Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-03-19
GIVES OBSERVATIONS
REV. A. J. MONCOL OF ELM DALE
WRITES INTERESTINGLY OF
TRIP TO YOKAHoMA
Holdingsford, Minn., March }. 1920

Japan.
In last December volunteered to
leave my pastorate for six months and
worker among the Czech-Slovak forces
in siberia. At first I spent three weeks
In New York. taking the Russian Ian:
for my ed On Snssy
mas I came home and spent ten days
ary 1st left Royalton on the N. p.
local and arrived in San Francisco.
January 4th on the Overland Limited"
5apaa h the sssf mara %hc
steamer now belongs to, a japanese
company; The voyage lasted for 18
days gay and was very pleasant. except at
severe sea gales. Then the Flu" was
very active on our steamer. especially
IN the steerage among the japanese
it, SO I was not feeling we'll until after
SIX days OF our voyage, or until we left
Honolulu.
arrived safe in Yokahoma, January
ready @ n to go fro n Tsaruga y Jspan sNee to
$; $: Penza. But on January, 2sth at
Sa tns zsaa nGee beee in pes
poned." At once we began to think
that something unusual was going on
1 to the IT. Soon Sanf cable
Vladivostock whether we should pro-
ceed on or not, for we were told by the
american ~ officers officers! w who were % on the
Thomas. that they received a wireless
to turn back for Manila. But we waited
5 days for our answer; yet nothing
cable cable had ht be Been intereepted ] ted Bet between 1
Japan and Vladivostock and also be-
tween japan and America. Neverthe-
}or &
Penza would sail in spite Of the fact
that we had been warned by Russians.
fSs and czschS mot to e9
read in the Yokahoma papers that the
had had been SsRt%ssd 5y the
an. And it was so. On February 4th.
saw the American consul who told me
that gil passports for Siberia have
want to go there at my own risk. I
transperts Il I returned to my t~o SEN:
to f go se't TO Visdivostoek @ % and and from there
to go with the Czechs on one Of their
TRANSPORTS by the way Of Suez and
Ssme Aaek by the way of the AL Atlantis. mtg
YsbI Gould not accept it, because my
would have lasted about 8 or 9 weeks.
homa for about or weeks until I
would be able to secure a passage on:l
one of the first class steamers amer +1is from
could not do. because it would have
been very dangerous to stay in q city
where people were dynE aka ena. flies in
February 5th. i secured passage on
second class steamer from 4okahoma
to Vancouver, which arrived in Van
couver February 10Th: ooo
during the last three months and have
met many men and women of different
type and nationalities. l have made
the real facts concerning many inter-
national conditions. Some of them are
these
!. When we are constantly. in our
ciate enough our American homes. our
schools and our free American insti-
tutions until we make a step into a for
especsy eEe among the %e
many blessings and privileges which
America affords us al: naturalzed' :n
2 l have observed in Japan among
the many Russian refugees that so far
the Allies have failed to help Russian
other words, there is bitter feeling
in the Russian heart against all allied
forces in Siberia. Bear in mind Russia
I plunges ee himseif If into sa the deep @ and osn-
gerous seas when somebody is over
board. And so Russia bravely and
generously plunged herself into the
their barge. But while doing so she
herself fell into the state Of perishing.
Being in the state Of perishing, she
Allies. But the Allies instead of throw
ing her strong rope to save her, they
have been telling her. to learn to swim.
more angry and disapDOinted in her
friends. When a man is perishing, it is
absurd to tell him that he should learn
59 srasp # anS thus Maqes qe :a%e
About $4,000 American soldiers in 1913
together with the Czech forces could
have saved the whole Rqssian situa. %
army was near Moscow and another
was marching towards Petrograd. But
just at this time they needed some help
come. The Allies debated too long.
At last too late IS aod they allowed japan 9
sia Sit 9 Which step made the situation
worse than before. Japan went there
not to help Russia. or the e Aliiss' but
rule 1 the allied forces. Hence no won:
der. that many times the Czechs and
Americans were ready to fight not t1i;E; On
Sut the fSeF awn
by their aid and military forces, many
innocent Russian people at Vladivos-
took during the Gainda revolution were
killed. Russia never will forget that.
3. Japan still remains oriental and, !
I think, will remain so forever. For
the last fifty years she has been max.
ing rapid progress along the line Of
social, political, scientific. mechanical |
and militaristic life. Indeed, she isl
still copying everything from the white |
man which serves for her materialistic |
and national ends. Yet in one respect
Japan was timid and slow and is still
slow, that is, as to the religion and
morals of the white man. The land is !
still owned by the Emperor and his
princes,-the common people are MOTH
ing but slaves About Is per cent of
her male population are still pulling
the jinrikisha, two-wheeled coach, |
gh the narrow streets Of Japan;
And how about the Japanese woman?
She is still nothing but slave. While !
in Yokahoma and while going to Toxic. |
I saw women bearheaded, with babies
strapped on their backs and working
this way in the fields. Indeed. as I
moved along the streets Of Yokahoma
and Toxic, saw nothing but children
or every woman from Is up, bearheaded
carrying a baby on their backs. This.
of course, is nothing to the one VINO
knows something about Shintoism and
Ru6dism JaDan still believes In DOlyE.