The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1929-02-01
PUSSYFOOT In JAPAN
Flowery Kingdom Gives Johnson
Hearty Welcome; Drys Active
in Empire

"There are 1.13O dry organizations in
Japan with a combined membership OF
100000"
There are 10 w. c. T. U. unions and
forty dry students organizations in the
country"
con September 1, of each year. we cele-
brate earthquake day the anniversary
of Japans great disaster On that day,
we make a special drive against the drink
-Japan's still greater disaster. compared
TO which, the earthquake was very small
affair"
These are some of the statements made
by Lieutenant General Ichiji Inouye at
the welcoming banquet given in honor OF
Pussyfoot johnson, on December Il. on
his arrival at Kobe, when he came herald
ing the fact that America. after nine
years of trial, had ratified the Eighteenth
Amendment by a majority of SIX million
votes.
Pussyfoot arrived at p. m, and, after
facing the battery of dozen photograph
ers and newspaper reporters was hurried
away in car TO a gathering of the In
ternational Woman's Association which
was waiting to hear him. This organlza-
ton is made up of the foremost Japanese
ladies of the city, among them the wife of
the Mayor of Kobe.
After addressing the women, Johnson
was then hurried away to welcoming
banquet, given under the joint auspices
of the Japan American Association and
the National Temperance League. II was
at this banquet. in which the toasts were
drank in tea. that General 1nouye, pre-
siding as toastmaster, made the above
declarations. Following the banquet,
Johnson was then hurried to a joint con-
ference of 200 Japanese students and
travelling students of the FLOATING Uni
versity" where he spoke again at $780,
The next morning, johnson spoke to
the students assembly of the Kwansal
Gakum in connection with Professor
Ross, Of the University of Wisconsin, who
is in charge of the educational features
of the Floating University and, later IN
the day, was entertained at luncheon
given by the faculty of Kobe College.
Then after 30 hours of this sort of thing,
Johnsons ship, the President Wilson, of
the Dollar Line. sailed away.
Japan got a great kick out of Johnsons
whirlwind visit, ringing the changes OF
Americas six million majority victory.
General Inouye came down from Tokyo,
representing the AWoki Foundation and
The National Temperance League. The
from Kyoto. Hon. Hampei Nagao, Presi-
dent of the japanese Temperance Fed
Grafton, sent a telegram of welcome. OF
the local participants in the welcome to
the American were Kindnosuke Yluda,
President of the Kobe Temperance So
cety, u Matsuda, Secretary Of the Japan
American Society, R. Okamura Secretary
Of the Y. M. G. A, and delegate to the
last International Y M. C. A. convention,
Roy Smith, of the educational staff of
American concerns in Kobe.
unique feature was the presence Of
r. Hamatani. of Osaka, who sang an
ancient Japanese song and accompanied
the same with a curious little musical in
Strument that has long been obsolete.
Mr.. Hamatani was the first member of
the famous Temperance society formed at
Honolulu in 1887, by the late Taro Ando.
few years later, Mr.. Ando returned to
Tokyo, after brief stay in Shanghai and
then started the Tokyo Temperance So
ciety. This was regarded as the real
starting of the temperance movement in
Japan which now has 1,130 dry organiza-
tons with membership of one hundred
and twenty thousand.