The evening world. Newspaper, July 13, 1907, Page 8

a 3 { ¢t - OJINO MAFSUKATA is a Japanese of rank : K and is propristor and editor of the Kobe Shinbun, one ef the most influential news- papers in Japan, Ha is also a noted lawyer. His education was acquired in this country—first at Rut- gers College and later at the Yale Law School. Mr. Matsukata has written the following editorial “exclusively tor The Evening World, making clear the friendly feeling of the Japanese at large toward this = —country and the utter absurdity of any prospect of ‘war, He also destroys at a word the bogy of a ‘Japanese ‘'War Party,’' describing local jingoes as » | Part for a brea } sentiment has always prevailed and has steadil ‘ing up the younger generation in the same idea. “The United States later increased our sense of gratitude and friend- These are two jliness by bringing about peace in our war with Russia. of the instances which should prove the remoteness of any desire on our of amicable relations. The whole outlook is peaceful. As to the Francisco affair, which presumably gave rise to the entire trouble, that is in no respect serious or worthy of deep considera- tion. We-as a péople certainly do not regard it so. The war party? There is no real war party in Japan at present. There aré perhaps 40,000 men out of all our 50,000,000 who are excited about the matter. | This class, which here would probably be termed ‘‘Jingoes,” wé call fin Japan “Yakkiguma,” or “Thoughtless Ones,” But even these do not | clamor for war, Their only request is that our Government prove itself increased. We are bring- ce ‘The Evening Word's vpaily Magazine, Saturday, July 1 ‘o;ino Matsukata, Leading Japanese Editor, Here with Yamamoto, Writes a Japano-American Peace Editorial for The Evening World Our war taxes, and all the myriad sorrows and losses and discomforts of such a conflict are fresh in our minds, fight. involved. Every sane man in Japan realizes that fact. } For our own'sakes we were forced to go to war with Russia. | Sooner or later that clash had to come if Russian encroachment in Corea was to be checked. When it did come we fought for our very lives; for the outcome of that conflict meant life or death to Japan. No one j who went through that dark period is anxious to have its scenes repeated. Your American “Jingoes” can perhaps talk lightly of war. The If the honor of our nation were actually at stake, of course we would | That is quite another thing. But just now national honor is not| 3, 1907. prea: as Published Daily except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, No. 88 to @ Park Row, New York. * JOSEPH PULITBRN, Pres., + Kaet 194 Street. JANUS AHLAW, SeeTreae, #01 Weet 119th Streets Entered at the Post-Offce at New York as Second-Class Mall Matter. Subscription Rates to The Evening World for the United States. For Bngland and the Cpn- Unent and All Countries In the International Postal Union. Canada, , 36.76 4.60] One year. One month: serene NU. 18,762. One year $3.00 One month 30] ce 1% sat} VOLUME 48 this-also makes for peace. Twenty years ago, when | was a student here at Rutgers College and afterward at the Yale Law School, Japan ex- ported many articles yearly to the United States, but your export trads: to Japan was virtually nothing. See the difference to-day. Annually, you send us heavy consignments of all sorts—steel rails, cotton, &c., and only battles most of them can remember are those of your ‘Spanish cam-} paign, That contest was so quickly decided and drained the resources | of your nation so lightly that you can hardly appreciate our attitude. | so much flour that the Japanese flour industry is almost extinct. The possible sending of your fleet to the Pacific is not looked on by any one in Japan as a menace. In fact, we regard the presence of a strong American squadron in Japanese waters more as a guarantee of "Yakki tay le devoid of thought. ae Sen pega evoce mae arene enough to demand redress for the damage inflicted on our country- is With us the old father and mother were forced to toil long and late in 3 — |men in San Francisco, That'is all. And this turbulent Yakkiguma class | the. field or the shop for a livelihood while thgir-sons were away on the HERE is peace between Japan and the United States. That | represents probably less than one five-thousandth of our population. battle:field:. Sometimes the breadwinner éf the family came back. there can be no question: of war is as plain as the axiom that | Our authorities and’ the, thoughtful elément of the Japanese never | Sometimes not. 44172, jimagine the United States as hostile toward us. As for the San Francisco | strain throughout. "Asa nation, we Japanese are-sadiy puzzied-at ail this.war;affair, it is to cur mutual national relations as the sting of a gnat.on a Russia_was ever eager to expand her territory. America isnot. We | Yalk, nor can_we find a reason for it. Let me review the situation from | human body—something that_may Cause a slight swelling, perhaps @/Jooked Jong on Russia with suspicion lest she inijure-our interests by her he beginning in order to make our standpoint more clear to Aerie cel irritation, but nothing of serious import.” We do not consider it expansion. We can:have no such feelings toward this country minds: : 3 jeven as a malign bacillus. -—— | When a man is very rich he often does not know the exact amount A haff century ago Japan had no desire to mingle with the outside | : I do not think there is a possibility that the results of the San Fran-| of his wealth. So, 1 think, it is with you Americans. Your prestige all = world, to become one of the family of Western civilization. Pressure_was ; Cisco disturbances will ever come up before the Court of Arbitration at) over the world Is so great you fail to realize its full extent. You are, to brought-to bear upon us by the United States. Against the will of the major-|The Hague. Were mobs to destroy much Japanese property in the|my mind, in-no danger of war with any power. Few nations could ity the Japanese Government was forced to open our ports to foreign trade | West or otherwise inflict great injury, there might be call for arbitration. jafford to quarrel with the United States. = Said to sign a treaty with this country. oe {But there these misunderstandings doubtless would end. I cannot believe | Especially do we Japanese realize your vast advantages. Our ideas - But it was not long before we grew to see the advantages of the |the two countries would under any circumstances go as far as to:declare on the subject are partly shown by our sending more of our young men step you had induced us to take.. We were glad, for we recognized how | war. to the United States to be educated than to all European countries put great a service had been done us. We were grateful to the United States We Japanese who have so recently known the horrors of warfare | together. and we looked on the American Government as our benefactors. This|are wise enough to appreciate the blessings of peace. We are still paying Our trade interests, too, are Indissolubly bound up with yours, and The Greatest Comic Hit of the Day we ox The COPYRIGHT, 1907, PRESS PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK WORLD. PAPA OH, LOVEY, THAT'S BRING NICE } SO KIND OF : YOU! HE'S ELECTRI¢ BEEN | SUFFERING WITH THE HEAT. AWFULLY TODAY! 1 WANT THE COOLEST | FAN you | HAVE=1T’s FoR MY BABY, you KNOW. THE DEAR LITTLE FELLOW SUFFERS — _The- Newlyweds’ Baby is Now Christened; His Name’s Napoleon, A Staten, Island Young Woman, Discerning Him to Be a Baby of Destiny, Wins The Evening World’s $25 Prize by Naming Him After the Little Corsican. : he Name He Will Wear. || | To the Editor of The Evening World: Ghe Newlyweds’ baby possessing such ruling power, I suggest the name}| Sanya Rye of NAPOLEUN Newlywed. > DOESNT BABY - ALICE MATTHIUS, | LIKE OCEAN “Scommesamnets N6-284 Jewett Avenue; West Brighton, S1. ow + - NAUGHTY WIND, MAKE BABY cRy! NOW PRECIOUS BABY GET —for—the—popular—youngster created by Artist George McManus, and in consequence the $25 prize offered by The Evening World for the most sppropriate name is, won by ALICE MATTHIUB, of No. 284 Jewett avenue, West Brighton, Staten Island. 5 - "Miss Matthius, fn her letter, stated that she suggested the name of | jolcon” beenuse-of-the ruling power shown by The Newlywed Baby—tol s pictures, and the Newlywed Editor, after considering tho: ands of suggestions sent in by Evening World admirers of The Newly “weds and their Baby, agreed with Miss Matthius that the Baby's ruling | power is Its strongest characteristic and that the name Napoleon 1s there- fore highly suitable. It. was by no means an-easy matter to-dectde upon a name: for the} amusing ¥ for the thousands of letters contained hundreds of s#lever.sugseriions which showed that Evening World readers had} —mmade‘a-careftl and sympathetle study of the Baby, Unfortunately, niacks | "of tettersarrtred-when tt —was—tootateto give them consideration, the |} st ——S | — competition haying closed. : : — — ~ ——— oo = : — _t insvietectis tise iis cate iataneumle (nat G/eho souattied names | For Further Adwventures of ‘'Ghe Newlyweds, Thetr Baby,” See To-Morro and they will doubtless | Several competitors for the prize suggested Napoleon as a fitting|note to the Baby’s character, just as it is with most bables who rule the Fas the Lille Napoleon | name, but It Was Mixx Matthtus who gave the best-reason-why the-Babytouxehalds which they bless. : ‘should be named after the famous Corsican, Ruling power {s,the key-| Armed with his new name, Napoleon Newlywed THE DEAR LITTLE THING WANTS THE ungster, ~W@S\ agree that Napoleon fits the Baby perfect} be glad to hail the funniest Baby ever put on pa of The Evening World. ‘ may confidently be But on everybody there was a constant and terrible} | continued peace. You are by nature a peaceful nation, and your pros- tperity is founded on justice. The fleet, as all know, will not go to the East for the purpose’ of expansion ‘or: warfare 3 : When I call you ‘just’ 1 do not speak in mere compliment, but from experience. Here is an example: In the 50s the United States and othef | countries exacted indemnity. from-Japan. Later, believing their claim had j been unjust, the United States (alone of all the nations) restored tous that indemnity money (and with it, by the way, we built the great break- water-off Yokohama). We Japanese remember that, and. it proves to” us your national sense of justice You are not trying to seize any new territory, nor does any foreign power dare to. attack you. Therefore 1 cannot-understand these wild Tumors of war. There is absolutely no foundation in them. Japan is the stanch friend of the United Statzs, and owes too much to this country; \to seek to break the lifelong friendship. Were I at home 1 should express these same sentiments editorially in my own paper, Ne ahh A, Newlyweds, Their Baby ~~ = By George McManus WHAT PAPAS OT! BIG ECTIC 0 YoU KNOW | BELIEVE THAT LITTLE RASCALS GOING To BE AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER} { EVER SEE ANYTHING So PA | CUNNING IN te’s Sunday World, Comic Section. expected to enter upon new adventures without delay and to command even closer attention and admiration than ever before, " Watch this comic Little Napoléou grow and note his new. achievements, The Best Newspaper Humorists Write ‘Daily for the Fun-Lovers Mine,’ and they think that parties purchasing peek-a-boos will now buy them) by the half dozen #0 aa to Increase their musical records while adding to thelr wardrobes. “Think of @ quiet evening at home, with your Iaily friends altting around in kimpnos you lend them, while their shirt waists are run through the arte +. | matic ptano, playing ‘Loyo Me and the World Is Mine!’ ‘Experience’ and ‘Inst to discourage a young girl with te, and] «ing Chair and You!" : yan all ine ratches, she ad: | what's the world a-coming to with John D. Lockefeller serving arry a man with m« because when ‘the; himself with subpoenas and Dopey McKnight making friends with the planola?'y Ya, at least you have the consolation of know- "ll be supported tn aty'le. . kid," you can well ask that!” He's getting k Wilstach, who's just back from the West, Way they ctring poor Dopey tn simply, sporactous professional piano players hate them auto- and how Dopey is expecially rabid about them. Arnold invented the automatic plano, and then of how he heard of « girl in Chteago who let her fan just come from the Inundry, fall into her plinola, St out it had played a medley, | all Mamma De Branscombe'x ravings about ninety » has got his mind on money, Ten cents, a half—lie Won't care how much {tts -What he wants | 1 know that you can't place any confidence in any man, no matter how hard he drinks,’ wife has to nurse a husband when he has delirium tremens, | sure that no one stands between her and his salary except) The Chorus Girl _By Roy L. McCardell. : 66 M AMMA DE BRANSCOMRE take notice a you didn’t Hear she aan a ne last week? “it was over them ato get-away, and Ull tell you he {t come out In the papers Mamma De Hranx amall, sallow guy im the hojl with a dres lie she $e one of them Arin elae’a fiat-house dip, and sets he tells her he tony looking: if “'T know you are, ys Minmme s Is enough able to sit up al New York Thro’ Funny Glasses’ By Irvin S. Cobb. From Hi Glasses to Green Glasses. NEW YORK, July gis. | EAR GRE '—When John D, Rockefeller frat Went D into business for himself all he had tq start on was his. honesty and $50 In cash, en He stillshas the 0. -\Mr. Rockefeller haa been out at Chicago telling ® tot of timid young Chicago reporters, who eat thelr chewing tobacco on the ear, how to succeed-in the marts of trade. He told them how he succeeded. He tokk them: to sive thelr money, And It yeas all vory true, for If a lot of independént oll dvalers and little owners of oll wells and amall shippers who thought they could buck the pipe iine and the rebate badn't (sayed thelr money Mr. Rockefeller wouldn't have been able to take {t away from them in such large, «ral: | fying gobe ) i | Mr. Rockefeller wax glad to talk to the reporters’ Aa long as he talked to them they didn't get a chance to talk to bim. But you may have notleed that our rich koows how you can tweak oft the-f i ‘And he beats it ; “For two da i { ft might: mak Uke to get her name in the papers t m that bank clerk's pictures {3 o she runs the cards they »: When spb rralixes what might have from dingrace and kept tim out of bad party, her reason totters and we carries welous for hours, crying ‘Water!’ ‘Water!’ And we } Put of her head and did not know what-she way va “She only consents to five out her ifasriien we 09 of mistuken identity, and the party she bankroll. : i dollirn but go down to Loule Zinshelmer and Able Wor- factory and tell them abour ft, and j>te-put musical shirt waists on the And there ein't been no peace In. the | at the at with buyers testing the sam- will be artistic In pattern and harmonious n making samples, uke a fortune out of the Mustcal Shirt Waist, and the t tired wearing this, try It on your planola! n you nee a Musical; Siirt Walat In Afro- | \ of the Evening World — wipe hia feet he is apt to observe a short, nAddlo-axed gentleman lying acros® the threahoid where the door mat usually belongs, with the word ‘Welcomes embroidered‘on hin shirt bosom, ‘The recunibent gentleman will be My, Harr man waiting to be interslewed. Time was when Mr, Harriman was averse ta lulking for publication except In an official report, breaking the sad news to a bunch of the minority stockholders. It was his habit when a gehtienan from & newspaper office was announced to cuddle down betind his mustache an@ try to look like a hairbrush. ‘ a Bindlarly with Mr, Rockefeller, While he was trading his halr, he teeth, his digestion and the good will of Miss Ida Tarbeli for @ fortune, which euifered constantly from growing pains, anda number of vast country eatates,, whieh he couldn't enjoy owing to the Jawns being constantly cluttered up with p) servers, he appaxently thought almost as much of a newspaper reporter as the fabled tarantula thought of the historic centipede. He had the sume kind cf feeling for a magazine editor that he had for anybody who'd ever taken ad- vantage of one of his careless moments to hand him a lead quarter in his change. A A But now just look how different he in an he beaming about the coun- try, sometimes Just ahead ofa United States: dephy marshel and sometimes Jit behind one, wearing balo and a toupeeson the same head at the same time, and passing out the conversational cold rice pudding to every! whe ” has got tine to listen. A year ago we used to read that John D, Rockefellas, alias John Dough, alias the Univeralty Ute, who was wanted by an Ohio Grane? Jury, while entrenched in his well-guarded citadel at Pocantico Hills discovere@. the special commissioner of the Evening Can Opener coming down the chimneys Piace with a fourtain pen In one hand and a list of questions In the other, an@ that the shivering wretch became instantly bathed in a cold perspiration of crude oll, and with a low, quayering moan’ feil In mitt. Only a year ago that waa, And now, the pulsing telegraph wire brings to ik tho throbbing dingy that om yesterday, while passing through Southern Indiana, Mr. J, D. Rockefeller, the Veteran ‘monologue artist of No, 26 Broadway, halted his’ private car at the town of Bobcat Bluff while be pald a friendly visit to the editor and staff at the Bobcat Bluff Weekly Banner, who received him informally In kde abit sleeves, and that thoy pasued a plearant hour together In the «ditorial sanctum white Mr, Rockefeller ‘was explaining the Improvéments which he has from time to time added to the Golden Rute in ordor to adapt it to modern business pum pones, i “Manyma De-Branscombe says she never had such used to have heart trouble over her hus a) juarry mw, and I'4 believe and trust,’ Mamma De Bra! . atter fighting the good fight|men are becoming more friendly in thelr attitude goward the press here hor jate. Noy 4, when a careful réporter approaches the office of Mr. E. Wy ‘Love Me and the World Ix Harriman, the well-known dog and raliroad fancier, and Jooks for a pines to, ~~ t I look for my old yachting comrade, J. Plerp, Morgan, to be the next to seek ‘a place in the publicity bread line of millionairos now forming outside the nows- paper offices. ‘It seems to be n catching disease, Yours, | -- me