pr.'ty nearly nll
WORK and no play nn sh,pboard. he found.
ali hc soon learaed the truth of the odd
s,ilor's adage. six days shalt thou
~rk and do all thou art able; on the
s"venth holystone the decks and scrape
~" able
When the Billing reached japan Mr.
Sea,sr decided that a sailors life wasn't
a. all the life for him and after looking
about hit he got a job n Junior engineer
With the Nippon Yusen kaisha. the Japan
Mail Steamship Company. Tn" com
panys ships sailed 70 all parts of eastern
Asa and to Australia England and the
tinted states MIR Seaver kept in the
service until he rose to hn chief engineer
The Yokohama 81 that day was a. DIFF
fprent from the city Of to-day a. the NeS
York. that Mr. Seaver sailed away from
uas different from the city he saw yester-
dsy There were no electric lights or
'-amcars and the only gasworks in the
sincdom were In Yokohama and Toxic.
There were very few Americans in the
plaoa then, hut MIR SeaVer found the
Japanese very friendly. more so ia way. |
b" sAyS. than they are to-day.
n he explains Il the lower classes Of
- used TO being cufed about that they |
had no spirit and they were respectful [,
- he foreigner The war with China ,
changed all that by aro,l-ing = national 7
,Vi-I' among the people and Mr. Seav"r
.avs that 50 arrogant did many - the
Japanese employed on the steamships /
- 'ha Nippon Iusen kaisha become that J
her" vere many rows IN which the white /
'N,"rs we're badly punished and things /,
- 40 had that the line threatened To |
q .csarRr all the Japanese in it, employ !
,7a hire Chinese IN their places
THIS effect Of the awakening Of the |
ra'Iuual spirit soon wore itself out and !
VIZ N4AANer oNeSeTNe1 tThl kTtdN JdIa-
n'>'. victories of the war with Russia did |
. r,' cause the same acts by the people 7
- 'trgp They had become used to Icing !
rssIrded a. men and had learned not To-
a. lee their freedom. To-day. according |
=. Nir SeAvsr. the feeling IN Japan TOW ard |
'--"ignerS - dictated by the natural desire /
a. 'he Japanese 20 have the ief hand I
% ID. the industries of the island. He ~ OF /
'.a pptniOn that the fe.siing of the Japanese |
''N ard the United States il Just a. friendly I
urI fh..H han M
%. ra - The idea in Japan. he says
s.'rl- - 10 to get rid 81 all the foreigners /
r.s--IH Japan for th. Japanese.
10 r"-Ilt 81 this policy. Mr.. Seaver
Eg~ j. that many foreigners are now
",".ng Japan because in one way or an
o''"- hey have hcen forced out 81 busi-
hos He gives as an example the biIsi-
H'.- = tea firing in Yokohama, which was .
air'0-' entirely conducted by foreigners. /
f"rn-rly nearly all the tea raised in /
Japan vas brought 90 Yokohama and I
H." ~ te fired. Now only little tea |
r"a 't"s those places most of II beng fired ,
Us %" Japanese Themselves in the interior ,
v'"re the tea IL grown and sent To Shid-
fI"h tor export. Then too import !
dI'"- have teen raised from II TO 81 per /
u.'' all along the line in order 20 foster /
la0an~sa infant industries and the for
gr"r - h@ng forced out. The Japanese.
" N"'v"r SAYS. are nearly ready nov to
mas" all their own steel and II will te
T!l" Nv Japanese
Thus .upplan'ing 81 foreigners by
in'ly"= has extended to all lines. II has
I'rg s.uoe reached the merchant service.
r1"-" Japanese are taking the places % |
o." nf.cerS and engine room force. II !
.- ,hls fact ~ much a. anything which |
'' VIZ Saver - take his first vacation |
% 'N"ntv--iN wears and come home. He
s'v- Do" won g hack and that there ar.
,a'y others like him who are leaving
darIn tJr good after having spent many
y'H-s there.
IT," 'hpr0ughnesS with which they do
- ~ ~" Fast was brought home tn |
u ~'.tv"T when china started the boy
.' Itpanes.. trade three years ago.
'.' .. v".'t Vas 80 Ierfect that the line |
'. V.I.h n" was Connected was forced |
.' OBJ" Ihiua trade and had 10 sell the
-.r ~'.rh Constituted the line 10 south
.t ..r'S
'.". VI Seavcr FIRST landed in YokD-
. .rt' r.ty was one ~ tho cheap
-' - ~ live in In the Fast. and |
'r Ole went there from Hong
- H.i China ports for their va
sin" ths Russian war the
''.-'l taxation has made IL one %
f.1a tv, tIaN