The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-20

Of these missionaries of mercy in 1915
the name Of Count KATsU, whose kins
man In 1860 commanded, In the voy
age across the Pacific to America
the FIRST japanese built steamship
Its navigating oficer, who translated
BowDrTcH's Navigator" being Ma
KAHAMA, the waif Of 1850, picked up
at seq by New Bedford captain and
educated at Fairhaven. Mass. On
July 4, 1918. the Mikado's Ambassa.
dor, IsHII, delivered at Fairbaven
Mass, in faultless English, his eu.
logy. MARIANA was Commodore
PERRY's harbinger, sounding the
praises Of hospitable America. kArsU,
father Of the Imperial Japanese navy,
took American teachers to japan.
Not to make too long story, nor
tell of the wonderful Red Cross Ia
bors in war and peace. nor to repeat
the history of those who bear the
shining historic names Of ToxUoAwA,
son Of the Cinclnnatus Of Japan, in
1893, and Of YosHIDA, kinsman Of the
Morning Star Of the japanese Refor-
nation. who boarded PERBy's decks
In 1853. hoping to get to America for
soul vision, let an old tale be told.
On the arrival Of q traveller in
Dai Nippon In 1870 high officer Of
the Emperor came to inquire in de-
tail how President LINCOLN treated
men who In the eyes Of the national
law were rebels. The happy one
questioned gave him a chapter Of his
tory, which In the sequel, rs carried
out in Japan, quite equalled the Amer
lean precedent. When General GRANT
visited japan he found one sentence
of his as familiar as household words.
1t was: LET US have peace"
Yet, not as offset or detraction, but
as supplement-, In the spirit Of the
Allies, which works for union Of hu-
manity, and not with the animus Of
Kaiser. craft or Germanism, which
spells division, hatred and all IN
charitableness, We Americans are
glad also to show the diverse Of the
coin Of pure gold. We can truthfully
tell how We not only worked with
the japanese, but how our people on
their soil inspired them to novel &C.
ton. Generously and perhaps unani-
mously have Japanese public men &C
knowledged Christianlty's message to
women. The coll Of the Occident
sounded to the neglected half Of ia
pan and was heard. Mrs. J. c. HEP
BURN, first educator Of girls in things
western; Mrs. J. c. BALLAoH, WHO
demonstrated the power of the Japn-
nese voice to master the diatonic
scale; DR.. J. c. BERRY, who intro
duced first Of any and all prison re.
form and also took the initiative In
training skilled female nurses; CLARA
BARroN, not on the soil. but inspiring
native spirits. and not least, the hand
full Of American missionaries who had
Japan all to themselves for heaven
and inspiration from 1859 to 1859.
made possible this visiting commits
sion Of 1918.
1t may be said that any or all
forces inherent in Japan could, Of
themselves unaided, originate the Red
Cross, international peace confer
ences, a system Of hospitals for all
clAAses, woman's university, the
emancipation of the Outcasts-aonce
reckoned as non-human-full liberty
Of conscience, or real representative
government. The forces within and
without must needs cooperate.
Nor indeed could Americans-heirs
Of oil the ages and in the foremost
files of tlme-of themselves alone
originate these things. Have we not
even acknowledged the aid of France
in gaining our independence? Only
in brotherhood-fo which the Allies
of 1918 stand-could such institutions
as the Red Cross arise. Not unto US,
not unto u.s." will either the true ma
tive or lover of this republic, or the
real japanese cry. No! they both
stand hand In hand, as they bow be-
fore the universal man, hearing his
words, freely We have received freely
give" 1t is in generous rivalry md
In emulation without envy that our
citizens under their chief servant,
President WILSON, and the joyous
subjects Of the Emperor YosHiHrTo
march as comrades In the van Of
humanity. Therefore do we welcome
the Red Cross delegation from the