Williams news., 1914-09-24
LANCE GIVES HIS SIDE
 OF JAPANESE WAR
Continued from 1st page)


 come down some time during this night, or I would be corpse to- morrow morning on account of the pledges I have made. It went on
 until 600 o'clock, and tie flag still waved there. I then went over to the barn, south of the hotel 15O or 200 yards, and to some of the employees, drivers
 and guides, I related this circum-
 stance to them, saying that it
 looked mighty bad to me, it looked
 like an imposition on me or on
 them, and I desired it taken down,
 and if a few of them would go with. me, and stand by me, not looking
 for any trouble of any kind, that l
 would bring the Japanese back
 down and have them take the flag
 down and deliver it to me, or that
 there would be something doing.
 To all that I mentioned it to, de- clared that they would stand by me
 at the risk of their lives, and see
 that it was taken down, and l
 firmly believe that all the Clerks
 in the employ around there that
 heard me mention it and says:
 "Go to it Cap, we will all be with
 you and see that it comes down."
 That was all understood. We had
 our supper at 6:15 o'clock. l
 think about 500 or 8:3O, we went over to the Bright Angel Hotel ol camp. I had cautioned the boys that there must be no loud talking, no threats whatever; that we or l was going up against hard prop osition. All that I wanted was that they see that there was no foul means used upon me, and that somebody would be blamed for that, and that I wished for all the blame to be on me, and none of them. That was agreed upon and between 8 and o'clock we walked up the sidewalk along the rim between the Bright Angel and the Fl Tovar. We went to within about 40 or 50 steps of the Fl Toval
 and told the boys to remain right there until I came back and not a word out of them, no loud talking
 and to act in a gentlemanly man. ner, that I was going into the
 hotel and ask him { Brant) to give me these two Japanese who put
 that flag up, and that If they come ! along with me, I wanted them( the l boys) to say 'hello,' how do yor l do and not to insult to the Japal l ese, and that I would so with the | Japanese 10 the Bright Angel, <ane l that if they would take that flag 1 down and deliver it to me, ther' l would be no hard feelings in any 1 way, and I left the boys standing | there with the understanding tha
 there would be no loud talking O
 insinuations whatever. went Il l the back way, as most of us barr
 fellows generally do, into the room l or lobby of the head porter, and ul l a short flight of stairs from tha room right up to the main hote l office. 1 walked up to the hea l clerk, and asked him if I could SC
 MT. Brant for a minute or two an
 he told me that he would see MI
 Brant. The clerk returned in
 few minutes, and said that MI
 Brant would be down just as 500
 as he got thru eating. I replied
 all right and to let him eat h.
 lunch and for him to take all th
 time he wanted with his meal. l 5 or 10 minutes the chief cler | came again and told me that M | Brant was not through with h | supper, but that he would be dow | in just a few minutes. 1 waite | on the steps 5 or 8 minutes whe | he came down again and told n | that Mir. Brant said he was to | busy to come down. 1 said, a
 right Mir. Kellog! will you plea l tell MT. Brant that 1 want him
 give me those two Japanese WI
 put that flag up there yesterda | [ will nledue my sacred word al