The sun., 1910-06-05
PRINCE Shy OF INTERVIEWS
JAPANESE VISITOR 6UIRBED
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Prince Fushlmi-no-Miya oI Japan
allowed himself 10 BE- Interviewed yeatsr-
day afternoon. but he was 10 cautious
that out Of an hours talk only one ez-
PRECISION stuck IN the minds Of the inter.
viewers he Intends . buv another
automobile when the main street ~
Toxic shall be repaired II appears that
ihe main street h bumpv and though the
Prince likes automohilinR he dislikes
being bumped.
The Prince named 5.O p M a. the
time when Il would b. convenient for
him n see the reporters. At that hOnr
Consul-General MidniRO received them
and showed them into the apartments
" the Prince aud Princess az the Plaza
Hotel. some women reporters were
extremely ANXIOUS 20 talk TO Princess
f'lshimi. They wanted 70 aak her how Il
felt 10 he known a. the hanazomest woman
in an empire. Mr.. MdHunO therefore
arranged for q double interview The
Princess CeoeiveSi in one room Whilo the
Prince made himself target for quea-
tons In another
Since the Prince was a member Of
Admiral TOgO's stan in tho war with
Russia it was considered that he would
take most Kindly 20 questions ON naval
matters. Did hS think the time would
ever come when q flying man would bs
able 20 drop a bomb on the deck Of q
hattleship and ahnihilste the shipi Prince
hishimi meditated. Perhaps that time
would come. perhaps il wouldn't. Flying
machines would have to be perfected.
Of course. Would the Dreadnought type
Of battleship last aud would the sizs OF
such ships Increase over tho present
gigantic tOnnageg Well. he thought the
Dreadnoushts were great fighting ships. |
bat there was much TO be said for smaller
types. They might he bigger. but on
the other hand experiments and OBJ
-ervations might keep them near the
present tonnage
Did he think that oil would take the |
place Of coal a. fuel for fighting ysssslag |
Not being an engineer. he hadn't gone
into that problem He knew that the |
Japanese navy was experimenting with |
oil speed was the great desideratum !
aud whatever fuel would produce the !
most speed at reasonable economy would !
VI course he generally adopted
Possibility " war between the United |
States aud Japan The Prince smiled ia
the sort Of way that indicated he was
rather hored With tho question. Yes. he !
had heard Of the speech made by Jacob |
". Schn ia which MF. Schif said thai
war was not unlikely acme day. but he !
hadn't read the speech. When Il VAS
brought 10 his attention he Was travelling |
~ Europe. He thought that IL was a |
tons between the two countries ars TOO I
Clnse % allow % war. The United States
II too profitable a customer Of Japan.
The talk drifted back 10 aviation
The Prince had never seen an aerOplane I
soaring aud he manifested no great
interest in the sub cot u was suggested I
70 him that he might lind i worth while
70 travel 20 iempstead Plains and watch ,
Hamilton and the other flyers exhibit I
their skill. but Prince ttIshiTni was atraid
this was not possibly. lie had several I
engagements and t wasn't likely that the .
Princrss could accompany him.
Was he In America on q special mis- I
SION ~ any sort Not az ah he de- /
sired 70 infOnmlhs mind ias did the Prin-
cess concerning Americans and their /
ways His visit was wholly unofficial I
The Government az Washington had .
been extremely kind In extending cOur- /
t-si-s. and through the kindness Of the I
Government he would inspect the NeW I
Y0rk Navy Yard at BROOKLYN and perhaps /,
other navy yards. IL was probabls I
that he would visit West Point The .
PrinCess was keenly interested In Ameri- /
can women She liked their progressive |
neus
Well. what vas the one thing that had !,
most Interested him 20 farl The Prince |
studied q few moments, then conferred /
with Mr. Midzuno lie thought that the I
application Of electricity % our daily I
life Was the most remarkable phase VI .
American life he had observed
The interviswers we're getting q little I
Jagged by that time, although the Prince /
sas fresh. He seemed 20 like the game /
No they pat another question 10 him very 4
hopefully. What did he think Of rheO-
doFe ROOSEVELT Another pause aud col I
lOquy with Mr. MidRunO The Prince \
had never met Mr. Roosevelt. but he be- /
lievsd that Mr Roosevelt 10 highly -
teemed by the japanese people. Why .
Well, as a peacemakeF Did he expect I
20 meet Mr. Roossyeltp He couldn't tell.
He thought IL would b. interesting With 4
that be- bowed and retired.
The Princess. who 10 almost az pretty
a. she Il said 20 be. was still talking with
the newspaper women. Commander
kiyOkaiTa Junichi was interpreting for
her. She said she was having a charm
ing time and that everything she had
seen interested her enormously. OF
course shs said II IN japanese. but that
is what IL came to IA the translation.
The Prince and Princess with thsir
suite had spent a busy day. In the
morning they visited the Stock Exchange.
where the brokers were seething in a
falling market. and the spectacle ap-
peared 10 interest them George W. Ely.
secretary Of the stock ETchAnge. es-
oortsd them 10 the gallery and explained
what was going on. Afterward they
visited the Yokohama Specie Bank. where
the Prince transacted private business,
and then they made a trip 10 jersey and I
hack In the McAdOo tubes.
After lunchsOn at the Lawyers Club.
where they were entertained by the
japanese residents Of the city. the Prince
and Princess viewed New York from the
platform Of the Metropolitan
tower They had dinner In THAR apart
ments ae the Plaza Hotel and finished the
day az guests Of the Nippon Club Al a re-
Ception. ~
Today the Prince and Princess viii 4
visit Grants Tomb aud make an auto
mObile trip through the parks.
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