The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-01-21
CHINESE AND
JAPANESE DO
NOT SEEK WAR
Dean Williams Says Conflict Is
Unthinkable-Japan Re-
CARDS America as Her
Best Friend.
ORIENT SHOWS PROGRESS
Party Royalty Entertained in
Toxic and Peking-Larg-
er Cities Have Ameri-
can Hotels.

War between Japan and China is alb.
soluiely unthinkablc, if the wishes Of
the people Of Japan and China have
anything to do with H." said Dean
Walter Williams in an interview with
u Missourian reporter on the train be-
tween CeD,ralia and Columbia yester.
day
Japan regards America as lis best
friend among the nations" he added.
There has been a decided improve
ment in business conditions, ir educa-
iional conditions and liberalism in gov
ernmcnt in China and Japan, too, since
my last visit there seven years ago.
Both in Japan and China they arc
especially interested in American meth
ods of education. They were eager to
hear of the work being done in insti
iiiions Of learning in the United States
There is the friendliest possible feel
ing between the people Of Japan and
China for the United States
With Dean Williams on his return
were Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Gordon.
who have been TO Hawaii. Japan. no
rea and China with him; his daughter.
Mrs. John :. Rhodes ard his little
granddaughter. IIulda Gordon Rhodes, of
Hutchinson. kan., who met him in Kan
sas City Yesterday morning. They have
come to Columbia to spend a week with
Dean Williams at his home.
Marshall Gordon said They have kept
Dean Williams going night and day"
PARTY TRAVELS 10000 MILES
We have had fine trip and enjoyed
ourselves very much. of course. he weni
on. recorniing some Of the Interesting
incidents Of the journey. Dean Williams
and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have been
gone ia days, according to Mr.. Cor
don's count.
When Dean Williams handed his tick
ct to the Wabash conductor on the
branch line. after greetings were ex-
changed, Dean Williams remarked that
this was the last lap Of a 10000 mile
journey and he was glad Of it. Round
trip trickets from Columbia to San Fran
cisco were carried by the party during
the entire journey.
We packed and unpacked most Of the
time said Mr.. Gordon. lie then de-
scribed everything from climate 10 food
in the Far East.
Regarding climate in China and Ja-
pan. Mr.. Gordon said: 1T does not
freeze hard in Japan, or at least moi in
Toxic. bu, in Peking there were four
inches Of ice on the streets the first Of
December when VIC were there Japan
does not get very cold. II gets raw and
disagreeably ccol. They have little
snow
Autumn and spring are the pretty
seasons in Japan" he continued and he
described the emperor's garden party in
November, the annual chIysanthemum
.,ariy. to which Dean Williams, and Mr..
and Mrs. Gordon received invitations.
They were accompanied by B. ".
Flcischer, owner Of the Japan Advertiser
IN Toxic. who was a speaker here in
May during Journalism Week.
MANY FUNCTIONS ATTENDED
Regarding the number Of affairs given
in honor Of Dean Williams, Mr.. Gordon
said that during their ten days in Pcking.
they only breakfasted at the hotel For
the other meals they were entertained
out.
II was in Peking that funny incident
occurred in the erroneous celebration Of
Tiger victory over the Jayhawkers. A
letter from a former student on the staff
of the Japan Advertiser informed Dean
Williams that on Saturday they expected
TO meet To celebrate the victory Of Mis-
souri over Kansas. The message was
taken 10 mean that the cable news Of the |
Turkey-Day battle had arrived in Toxic
and that the celebration was being |
planned for Saturday. So in Peking a
dinner was held with football enthusiasm.
The next day another message came and |
the mistake was discovered.
THE only thing ] have to kick about,
said Mr.. Gordon. is that they charged us
Too much duty on what We brought back.
One dollar of ours will buy nearly !
two dollars worth in China on the ex-
change and a Chinese dollar will buy
about as much as one dollar here Things
are about as high in Japan as here"