The Detroit times., 1910-11-16
NO DANGER or Hhh
WITH JAPAN, SAYS
THOs.J.O' DRIEM
Home On Leave Of Al.
sence, Says He Has Seen Nothing
To Indicat. Slightest Feeling
Of Enmity
Only Thing We Have That Orient
Wants Is Our Trade, He Tells
Board of Commerce.

'NHDSiS VI TIC bOdTu OF OOmmefCH
TO the number of about 200, attended
the luncheon rendered by the hoard
10 Thomas j. O'Brien. OF Grand Rap
las United States ambassador 20
Japan. In the Hotel Cadillac at noon,
Wednesday.
Mr.. OBrien. accompanied by his
wire, stopped on In Detroit on invita-
ton OF the Board OF Commerce. while
on his way home from the Orient, be-
ing on short leave of absence. He
was met the Michigan Central station.
Wednesday morning, by Norman
f1owers, acting secretary OF the
board, and c. A. Kent, and taken In
an auto the home OF Mr.. Kent. No. 40
Alfred-st.. with whom he will visit
while In the city.
Other distinguished guests at the
luncheon we're Senator Thomas r.
Gore, the noted blind statesman from
Oklahoma. who arrived in Detroit
Tuesday night, on his way to Ann
Arbor, where he is to deliver a lee
ture before the students of the uni
vcrsity tonight: and ex-Congressman
Butler Ames, of Massachusetts,, grand.
son OF Benjamin F. Butler, famous
United States military general. Law.
yer and politician. Mr.. Ames il In
Detroit In connection with business
Among those at the speakers table
were: Judge VIM. r. Connolly, MI
ton A. McRae, George G.. Booth, c.
A. Kent, Frederic B. Stevens, M. 3.
Murphy, Judge W. l.. Carpenter.
James lnglis, l.. IT, Doyle, Lem w.
Bowen and Col Frank J. Hecker.
In the absence of President Abner
Il. Larned. of the Board of Commerce.
Vice-President Frederick H. Holt
presided.
MIR. 0'Brien. after telling of the
Japanese form Of government, smoke
OF the recent military events In
which Japan figured. He said he
didn't blame Japan for going TO war
with China, nor for her war with
Russia, either. He thought the con
dftions in and concerning Korea ii1ati.
ned the Japanese in taking up arms
against Russia. Yet, he said, the
Japanese declare they are not a WAR
like people.
Mr.. O'Brien next referred 10 the
school trouble in San Francisco q
short time ago, The trouble was re.
grettable. he said. but he declared
there was no ill-feeling between the
United States and Japan as a result.
There was absolutely no danger OF
war between the two countries. he
said. Japan wants nothing that the
United States has, but her trade, Mr..
O'Brien insisted.
Japan" said Mr.. O'Brien, lis max
ing great progress i'm the matter OF
trade. The Japanese are good busi-
ness men"
The moral conditions were good in
Japan, Mr.. OBrjen said. A woman
was just as safe in Toxic, city OF
100000, with a fey policemen, a.
she would be in Detroit with her hun.
dreds OF officers. In fact. everybody.
foreigner or native. was perfectly safe
and well protected in Japan, Mr..
OF rien added.
Senator Gore spoke at the conclil-
sion OF Mr.. OBrien's remarks. He
made a strong plea for the conserva-
ton OF the nations wealth for the
purpose OF providing education and
other advantages calculated to place
the country on the highest moral
plane possible. He would much rath-
er see millions spent for such pur-
poses than TO sink II In battleships.
he, declared He also argued in favor
OF better trade relations between tue
United States and Canada.
Previous TO the dinner. O'Brien
told The Times that the re-
lations between the United States
and Japan we're most friendly: that
there was absolutely no ground for
the rumors OF war between the two
countries Asked II he had seen the
interview given out in New York by
~. n. Rogers. United States military
captain. who has Just returned from a
trip abroad. including Japan. and VINO
declares that war between Japan and
the United States is inevitable, Mr..
OBrien answered In the Affirmative,
but said he didn't think. after all.
that Mr.. Rogers had stated anything
that should occasion alarm.
I'm my relations with the Japanese
government" said Mr. O'Brien. II
have seen nothing which would indi-
cate there was the slightest feeling OF
enmity between that country and our
own. Some OF the newspapers In
Toxic aud Yokohama once In a while
print sensational items concerning
possible trouble between the two coun-
tries. but there is, apparently, no foun-
dalton for them. One OF the TOsiO
Japanese newspapers has an ofiictal
representative i'm San Francisco. and
he telegraphs any unpleasant talk
which he may hear regarding war on
this side. Yet. on the whole. the news
papers are very fair. Five OF them,
some published In Toxic and some in
Yokohama. are edited by English
So sakmg men and they are braiuy TEL
lows. too Another paper Ia edited ~
two japanese men who were educated
in Ann ArbOr Their paper IL printed
I in English These editors are not OF
the sensational kind and one really
reads of hut little war talk In their
paper
In government circles one never
hears any talk whatsoever about war
between Japan and the United States
The emperor has an Official newspaper
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WIN KIenk proprietor OF klenk'a
Light House Inn. shot his hfst deer Of
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