Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-04
General Utter Writes Inter
esting Letter
JAPANESE CITIES
ARE DESOLATE
Exclusion Act Hurts Feelings of
Japan = Glimpses of Shanghai
and Hong Kong-Man Power
Used Exclusively
Manila, P. 1.
June 2, 1924.

Mountain Home Republican:
We left San Francisco on the frs
: day of April and arrived at Honolulu
on the sixth, it being one day NOR,
than it should on a normal triI
there.
When we arrived at Honolulu
took Joe ashore and secured tn,
services of Mr.. Grant, who has al
automobile for hire for $4,000 fol
ALL day, and we first took the beau
tiful road to the Pallay, that gasl
between the mountains where Queen
Lill's father drove his enemies over
the precipice and won his kingship
until the missionaries beat him to it,
the little stream that usually fur
nishes the worlds wonder of a water
fall falling up was dry and we did
not see that, but the jungle and
labyrinth and the prickly pears were
in evidence. We then visited the
Pacific Heights, where a wonderful
view of the city and harbor is dis
played and many of the new homes
are being built, then to the beach
and Diamond Head, where Uncle
Sam has his disappearing guns for
the protection of the place and mil
itary camp. We then got lunch and
after that saw the aquarium and the
city museum; then the churches and
schools and ancient royal castle, with
its grove of royal palms. We then
visited the country and saw the SUI
gar plantations and pineapple farms,
the sugar factory and it's wonderful
system of handling thousands ef
tons of cane every day, then to P, ri
Harbor, where we saw the largest
dry-dock in the Pacific waters and
all of Uncle's subs and chasers and
gunboats there, and the greatest
amount of stored oil in the world.
We then returned to the city and
went through the military camps
and the residence portion, and l got
some green cocoanuts to give the
folks a drink when we went aboard.
Our friend bought me fine bunch of
flowers for my stateroom and a but
tonhole bouquet The flowers were
not as numerous as they are in June
but there was plenty. 1t was hard
for me to keep Joe out of the surf, |
where the young Kanaka girls were
sporting, but told him of the maids
of the sea and of their wiles for the
destruction of men and persuaded |
him to forego the swim.
Our next stop was at Yokahoma,
where we saw the awful toll of the
earthquake I'M the destruction of a
city of some three million of people.
The Japs have rebuilt a city of
board shaeks ON the foundation of
formerly stately edifices. The con-
crete piers are warped and broken,
the brick and stone buildings are a
mass of rubbish and on the heights
where most of the foreigners lived
the buildings are all gone except one
lone frame that is standing.
Toxic is different in that the re-
building is of much better quality,
the restricted district,
with its fountains and works of art.
The Japs were much aroused over
the immigration act and it may de-
lay me some, but hope not seriously
in my dealings with them.
We next stopped at Kobe, where
delegation of big japanese met me {
and gave me welcome to their city.
This was done because the Police at
Yokahoma for short time kept us
aboard for the reason had no pass ;
port and they don't usually let any
one land except they have one prop
erly vised by the japanese consul. [
[ refused to go to the expense of get [
ting passport for / knew l could [
and anywhere l wished without one s
md / bet the first officer I could |
10 the tune of $1,000. OF course 1 !
won but l was afraid for a few s
1 did not appreciate the :
new conditions since the late war. [
At Kobe we had plenty to drink Z
and fine ride in ginrika. bought S
/ little silk American flag and put
t on my ricasha and the Japs had to i
ike it, for 1 showed my colors and '
vas not ashamed of it and they like 7
zig men and brave men and I was /
given the greatest deferance at all f
lines Members of the cabinet, news s
PAPER men and some of the leading q
citizens of Kobe came to the Oriental t
Hotel to meet me and get my opinion t
If the American feeling towards the t
Japanese, and in all cases they Il
eemed to show the greatest courtesy