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

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. I used to hear the Japanese.
teachers in the university discussing
getting rid of the foreigners on their
staff.
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
them express this opinion before for
eigners. If YOU say, to draw them out:
You fellows will conquer the world
some day you get no reply, but each
looks at the other significantly. But,
of course, | have been in a position to
hear what they really think on the
subject.
Tokyo has changed enormously
since went there. Then for the pub
lie there was nothing bu. ramshackle
horse cars for getting about. but now
they have an electric tramway service
that is not eXceiled anywhere, and
you can go anywhere you want for PA
cents. The young people, both men
ana women, are mad for foreign
clothes. and it Is the ambition of every
young man to own a European suit
and for every young woman to get a
European dress with a pair of cor
sets. The number of those who con-
fine themselves to the native garb is
fast shrinking Tokyo is cutting away
block after block to double the width
of some of its streets. All the APP
proaches to the proposed exposition
will be three times as wide as Broad
way. In the private houses the peo-
pie are going in for foreign furniture,
and the Tokyo householder who can
not boast OF at least one foreign room
in his house Is considered not at all
fashionable.
Things are on the jump there. Even
the postman is always on the run, and
kilograms are always delivered by
messengers on bicycles. AS for auto
mobiles, the streets are too narrow
for them, and there are too many peo-
pie on the streets. Some of the Jap
anese gentlemen affect autos, but they
have to keep mainly to the country
roads, and there have been far too
many accidents TO make automobiling
popular
But one thing | miss here is the
cver-ready jinrikisha All you have got
to Ia h.,
house is to crook your finger and one
will appear, and you can go any
where in it for five cents.
we came over on brand new
ship of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, the
Chicago Maru. and among tn. passen-
gers were two girls in the first-class
and four in the steerage, all good look
ing, who were coming to Tacoma to
be married to Japanese whom they
had never seen. The marriages had
been arranged by friends with photo
graphs. | understood that they would
not be allowed to land unless their
frances appeared and married them.
My wife found one of the girls crying
as we We're nearing Tacoma, and after
some conversation we decided that
she had come to the conclusion thar
she did not want to get married after
all. My wife was much impressed by
the kindness of the American women
she met on the train on the way east.
and she has been appalled, by the big.
ness of the buildings. she says. Then
she has not got used to the lift in the
hotel as yet. She never saw one be-
fore
AS for the traits of the japanese,
they are inclined to be very selfish
They will take all they can get and
give as little as possible The man
who does business with Japanese may
expect TO be done if he gives them the
chance. The genera, or older states
men, believe, are all reliable men.
They are the backbone of the country
and their Influence prevents mistakes
in outside policy that the younger gen.
GRAFTON might make
CHARLES ERWIN PRENDERGAST.