Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
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ACTIVE At 70
N JAPAN
DR.. Greene, Who Received Sig
nal Honor from 1gikado Con-
tinues TO Win Friendship Of
japanese People.
INCIDENT SHOWS GREAT
DEVOTION OF N1PPONEsE

DEVUT1UM OF NlFFUNE 6E
tAasociated Press correspondence
Toxic. July f.-The legion Of
friends OF the Rev. u. Crosby Greene,
one % the most active and pr0mi-
uent American missionaries IN Japan.
ore congFatulating him upon his
decoration By the emperor OF Japan
with the order Of the Rising SUM-
third class. In recognition Of his nery.
Ices 70 Japan. extending over nearly
half a century.
DR.. Greene came to Japan IN 1859.
representing the American Mission
Board. and devoted himself to mis-
uionarv work for eleven years before
he became a professor In the Doshi-
sha college az Kyoto. II was twenty
i've years ago that Dr. Greene came
20 Toxic to resume his activities ln
thu missionary field. To-day az 20
ne II both active and eager IN his
work and his fine personality con.
tinucs 20 win him friends among both
japanese and foreigners
The part that American missionar-
les have played In the development Of
Jaran il evidenced Ia many ways,
Mona was more striking than the
tribute recently paid to Rev Clay
MacCauley, who IL known a. the piO-
neer Unitarian worker IN Japan. Like
Or. Greene. Mr.. Maccauley has just
attained his seventeen birthday. ana
his friends gathered around a dinner
table properly 20 observe the event.
Or. MacCauiey came 20 Japan In 1853
10 start the Unitarian mission IN
Toxic In response TO an invitation
from group 81 prominent Japanese
publiclsts and educators lie n q
ardent traveller and knows every nook
and corner Of the Japanese empire
Or. MacCauley sums up his mlsison
la Japan AS that OF putting before
the Japanese rational lnterprcta-
ton of Christianity az a forceful fac
tor In western civilization. with this
hope that thereby the japanese mas
discover In Il peculiarly helpful
and needful source Of national poweI
and prosperity.
An incident which explains forciDl,
the great devotion OF the Japanese e
their monarch recently occurred IN Z
Village In the prefecture of Chlba
where schoolmaster lost his life II
attempting To- Feacue a portrait 81 IN,
emperor.
| A hre broke out In the village, ans
before strong wind the flame
spread Ia the schoolhouse. In which
was a portrait or the emperor Mf
Ogura, the headmaster, arrived upol
the scene and. fading the portrait o
the emperor In danger, rushed i'm
mediately into the burning structure
Others followed him, bent upon tn
same mission. They were successful
for they soon emerged. singed an,
grimy bat holding up the sacred like
ness of their emperor. Ogura. how
ever, did not come out and his bod
was found later In the ruins.
The average American tonris
doubtless viii agree with the OpiniO
expressed by Mrs. Wickersham, IN
wife OF former Attorney Genera
George W. WickerHham. when IN
was asked by the empress OF Japa
for her most striking Impressions q
the country.
Mrs. Wickerahnm replied: You
ma esly. | think they are to be foun
in the flowers and the babies.
ThereupOn her majesty replied ''Ye
indeed, We have many OF both"
This reference occurred during
charming and interesting audlenc
which occurred by the emperor an
empress to MIR. and Mrs WickerahaI
and AT the same time to Prof. Franc
/, q. Peabody. OF Harvard universit,
, and Mrs. Peabody.
ii Mr.. wickersham ana Prof. PeabOd
were presented to both the emper,
. land empress. while the ladies of N
: party were received by the emprei
alone. In accordance with court cui
tom. The conversation by their ms
r jesties was In Japanese, whic.i va
translated by an official court intel
, prefer. Both the emperor and on
! press were exceedingly cordial an
the visitors retained most pieasai
4 memories Of delightful half no,
! az the palace.
z Charges of torture made again
public procuratorS OF the dlatri
/. court at Utsunomiya have awakens
considerable public interest through
!, out Japan. following as they DO Il
famous conspiracy case In Kore
when. during the trial Of Koreal
= charged with plotting 20 assassina
the Japanese governor general. q
i defendants accused the police 81 10
= ture
The charges against the utsunor
iva officials are that during the pr
liminary hearing Of forgery ca
they examined the accused perao
from sixteen 10 twcRty-nine hours
stretch. the defendants stands
- handcuded and being given no oppo
tunlty for rest. IL Is further aileg
that they were given food only on
= during the long examination, al
that physical pains we're continual
r inflicted with the object Of forcing
confession 81 guilt"
The Toxic court Of appeals IL ~
y investigating the charges ana u b