The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-07-07

III man VINO has lived l. years IN
Japan, arrived in New York re-
Gently from Yokohama. With
ei-sz1 him is his wife. who IS a Jap
anese. That sort OF Anglo
japanese alliance Mr. Kendall thinks
IS all right, but as for the one between
lis country and Japan he asserts
that If that agreement is renewed
after the expiration of the term it has
to run he will at once take out papers
and become an American citizen.
This is the first time that the pres
cnt Mrs. Kendall has been out of her
own country, and she finds it difficult
TO get used to the change. In the
first place the steamship made one so
terribly seasick Then the long train
ride made one so aWfuily train sick.
Then the changing OF the loose and
comfortable limonO for the steel lined
paraphernalia of the American woman
was a hardship. And when one has
been used to japanese food all ones
life the meats and sauces Of the Amer
leans are a terrible thing to tackle.
But Mrs. Kendall is trying to be
philosophical. She is amazed at the
si2e of everything in New York. Il
have been the only man in my partic.
ular line OF business in the far east
said Mr. Kendall. All big business
in Japan with foreign cities Is done to-
day by cable. ana | know of one big
house which spends $4,000 gold a
month just in cables. So got the
idea Of doing cable code work, and
have been engaged in il for eight or
ten years. | have come to New York
under contract to revise the codes OF
several of your biggest corporations.
II used to teach in Waseda univer
sity, which is the school attended by
The young Japanese mobiles, and which
is known as the emperOrs own pri-
waite school. | have lived in Tokyo,
Yokohama and Kobe, and as place
Of residence | prefer the latter. 1t is
built on hillside by the sea. Yo.
kohama is a rambling sort of place,
and except for the two bluffs is built
on an old rice field on made ground.
"A serious thing for the foreign col,
ony has just happened in Yokohama.
They have had for many years a rec
reation ground where football, base
ball, cricket and tennis were played,
with a fine pavilion and turf that has
taken 40 years to get into its present
condition. The lease was taken on
periods of ten years, and when the
last period was up in October the Jap
anese refused to renew the lease. In
dignation meetings were held. to no
purpose, and now the most attractive
feature OF the life is gone One rca-
son why the lease has been taken
away is that land is becoming so val
liable
Then the japanese everywhere are
suffering for the want of money and
they are doing everything they can
TO get it, The foreigner in business
who doesn't know the Japanese lam
guage has to employ a banto. which
word means interpreter but the
banto Is really a go-between. He gets
his squeeze out of both the foreigner
and the Japanese with whom the for
eigner does business. II often hap
pens that the banto gets away with a
lot OF money. The business question
out there Is very complicated.
Why. If you want to do any great
amount of business. you absolutely
must give a gisha spree. and even
then your competitor who offers the
banto a larger percentage may get the
order know whereof | speak. be-
cause for three years was connected
with one of the biggest houses in
Japan
You may take it from me that the
Japanese dislike foreigners thorough
~, and il they could do 1t without get.
ting into trouble they would kick
every foreigner out of the country
They have sort OF innate jealousy
OF ANYBODY who can do something
they cannot, and when they think
that they can do as well as the for
eigner they have employed they dis