The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-05-18
ARTHUR COFFIN
BACK At HOME
Has Had Delightful Trip Around
the World ard Has Seen
Many Countries.
LIKES THE ENGLISH
AND THEIR METHODS
Thinks the Japanese Would Like
10 Get Their Hands on the
Philippines and Honolulu Il
They Dared.

"Well yes, we have had quite n
trip said Arthur Coffin, who with
Mrs Coffin returned to North Yak
ina last night from trip around the
world, some $4,000 miles in all in
Spain, France Italy, Egypt, Arabia,
India, Ceylon, Straits settlement,
China and Japan. We enjoyed the
trip very much and it goes without
saying are very glad to get home and
would not care to take the trip over
again. our largest. stay was in
Egypt. two and one-half months, in
December and January, and while
the Americas and Europe were suf-
fering from floods, storms and SHOWS
every day was delightful warm
sunny, bracing spring in Cairo. The
light breeze always found on the
desert is very invigorating and a
great health remover so that Egypt
is now considered the health resort
of the world and many go there for
the winter in preference to Nice and
The Riverie.
Hotels Arc Comfortable.
The hotels are magnificent and
every comfort can be had at a very
moderate price. The rooms large
and fresh air and comfortable beds
are the acme of all hotel proprietors
together with an excellent French
menu. Take it all round, travelling
lG i. Il,,
supposed. The first class fare from
New York to Egypt is $3.50, from
Egypt to Yokohama, $225. Our
steamer from Egypt to Yokohama
made stops at all the ports enroute
from five days to week at each
place giving us all the time we cared
for in visiting the tourist points of
interest. If you don't wish to have a
suite of rooms with private parlor
and dining room and live a prince,
you can have a fine large room with
two beds and bath, including meals,
for from $3.50 to $500 a day each in
the best of hotels. This is about half
the price you would have to pay in
America.
Paid Tribute to Neptune.
1.-THE passage through the Mediter-
ranean and Red sea, Indian ocean
and Sea of Japan was very pleasant
and calm, not rough enough to be
sea sick. But coming home from
Yokohama to Vancouver it was quite
boistrous and l had to pay a mild
tribute to old ocean. We kept well
posted on the great prosperity going
in in No: tn Yakima by receiving your
paper at all the ports of call on our
trip and as you have printed a num-
Der of articles on our trip it is not
of interest to go over them again.
Suffice it to say | believe | have
learned one or two things that l was
not entirely satisfied on befo: e. One
is that the English people are great
colonizers and while in the first place
they may use rather unscruplous
measures in getting hold of a country,
they certainly force a prosperity and
good government on the people after
they do get established.
Good Wo.d For English.
"Another fact l observed is that
the English are very bright, clean
people and wish to be quite friendly
with Americans Perhaps, thinking
America might be of some use in the
event of a war between England and
Germany, which they very much fear.
While we enjoyed the hosp tally
of the Japanese and bowed and
scraped with emperor and empress at
their Toxic Garden party and all the
people of Japan seem very friendly to
Americans, l still believe that it is
quite the lack Of money and fear of
Russia and China that keeps them
down and checks their desire for the
Philippines and Honolulu. From
what l learn their rule in Korea and
Formosa is very pOmpous and their
talk of an open door in Manchuria is
quite a fable and it is all for Japan
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