Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-19
Japan ALWAYS FAITHFUL
ITO TREATIES AND FRIENDS
's'scount Ishii Declares. Ills. Nation Is
Trying to Do Its Part
In This War.
MISSION GREETED IN BOSTON
{. Declares Purpose Of His Government
Is to Cooperate, to Coordinate
and to Contribute With America.
Responds to Wishes of Good VIII.
JBy Associated Press. !

Responds to Wishes of Good VIII.
Rosro, BY Associated Press.l
boSioN. September 18.-Japan Is in
ithss war on tho side of America and
the allies. ito win with you. to CO.
oporate t. coordinate. to contribute"
Fiscount Ishii declared tonight at a
banquet given at the Copley Plaza in
honor OF the Japanese mission. OF
which he is tho head.
q, D! we do not enter Into treaties to
tear them up and scatter them to the
Winds, no continued earnestly. Our
treaties are not scraps OF paper Wc
nave tried TO play our part and carry
our share of the burden We have
helped TO free the Pacific from tho
ships and tho influence of tho nation
which has thrown OF Its. thin covering
OF decency and now; stands revealed
In all tho horrld nukedness OF the
savage. We are in this war with you
TO win with you. We are here TO CO.
operate. to coordinate and contribute"
The enthusiasm displayed when a
great crowd greeted tho mission at
tho South Terminal Station on It's ar
rival in a pouring rain from Newport
this morning. reached it's climax to-
night as Yiscount Ishii spoke Of
Japan's fatthfulncss to Its treaties and
TO Its friendships.
In both the addresses tho viscount
gave to-day, the one at the banquet
In response to. warm expressions of
good will by Governor Mccall. Mayor
Curley and others and the one at the
convention to revise the State Consti-
tuition, he dwelt upon the ties that
bind America. and particularly New
England to Japan. He referred to the
friendships formed by the Japanese
youth who have been educated in such
great numbers In New England col
leEes and to tho American men and
women who have carried their ideals
to the Island Kingdom.
The Japanese mission was welcomed
to Boston this morning by a
great crowd, Notwithstanding a disa-
greeable northeast rainstorm. Troops
lined up in the South Station train shed.
stood at present arms. while band
hailed the guests with tho Japanese
national anthem as they stepped from
the train.
MISSION IS GREETED
By GOVERNOR MCCALL
There was an informal parade in au-
tomobiles to the State House. where the
party was greeted by Governor Mccall
After brief reception. the visitors
went into the convention which is sit
ting to revise the State Constitution,
and there Viscount Ishii expressed his
delight at being in New England
Massachusetts and Now England
are very close to Japan" he said
Many OF our leading men owe to these
surroundings tho Impressions and the
education which has enabled them to
take their nlaees in the varying walks
OF life in ttiefr home land"
The Governor. in welcoming the mis-
sion on behalf OF the State, alluded
10 the visit OF Commodore Perry to
Japan. which opened the doors of the
empire to the rest OF the world But
II was not all gain when the Japanese
exchanged their serene isolation for a
restless and an almost haggard civili-
cation" he said. 1.-The Western nations
have parently-unleRshed forces which
they cannot control. Those portents Of
energy called into being by the inven-
tive genius OF man have come to
threaten us with mastery. and we are
in danger OF becoming their victims
and their slaves. Japan will far more
than repay any debt she may owe our
Western civilization II she shall impart
t9it something OF her old repose. and
help subordinate It's mighty engines to
the use and not to the destruction OF
men,
The viscount paid cordial tribute
to- the late Henry willard Denison
whom he described as '.for over thirty
years, the guide. counsellor. and friend
OF Japan" In closing he safd:a.s
1T was Charles Sumner who said
TIE true grandeur OF humanity is in
moral elevation, sustained and light
e1ed and decorated by the intellect of
ulAh. The truest tokens OF this gram
deur in a state are ythe diffusion OF
the great happiness among the greatest
number ands the spassionless :justics
which controls the relations ofstthe
state to other States and to all tho
people committed Z. Its Charge =:
srAppIying his great utterance as a
rule for guidance IN International at
fairs. 1 can say to YOU that it fills the
idsal Of the true spirit of Japan in her
dealings with you and with the world"