Evening star., 1921-11-07
NINE. YAKIMA DISCUSSES STYLES.
POLITICS AND AIMS OF JAPANESE
Frances Willard Of Flowery Kingdom
Declares Japan Longs for World Peace.
Does Not Fear Yellow Journals.

subscribed to the list, and when left
Japan others were coming In by the
hundreds, and even here they are stfn
coming"
The long petition was then shown, ip
the center Of which was inscribed tho
women. It reads, I'VE, the undersign-
ed, solemnly declare that we most
earnestly desire that the coming con-
ference which Is to be held in Wash
irgton shall prove to be the means OF
promoting world peace"
Referring to the assassination OF
Premier Hara. Nine. Yajima said that
it was the result of the war. Murder
IL easy for many today" she said.
TT is a great tragedy. Premier Hara
was the first coming from the people
to hold that Office"
Asked as to the feeling Of the jap
anese toward America. the quaint
little envoy smiled and said: There
are yellow journals In my country as
well as here. They. OF course. engen-
der i'll feeling among many, but the
real Japan, as the real America, still
has desire for world peace"
Sees Conference Success.
Questioned as to what she thought
would be the outcome Of the confer
lieved IT. would succeed. 1T Is my
hope and the hope Of all sane people
in the world. so why talk Of failure" J"
She then added that her mission was
not only to do with the peace confer
ence but to bring a message from the
Japanese women to the womanhood OF
America. I'VE must be friends" she
said, women tho world over must be
friends"
"Our women are bewildered." she
continued, They are cropping about
in the darkness. They have heard OF
I ~ ySn VA hi ~ n ~
! but know little about it. They are
| hoping and praying that 1t will prove
to be the means Of promoting world
peace. Behind their petition are vast
spiritual resources. This roll OF rice
| paper I am carrying President Hard
! ing represents the mobilization OF
! thousands OF hearts.
| Il come with no official title and with
no credentials. OF my own country's 8
! delegates to the conference l can only
| say that they were not chosen directly
| by the people. We have much confi-
dence in them. and Japan feels fortu-
| nate having such open-minded ho-
| eral representatives."
| "Good-for-Nothing Girls Smoke"
| Nine. YAKIMA laughed when asked II
Japan had flappers. and did women IN
Japan smoke?
| ''Flappers in Japan would be silly
| she said. "They could not wear short
skirts. You see, Japanese women al
ways sit upon low cushions and they
do not exercise as American girls.
and. in consequence, their legs are not
| handsome to look at.
"Since the war there have been some
! good -for-nothing, ridiculous girls who
have tried to copy European women in
smoking, but it is not popular gen.
orally"
"The mothers and grandmothers of
| these girls smoked their little pipes,
native CUSTOM" said Mrs. Topping at
this time. But smoking has been 60
ing out among this generation of
| girls"
| Nine. YAKIMA today presented her
petition to President Harding at the
White House. She will remain in
Washington several weeks, and will
then tour the country to become better
acquainted with the many women's Or
! Plantations of the United States. She
| will make the Grace Dodge Hotel her
home while in the city.