Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-22
WHAT HAWAII
VISITORS SAY Of
TRIP TO JAPAN
CONTINUED from page one1

down, with 4 friendliness and hospi-
tally surprising TO then-even. among
this polite and hospitable people. :.
Personally, the writer cannot 1ex.
rress In words the feeling he enter.
tains for the debonair reception given
him by his old friends and former
pupils. from the great and small
Prof NJ. d.. Scott, principal Of MeKin-
ley high school and founder OF ia.
pans modern public school system.
Business In Japan is not so proFni-
merit as IN the u. S. A. In all our
travel over Japan ! was only rarely
approached by businessmen who were
eager to inquire into our business re-
Iations. There 10 a certain shyness
which may have It's reason ia the
lack Of knowledge Of the English
language. II you, however, Inquire
into their methods of doing business
they willingly tell you all you want to
know, even in turn ask for sugges-
ITEMS. One businessman asked me
many questions which he had pre-
pared on q piece Of paper and record.
which certainly was thorough.
The factories which we visited
made on me . wholesome impression,
Though there seems to be nereiiess
exploitation Of the laborers, especial
Iy the women. Simplicity and sFrewd
saving methods are stamped on each
factory, and q small profit seems TO
90 with them 4 long Way-George B.
isenberg, Of r. Hackfeid & Co.
went TO Japan believing that the
people Of that country were inherent
~ hostile 20 America and Americans.
! return convinced that the Japanese,
as nation, desire the friendship Of
the world and Of the United States In
particular.
In common with many in Hawaii l
had the idea that recent events In
the Pacific had en1bittered the Japa-
nese as a people. believed that 1
would find q common sentiment
against Americans.
found exactly the opposite.
Il would be easy, Of course, TO have
had the Hawaiian party met by off,
cials and leaders masking heartfelt
hostility under an appearance Of
friendship and goodwill, but II would
have been impossible to have had our
party greeted with smiles and cour-
tesy and unbounded hospitality wher-
ever we went, from the offices Of
higher officials In Toxic to the street
corners of insignificant and remote
villages, had che friendship, courtesy
and hospitality been other than real.
Whatever the officials OF Japan
may feel; whatever are the underiy-
inc motives Of the men Of the army
and the navy Of that country, the peo-
pie Of Japan want no war, want no
trouble, want nothing but real friend
ship with the United States.
The srniIcs Of many thousands OF
women and children convince me Of
that. Those friendly smiles could not
have been assuA1eds% ~. @. Matheson,
editor Of the Advertlser.
What impressed me most during
my five weeks in Japan and among
the Japanese people was their Unborn
sense Of the beautiful In nature from
which they have developed q pure and
high degree of art. This was seen to
be true from the lowest grade Of so
clety to the highest.
Their wonderful Initiative powers
were also very noticeable, and they
are adopting much Of the best
which has developed among the occi
dental civilization. Their railroad
system, for instance, taken from the
English, IS certainly very fine.
As nation, too, they seemed ex-
tremeiy courteous and hospitable, and
as individuals very generous and kind
hearted to old friends, be they from
Hawaii, the States or any other coun-
try. In many ways Japan has reason
TO be proud, but before she can take
. permanent place among the nations
Of history she must break away from
the customs Of centuries and build
her foundations on firner ground,
morally as we'll as socially. No nation
can stand where disease 10 so preva-
lent, the morals so rotten, and women
and girls Of 80 little Importance
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