The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-30
SCOUTS IDEA OF
WAR WITH JAPAN
DIR. TUCKER, NEWLY ELECTED
BISHOP, GIVES HIS IMPRESS
sIONs OF FAR EAST.
DIFFERS WITH HOBSON
ISLAND EMPIRE WOULD NOT TAKE
PHILIPPINES, IF RENDERED
AS PRESENT, HE
DIFFERS WITH HOBSON

Despite what Congressman Hob
son may say and think, there Is no
real danger of war with Japan" de-
clared the Rev. II. st. George Tucker.
ID. D., president of st. Johns College,
Toxic, and bisnop-elect OF tn diocese
OF Kyoto, Japan, when seen yesterday
at the home of DIR. Beverly X. Tucker,
on East Franklin street.
Japan has no desire TO go to war
with the United States" he continued.
1T is too busy looking after its own
affairs. Never since 1 have been in
Japan--and l have now been work.
ing there for more than ten years
have l ever heard single suggestion
from the japanese that they would
like to go to war and drive us out
of the Far East. AS a matter of fact.
Japan would hardly take the Philip
pines If they were passed out to her
as II present. 1t Is true that she -
crowded for space in her own country.
but then she has Formosa and Korea
TO take charge of the surplus popu-
lation, and she Is also very busy CO.
lonizing certain parts of Manehuria.
Rival In Commerce.
1T cannot be denied that Japan is
our most formidable rival in the Far
East in the matter of commerce. How
ever, that should not be taken az 4
foregone conclusion that was must
ensue, as a result. OF course, no one
can foresec what may happen in the
future or divine such causes as pre-
eipitated the Spanish American War.
Meanwhile, We should have little con-
Germ over the prospect OF war.
At st. Paul's Episcopal church yes
terday morning, DIR. Tucker discussed
his work in Japan. giving an outline
of present conditions there and the
outlook for the future. In Japan. he
said. there are now ls5 Christian
congregations. and he regretted that
all of them. representing more than
twenty denominations. are not work.
Ing together. Unfortunately. he said.
Americans have carried their relig-
ligious sect and differences abroad.
While the missionary work in
Japan is practically completed.
he believed Japan would never
be fully Christianized until the prob
lem OF nding dominant leaders and
educating them for the purpose Is
solved. And that is what his college
Is trying to do. There are now, he
said, more than TOO japanese stu
dents attending this institution,
whereas there We're fewer than 100
students ten years ago. The Japanese
must also b convinced that this coun-
try is essentially Christian. he said.
before it will undertake to complete
~ embrace faith that America IS
trying TO give it.
Undecided a. Yet.
DIR. Tucker is rs yet undecided
whether he will accept the hishopric
to which he was elevated last Friday
in New York by the Episcopal house
Of bishops. 1t all depends, Ell says.
whether IL will be possible for him
to perform Episcopal duties ard at
the same time see that the st. Johns
College work is carried on, as he has
planned II.
AS the diocese of kgoto does not in
clude Toxic, this fact may cause him
to decline the honor However. he
is hopeful that he will he able to
straighten out matters sufficiently for
him to assume the hishobric duties.
DIR. Tucker came down to Richmond
yesterday morning from 1.ynchburg.
where he has been visiting his father,
the RI Rev, Beverly L. Tucker Bish-
lop Coadjutor Of Southern Virginia,
and formerly rector OF st Pauls
church, Norfolk. He leaves to-day
for Boston, where he is scheduled to
deliver several addresses in the inter-
est of his work in Japan He will
return to that country in January.
The hishop-elect OF kgoto liz a grad
uate of the University of Virginia and
is the oldest of nine brothers. The
Rev. Beverley D. Tucker. Jr.. Is rec
tor of the Episcopal chapel at the
University of Virginia. DIR. Augustus
w. Tucker. another brother, Is doing
medical missionary work In China