The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-09-14
SAYS JAPS LOVE AMERICANS
Also Says They Are Not Warlike and
Have No Intentions Of Entering
Into Belggerent Relations
With This Country

Get know the heart Of the japanese
people" said Bishop M. G. Harris, just
back from Korea and Japan where he
has lived and worked for the church
for the past forty three years, in a
sermon preached yesterday in Park
Avenue Methodist church, "and |
know they do not want war with the
United States. In fact, they do not
want war at ALL After their victories
in the Japo- Russian war which was
forced upon them they did not cele-
brate their triumphs. They felt that
war was a loss no matter who was
victor, and they deplored that they
had to fight, but if they are obliged
to go to war they will fight with the
patriotism and love of country that
make them splendid warriors although
not willing ones.
cit grieves them to hear reports
have been circulated to the effect that
Japan wants war with America or
bears it grudge.
Japs Possess Many Virtues.
"The Japanese are great nation,
valiant, blessed with integrity, good
business men, friendly and courteous.
Since Perry, half century ago,
first went to Japan for the purpose of
establishing coaling stations there for
the whaling fleets of this country that
at that time existed in large numbers,
the Japanese have been friendly to
Americans. Perry made a good i'm
preston which a century has failed to
erase from the minds of these little
brown people.
Visitors Were Christians.
"Let me emphasize" said the bish-
OPP, ''that Perry and Harris and all the
men that followed were prominently
Christian. 1t was Townsend Harris,
who with his secretary, from the day
of their arrival in 1858, continually
held Sunday morning church worship
although they two were the only at
tendants. 1T was this man, Townsend
Harris, that as soon as the treaty of
1858 was negotiated, wrote to group
Of friends in New York City and told
them that now was the time to send
missionaries to Japan. This group of
friends responded Immediately and
raised sufficient money in one week $
time to send three missionaries with
their families, and this group, the first
missionaries of the cross in Japan, ar
rived in 1859.
Reverence Country's Father.
"What America has done for the far
east during the last sixty years cannot
be enumerated, but we can catch a
glimpse of their appreciation from the
statement Of friend of mine who lives
at Mt. Vernon, and who recently told
me that he believed there was never a
Japanese or Korean or a Chinese who
came to Washington without going to
MT. Vernon to place tribute of flow
ers ON the tomb of Washington -
Japs Are Our Good Friends.
Speaking of the present relationship
between Japan and our country which
has been so much threatened in the
viewpoint of the American press, the
bishop said, MANY things have been
written and said as to the confidence
in Japan which trouble you and trouble
Japan, and they will ask me upon nv
return, Is America determined to
break relations?' want to say to YOU
right here that Japan from the bottom
of her heart loves America, and our
country has no greater, truer, chival-
rous friend, not excluding England,
than Japan. Personally, have no
doubt how great is the name America
in the japanese heart.
Her Captives Her Friends.
Japan is martial nation; she can
fight, but for two hundred years she
sheathed the sword and when bv what
seemed to her to be the only safeguard
OF her national existence, she went to
war with Russia. was in Japan when
war was declared and stayed there
through it, and I was impressed that
with the declaration of war. ,Japan
held no celebration, she had no rallies.
but she fully realized the serious bust.
ness she had undertaken, went forward
to fight for her life. During the war.
japan took 10000 Russian prisoners.
treated them to the very best of everv-
thing, sent them home friends and
these friends preached throughout the
Russian empire the fneness, of Japan
and united the two nations in the ALI
ance we see today. This is Japanese
diplomacy.
Couldn't Say Christ's Name.
"When I first trod the shores Of
Japan, hardly dared 70 whisper the
name Of Christ, but today the nation i