The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-17
Count and Countess OgaSa-
wara and Distinguished
CountTymen Here.
DIPLOMAT IS SPOKESMAN
Expresses Profound Convic-
ton of Continued Peaceful
Relations With America.

Count and Countess Ogasawara of
Tokyo, Japan. together with coterie
OF other distinguished japanese, were
guests at the Hotel Utah yesterday,
the entire party being ON the way east
and 70 leave here today.
Count Ogasewara is master of ccre-
rnonios in the imperial court al Tokyo,
and the countess is IL delegate from
Japan To the international Red Cross
society convention to be held at Wash
ingtou, D. c. With them is s.. TAX
euchi at one time commander of the
battleship Mikasa, and now mem
Der of the Japanese legation at Wash
ington.
Distinguished Party.
The other members of the party are
Y. Kawasaki, vice president of the
Kawasak Dockyard & Shipbuilding
company Of Kobe. Japan; T. Kairi-
yama, secretary Of the company !sao
Hats. M. A., Yale; Miss a. FuLta,
attendant to Countess Qgasawara- Two
other distinguished japanese came
over the Pacific ocean with the party,
but arc not travelling with tho count.
They are M. Takenchi and T. Shima-
moto.
Salt Lake is the only place at which
the visitors will stop on thcir trip to
Washington, and while here they made
a trip about the town. which they de-
clared was full OF interest 10 them,
The temple grounds and the taber-
nacle were visited and viewed under
nf Goddard n
tendent Of the temple block bureau OF
information.
That the United States is looked up
on by Japan as one of the most sincere
friends Of his country, is the opinion
expressed by Mr. TakeuGhi. Com
mercial Interests Of Japan depend
largely upon friendly relations with
this country, says the visitor, but
greater than this consideration is the
feeling of national security and safety
for the world IS peace that arises from
the good feeling existing between the
two countries.
Peace Above Conflict.
s'Tn order to become member Of
our legation in this country" said Mr.
Takcuchi. "T have Just left command
of one of our best battleships- 1t
gratifies me very much To go from
the warlike environments Of the navy
into the peaceful and highly pleasant
work of representing my country al
Washington.
"Our navy is now about one third
the size of that of the United States
and we have no expectation that il
will ever become as large. We hope
never to require such q powerful array
of war vessels. We are making nc
increases in the size Of our navy. In
the first place, our national finances
are not in condition to permit this
and secondly, we feel that the better
way in which to preserve peace is tc
refrain from warlil1e preparations.
Work of Red Cross.
In Japan the Red Cross society (
work has done much toward cultivat
ing kindly feeling among the people
Countess Ogasawara says. 1t has also
taught the Japanese to freely go tt
the assistance of the afflicted and suf
fering Chinese, In any movement un
dertaken by other nations to alleviate
suffering in China, the Japanese Rec
| Cross people are ready to assist to the
extent Of their ability. Sometimes {
| little difficulty is encountered in tbest
| kindly ministrations, because of the
peculiar relations existing between
the two countries; but by degrees Cthi
difficulty is being overcome as The
! kindly spirit exhibited finds its way
to the better side of Chinese nature
Countess Ogasawara takes deep in
terest in this work, and her presence
| at Washington will prove gratifying
to delegates from this and other couu
tries.
The party will leave here today fol
Washington, and some members of tht
grolN will do considerable travelling
in the east before they return to thejl
native land.
UTAH Nj TIVE CONC