The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-24
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Bsow is published an interesting let
ter rom II. P. McGregor prominent 80 @.
husaess man. who recently returned 10
thiscountry after a short sC1ourn III w ~
Rrtish Isles and France. MI. NC
GrSor found conditions much INC So
as Turing the war and strongly ao' So So
an. who may be contemplating
tothc old country not 10 attempt suCh
a pilgrimage for some time 10 COME hA''
letter is. in part. as follows:
ON the ship going over there was ",
hard an English gentleman VINO n"S
,Tcd in japan for IS years. lie taiNeu
y.ry freely with me about the cono1.'oli
Il the Far East and gave me much lH-
nrrpa,ion that was entirely new TO me-
md perhaps 10 many or your feau'' .
he Is British subject. had peter
,ot mention his name. but ne was
cry intelligent man and spent n''ny
ears In Japan. China ana the lSl'iu'
- the Pacific. He said he knew the
:apanse peace commissioners very "''
md they were among the brightest and
post intelligent OF the Japanese states
non and soldiers. he said that they
-,ora nproscd 10 the emigration law"
~ the United States. Also that TINS
cou-trv would not allow them to p1lr'
cbnse LAM here. He said his opinion
was that hey cared very little for this
and wore after something worth while
they would finally raise these two points
and demad the islands in the Pacific
worth OF the Equator formerly belong
ing TO Germany, the principal ones be-
Marshall ISLANDS
many othr smaller ones which. he said.
no had visited frcnqucntly. and they arc
about tn, most desirable islands north
of the Duator. His opinion was that
+bev. void also ask that the ShantunS
peninsn and the railroad north De
given to them at least for term OF
Years. 20 il has turned out that they
got all, hey asked for. He said this
railroad running north ran through the
richest ,art OF China. at least in MN
erals ari timber. but added that II might
10 yyellenonGh for them to Get II. as the
N~bines. have never developed tho coun-
try Thile no does not think much OF
them 4 many respects. he says the Jap
aneselrC n wonderful people. Since the
Russin-Japancsc war they nave OK
ploi.a Nanchuria as far as Hardin. he
yisitd that country after that war was
over md said the American and British
rorroantS had opened up large export
and IMPORT houses along the line or that
road between EladivoStok and Hardin
He aid this did not please the JapS ana
Tho, proceeded TO make II very warm
for he American and British merchants
anC said that n short time before ne
lef nc visited ManChuria and IN" JapS
Ia driven all these merchants out. their
nlccs Of business being closed. lie was
tod that the Japanese In some manner
fand out prices that they were selling
tSir goods for as we'll as buying goods
br export. and proceeded 10 undcrStl
Hem and drive them out Of business
He said they had no right to complain
because they were not allowed to buy
land in the United States. as no for
cigncr could buy land in Japan or any
Of her colonies. He was very emphatic
in his opinion that the United states
would make a great mistake II she gave
up control Of the Philippine Islands. He
did not believe Japan would actually
take possession Of the islands, but econ
omically they would control them. He
stated that there were over $4,000 Jap
anese now in these Islands. and that they
virtually controlled the business there
now. He said that they had driven all
the shipping from the Pacific ocean eN'
,cpt on the Canadian Pacific line. which
large lysubsidizcd by the English gov
rnment I asked what the attitude was
d the Japanese people toward the peo'
Ne Of the United States. He said they
r,t very kindly toward our people and
lave no designs on the United States
whatever. or any Of her islands. He
49,
hit. on the contrary. would prefer &c
I've at peace with all nations. but that
n the markets Of the world they would
hve to be considered hereafter. He said
wages were very low there, and it cost
hut little to live and that they were
building their own steel mills and in q
,ery few years would be independent OF
he United States and England in this
,espect. He further stated that they
we're very suspicious or one another and
that a great many OF the banks. trust
companies business houses, etc. had
put Cinnamon in places OF trust in
preference TO their own people.
Travel TO England Discouraged.
: thought when l got my passport
that my troubles would be over. but
found they had just commenced. as the
British vice consuls office in New York
there was controlled by British army
officers. at least the passport division is
and they threw every obstacle in the
way to prevent Americans from going
over to England. They insisted that
should show my receipt for my war
taxes that had paid here. which OF
course I did not have with me. Also
said they would require letters OF
recommendation from business mer
that would prove to them that had
business in England. AS I did not
think it necessary. took nothing OF this
kind with me. They told me most en-
phatically that could not go. bu, meet
ing a friend in the Cunard steamship
Office he gave me letter 10 one Of the
officers that made it all right. I saw
a lady who came in the consul office
while was there who said she was the
wife Of an American officer and wished
to go over and see him. They told her
that she would have to sign a state
ment that she would remain over there
six months. She said: Suppose my hus-