Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18
Five Japanese
 Statesmen Coming
TO STUDY OUR ECONOMIC CON-
 OPTIONS
ARE MEMBERS OF HOUSE
Japanese People Attach the Greatest Interest and Significance to the Forthcoming Visit of Their Repre- sentatives to the United States.

Tokio, Tuesday, August 21-Amone Japanese people the greatest interest and the greatest significance is at tached to the forthcoming visit to tl1s United States of delegation of five members of the house of representa- tives. The primary object of the mis- sion was set forth in an interview with the Associated Press correspondent by Tokichi Masao, the chairman, as that of conveying to the American people the sincere expression of the friend ship and good will held by the people of Japan.
 The parliamentary delegates plan to sail for the United States late in September and after spending ten days on the Pacific slope will visit the cities>of Denver, Chicago, Washington New York, Philadelphia and Boston.
 About two months will be spent in the United States. It is the first visit to America of official delegation from the Japanese house of represen- tatives.
 MT. Masao, who was educated at Yale University and who for a number of years was senior legal advisor to the Siamese government, is one of the most prominent members of the Jap anese Diet.
 Representatives of Japanese People.
 T think it should be understood country" he said. "as the direct rep resentatives of the Japanese people, whom we have been chosen to repre- sent in our Diet. Viscount Ishii went to America as the representative of the state but we speak for the people.
 Japan and the United States are new allied in fighting for a common cause and it is an ideal moment for us to go to the United States and talk over the questions which mutually in terest US. It is our dream that this temporary alliance between the two countries will last much longer than the present war.
 To Study Economic Conditions.
 We desire to study your economic conditions. visit cities and factories. We want to know the causes of your prosperity. First we will spend ten days on the Pa cific coast with the special purpose Of studyfng the-Ques- t1on of Japanese labor. I have the United States lack an understanding as to how better 5+ in and. assimilate with the American Hfe."
 MT. Masao was asked whether the people of Japan expected the United States to recognize the special inter- he did not believe that issue to be in volved, at least at the present time.
 Other Members of Mission.
 Other members of the mission are Kotaro Mochizuki, who was a bar rister at law at London for some years news agency and the Financial and Economic Monthly He has written books on the United States.
 Toshio Shimada is a lawyer and university lecturer. He has written several books on government and econ omy
 Etsujiro Uehara, a graduate of the Seattle High School and the Wash ngton State University. is an author ty on politics and international law and is a professor at the Meiji Uni versfty at Tokio. The fifth member of he commission is Dr. MasatSugu Yamane, who Is president of the Japan Medical School and has held many positions of importance in government medical work. For a time he was ad- visor to the governmen-genera of