Arizona republican., 1912-09-23
THE FAR EAST
 AND MISSIONS
Results of Investigation by a Phoenix Man in the Course of a Recent Cir cumnavigation of tn e Globe

beIoTe Df. F.. F.. PrOWel set Out l on his tour around the world J. NJ. Creighton who is interested in the l subject of missions and has been To- Cally engaged for some years in that | work, requested Dr. PrOWen to make 1 inquiry at first hand of the results; l of the missionary work in the more CT less benighted lands he expected l to visit.
 He found it a rather difficult sub 1 ject to investigate in Japan The Japanese are polite but not con- municatve. Their views of the mis- sionaries were complimentary but 1 rot satisfying to the inquirer who was forced to the conclusion that they had not been religously af- fected to any great extent The Japanese welcome the mis- sionaries for what they can give them of gifts that improve them mentally but they select from these gifts only what they want and politely declins the others They have found in the religious gifts nothing that in their opinion equaled the Shinto or Budd- hist faiths for Japan is half Shinto
 ard half Buddhist
 In a conversation with a Siamese gentleman whom he met at Singa- pore. Dr. Prowell got a more frank statement regarding the work of the missions. The Siamese said that his people generally welcomed their com ing and eagerly attended the mission schools. He added that they received instruction in many things that the common people had no other means oS acquiring. Necessarily. they were instructed regarding the Christian religion.
 Do many of them embrace it?" inquired the doctor.
 "Oh, yes, most of them do," re- piled the Siamese and he added, but when they leave school they are a5 good Buddhists as ever"
 Speaking of Japan, pr Prowell learned what has not been widely published in connection with the ac- cession of the new emperor Yoshi Hito. Though he is the son of the Emperor Mutsu Hito he is not the son of the empress. His mother was q lady-in waiting to the empress but his birth some years ago was legit- i in,atized by the Japanese diet Dr. Prowell learned that there was 2 great deal of dissatisfaction among i the Japanese on account of the heavy | war debt and the tendency of the l government to increase it by military and naval expenditures. This dis 1 satisfaction. it was feared. might'find expression in a revolutionary move nent.
 Hy-ni Ia in | Japan. Dr Prowell believes that this country will avoid serious trouble in the future by selling the Philippines 1 to Japan. While there is no prospect l of immediate trouble with that coun- | try. the Japanese have longing eye on the insular possessions of this country in the far east.
 One day in the course of con- vcrsation with Commander Maykerki | a high officer in the Japanese navy. | the latter was showing him map of | the east The commander put fin 1 ger on Formosa. d Japanese posses l sion and then stretched another to the Philippines and said, Tt is not
 very far
 The doctor visited a famous Jap anese temple and was shown rope | 300 feet in length made of the hair | of women This rope was used in 1 drawing the heavy timbers used in | the construction of the building. The building had been erected by a sort ] of subscription All had given accord | ing to their means and as the great ! body of the Japanese are poor the 1 contributions were numerous rather 1 than large. Women who had nothing | else to give gave their hair for the rope considering that the hair is as 1 much the glory of the women ot 1 Japan as it has been the glory Of | all women since St. Paul said, The l glory of a woman is her hair this l was something of donation.