The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-04
|v|VlD DESCRIPTION
Of JAPAA'S ATTITUDE
Native Statesman Tells DIR. Conn us
= Crime MISUNDERSTANDING GROWING
Up Between the Two Countries.
THINKS CHRISTIANS DIsLoYAh
Because They Place Love OIL
Above Even Love OF Countrs--Mse
tifacJ by Followers OF PrinS
Peace Engaging in War.

..rh.ro 1. moro danger OF the ny
phenated Christian than the ny ,a,a
| ated American" was one OF the @,s
ments in Rev. Henry Sloan
illustrated talk on Japan. m ~,
NJ. c, A. auditorium frida9 az r,e
DR.. Coffin. pastor or Maolsou VII
PRESBYTERIAN church. in New ~. ~
Was introduced bv DR.. Russell Bow,
rector Of st. Paul's. to a house cfo"u .
tx both main floor and gaiierE io'
| ~fapdjnr room The lecture was Va"
der the auspices of st. Paui = ola
Covenant and several other Gnu, ne
Dr Coff,n's slides showed japan
| from a number of viewpoints anu me
talk embraced her natural scs ,, y
resources, customs. festivals reiis' ol'
and her message to the United STATES
~ INTENSE interest in the present state
10 uncertainty throughout the world
A. TO America Japan Relations.
| Concerning the relations eAistthS
hetween the United States and japan
yiscount kaneko. one OF the te-iN
| makers in the Russian panese war;
introduced to DR.. Coffin by the prime
minister OF Japan, spoke as lo'ioWs'
Japan has always looked on the
United States as an ideahs' among
| nations The United states gave us
oa,r free institutions and our fducn-
has done more to send us what she
considers the best Of her rehSious
| representatives than any other couh-
try 1t is one Of the greatest oiuh
ders, crimes OF history. that the 'hl.-
ed States and Japan should pe ''"'"
enemies bv factors in both countries
and thy newspapers in oo'h '""'
tries" Viscount kaneko further stat
ed that IL hurt the japanese 70 nave
La tnf
pie rated below the white peopie
Limitation of Armament.
The limitation OF armament would
he one of the best things for the lap
anesc people was kanekos OPINION.
All OF the taxes collected in Japah
have TO 20 toward maintaining the
army and navy. to the detriment ~
the country itself There arc only wv"
ha-hors in whole Japan where shlps
can land at dock. II the nitoa
states would take the lead in league
|,o enforce peace and would set an
example by removing srmaments' the
United States would relieve Japan OF
her greatest curse.
Attitude Toward Christianity.
The japanese attitude toward me
Christian religion is particularly sig
aincant at this time. The japanese
government considers Christians dis
loyal according 10 DR.. Conn TheY
place the worship OF Christ above
L<heir patriotism. The question pnt
to Or. Conn wherever he went in
Japan, was. How can nations who
nrpfess 80 follow a Prince OF Peace
bc foremost IN bloody warfare" His
| answer was that the United States,
GERMANY and England were not
nrtstian countries. but there were
Christians living in them The 1apa-
nese further extended the question
that If Christianity didn't work at
home why was it exported
At this point DIR, CONN made the
statement that there was more dan
ges, OF hyphenated Chrlstianity IN
America than hEphenated Americans,
\s 10 Conversions
| OF interest was DR. Collins story
II the conversion OF a number OF
t.uddhists and the interesting COM
pa,dson Of the Christian and Eudd-
his; religions BY the unConverted.
according 10 Buddhist priest The
Christian religion - cheap, It has only
ono book which can be read in a few
days and understood by all The
Buddhist religion has innumerable
books. on which a man can read
lifetime and never finish. nor can he
>ver understand them.
The pictares shown by Or CONN
we're kodsked by him and made into
,olored slides in Yokohama They
were clear and beautiful scenes OF
mountains. lakes, city streets. tenn
pies graveyards idols and people.
Adding interest to the pictures We're
pr CoffSn's legends and anecdotes,
rich with hamor and interest. OF es-
pcciai note were the pictures of the
interior OF Buddhist temple. floats In
great sacred carnival. the lantern
presented Japan by the emperor OF
Korea. in the seventeenth century:
the sacred bridge OF the mikado. the
great Buddhist monument, forty-four
feet in heighth, erected in the four
ieenth century, and probably the old
est preserved wooden building in the
world. a temple erected in 61s. The
description OF the Japanese system OF
paper prayers amused the audience
exceedingly.
Bishop fuckers good work in the
mission field of Japan was highly
complimented and stress was laid on
the fact that all Christian denomina-
lions co-operated and consolidated. in
many instances even worshippng in
.ne hodv in the "A me church