The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-07-20

- RNEST KENDALL, an English
man who has lived u years in
Japan. arrived in New York re-
Gently from Yokohama. With
80 him is his wife. who is Jap
anese. That sort of Anglo
Japanese alliance Iir. Kendall thinks
is all right. but as for the one between
his country and Japan he asserts
that If that agreement is renewed
after the expiration OF the term it has
to run he viii at once take out papers
and become an American citizen.
This is the first time that the pres.
ent 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 awfully train sick.
Then the changing OF the loose and
comfortable kimono for the steel lined
paraphernalia Of the American woman
was hardship. And when one has
been used to Japanese food all ones
life the meats and sauces of the Amer.
leans are terrible thing to tackle.
But Mrs. Kendall is trying to be
philosophical. She is amazed at the
size OF everything in New York. q
have been the only man in my partIc
ular line of business IN the far east"
said Mr. Kendall IAN big business
in Japan with foreign cities is done to.
day by cable, and l 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 1t for eight Of
ten years. have come to New Yo-k
under contract to revise the codes o;
several OF your biggest corporations
Il used TO teach IN Waseda univer
sity. which is the school attended BY
the young japanese mobiles. and whic
is known as the emperor's own prl.
vate school. l have lived in Tokyo
Yokohama and Kobe, and as p!ac,
OF residence l prefer the latter. 1t +
built on a hillside by the sea. 70,
kohama is a rambling sort OF place.
and except for the two bluffs is bully
on an old rice field on made ground
"A serious thing for the foreign col
cny has just happened In Yokohama
They have had for many years a rec
reation ground where football. base
ball, cricket and tennis we're played
with a fine pavilion and turf that ha.
taken 20 years TO get into its p-eSen.
condition. The lease was taken or
periods of ten years, and when tn.
last period was up in October the Jap
anese refused TO renew the lease. IL
dignation meetings were held. to ne
purpose, and now the most attractiv,
feature Of the life IS gone. One rec
son why the lease has been taker
away IS that land is becoming so val
liable.
Then the Japanese everywhere ar,
suffering for the want OF money. ano
they are doing everything they car
TO get it. The foreigner in business
who doesn't know the japanese Ian
guage has 10 employ banto. which
word means Interpreter. but tht
banto is really go-between. He get.
his squeeze out Of both the foreigner
and the japanese with whom the Tor
eigner does business. 1t often hap
pens that the banto gets away with .
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 'gisha spree. and even
then your competitor who offers the
banto larger percentage may get the
order. / know whereof speak, be.
cause for three years was connected
with one of the biggest houses in
Japan. The big japanese houses often
pretend to underbid each other and
then square the deal afterward.
You may take it from me that the
Japanese dislike foreigners thorough.
". and II they could do It without get.
ting into trouble they would kick
every foreigner out of the country.
They have a 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.
charge him. They are replacing the
foreign captains and engineers Of their
merchant ships as fast as they can
train up young japanese to take their
places. used to hear the Japanese
teachers in the university discussing
getting nd OF the foreigners on their
stan.
Their successes In two wars have
made the Japanese thoroughly con.
ceited. They believe they have only
got to make big effort and they can
conquer the world. You do not hear