The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-22
Japan EMPEROR
QUITE MODERN
IN Many WAYS

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lty. He never sat for his portrait.
and he never allowed an electric
light TO be installed in the residen-
ial part of the palace, which was
lighted with candles and oil lamps.
His successor to the throne, job
hihito, has changed all this. The
new Emperor shows no disinclina-
ton toward either photography or
electricity. He has sat time after
time for his photograph. In fact, he
is an amateur photographer himself.
He has number of cameras. and is
'ond OF swapping" his childen in
he Royal Garden. AS TO electro
,ity, he has ordered the candles and
1il lamps in the Chiyoda Palace in
Toxic to be replaced by modern cleo
trio lights. the installation of which
has just been completed.
In many other ways the new En-
Dorer shows modern tendencies. He
was formerly an ardent hicyclist.
but since taking on the dignity of
monarch he has abandoned the BIZ
cycle in favor of high power auto
mobiles. He is a crack billiard play
or and has had two beautiful billiard
rooms installed in the palace, ono
with American and the other with
English tables. Here after dinner he
challenges his court chamberlains to
a friendly game, and usually wins
quite on his own merits.
The Emperor and Empress, who
have been living in the Aayoma Pal
ace, will soon occupy the Chiyoda
Palace as their main and permanent
residence.
To further the growing industrial
activity of the Japanese settlers in
the Hawaiian Islands, arrangements
have heen made to found a Japanese
bank at Honolulu. The object is to
promote trade relations between
Japan and Hawaii, and to give ia
cilities to the japanese in financial
matters. Trade reports show a
steady increase of commerce between
Japan and the Hawaiian group.
On the other hand, the attempts
of Japanese to develop a fishing in
dustry along the coast Of Mexico ap-
pear to have been a failure. The
Japanese Fishing Guild. organized
some time ago in Mexico, has deeid-
ed TO abandon its fishery business
because of the very meagre results.
The sea bottom along the Pacific
coast of Mexico is OF gravel and
without enough sea weed to make
the spawning of fish sufficiently
abundant Moreover, fish are rarely
found In shoals, in Mexican waters,
and large catches are impossible.
All this has discouraged the Jap
anese, and it is understood they will
transfer their activities to the
waters Of Chile, wwhere more salts
factory results are expected.
During the negotiations Japan
and the United States over. the CAL
ifornia Land Bill, a majority of the
conservative Japanese were not
greatly impressed with the argument
that the Land Bill question wac
economic rather than racial in its
nature. From the Japanese stand
point the bill was so effectively di-
rected against the japanese in spirit
II not directly in words. that they
considered it another manifestation
Of the so-called race prejudice OF the
Western, or white races against the
non-white. or brown. races.
This conception has been striking
iy voiced in an article by Iichiro
Tokutomi, editors of the Kokumin
Shimbun For thousands of years,
writes Mr. Tokutomi, white men
have acted as If the whole world
was theirs. Since the days OF
Athens and Rome they have seemed
to consider themselves the chosen
people of God. They are most proud
Of their religion, and call other peo-
pie pugans. But If these pagans
be converted to Christianity" con-
tinues the writer, will the white
treat them as their equals? ! ans
wer that Christians look upon their
converts as yictors look upon their
prisoners of war"
After arguing that what he terms
the white mans clique" would not
be destroyed by the possible CONVEX
sion to Christianity of the brown
men of the world, Mr.. Tokutomi
goes on to state that the weak atti-
tude of the brown races is account
able for the manner in which they
are today regarded by the white.
snd declares the time has come to
put an end to this white arrogance.
Japan" he writes. "can only real
ize this object by employing force in
conformity with the principles of
Righteousness and Justice. by letting