The Green Forest tribune., 1911-06-16
TELLS OF FIVE YEARS TRAVEL
M. B. Russei! lakes His Pen in f5ahd
 Again After q Long Silence.

Dear Readers of The Tribune: Iti has been several years since l took ny pen in hand to address you. l used to contribute to these columns regularly, sending you brief accounts of my ob- sevations and experiences from differ ent parts of the globe and it may be that the old-tinae readers of the paper would again be interested ia a fey jet- tings from me.
 Since 1906 have been engaged iR aI- most continuous travel. having visited every city of importance in the west. My first venture was the publication of an Illustrated Review cf tEa Twenty first Infantry at Fort Logan. Goio. The work was indorsed by the War De- partment and i was given special priyi- lege to carry 1t throughout the army President Roosevelt reviewed the book giving it his approval with the result that l was given authority to go ahead with the work. A company was form ed to carry on the work and 1 was sent to the Philippines. Here ended my interests in the scheme, leaving friends in the states to carry 1t on to comple- tion which they did with handsome re- turns.
 I found something doing in the Is lands and decided to launch out an ad- vertising scheme which I did with ex- cellent success. Leaving Manila, de- cided on a tour of China and Japan. Having visited these countries in pre- vious years, l found my second visit of far more interest than the first; espec- tally was this true of Japan. China hasn't t progressed hairs breadth in the eleven years that elapsed between my visits, nor scarcely that much in the past 100 years, for that matter The country is populated by a mass of wretched humanity striving for mis- erable existence, worshipping idols and bringing into the world numberless off springs only to follow in their footsteps.
 In the city of Hong Kong there are some evidences of genuine civilization, however. It has great commercial in- terests and there are about 25, 900 European souls enumerated in total population of almost million There are great many modern buildings in Hong Kong. Life would not be so bad in that city. There had been a consid- erable change in the European popula- tion of Shanghai. met but few of my former acquaintances there.
 Prosperity has assumed wide range in Japan. Great changes have been wrought. It is said prosperity follows war and this is certainly true of Japan since her great bout with Russia European ideas and customs are in evi- dence on every hand. In Tokio 1 visit ed a school of $500 young ladies and witnessed drill in which they all marched with flags to the air of Marching Through Georgia. /" The Chicago University ball team was there at the time and when 1 tell you l saw eilS " dSSOel OulNSISlty ltail Cl6dH uIJ our Americans ' to }, you get an idea how our national gaming is taking over there.
 There is something in the very air in Japan that tells every American tour ist that the time will come when Japan and this country will be atwar. There is a silent sentiment among the Japa- nese that war with this country is inev- itable. In fact, the idea is taught by the ''higher-ups" that such crisis is coming. The people are paying higf war taxes now with the explanation that it i3 necessary to prepare for wal ; with the United States The nativ, press is inculcating the idea into theil readers. Japan has just finished he, : coast Notifications which are withou doubt the finest in the world. A wa