CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT 



EARLY in August, 1911, accompanied by my wife, I off for 

 again set out for Japan, this time under the auspices 

 of the World Peace Foundation, though in response to 

 a semi-official suggestion from the other side. The 

 primary mission of my trip, therefore, was to carry a 

 message of neighborliness and good will. Secondarily, 

 I wished to study the temper of the people, and to 

 trace the current trend of Japanese politics. For it 

 was generally reported that after the war with Russia 

 the Japanese as a whole had grown very "cocky," 

 regarding their nation as the equal of any on earth 

 and decidedly superior to most, while at the same 

 time the military group was pervaded by obsessions 

 distinctly "made in Germany," in which country 

 most of the higher army officers had been educated. 



In all this I found a certain amount of truth. In 

 Japan, as elsewhere, those who expect to profit from 

 violence can always sweep the mob with them, and 

 the voice of moderation fails to carry far in critical 

 times. But my experiences led me to conclude that 

 no great change had taken place in the morale of 

 Japan as a whole. 



Leaving San Francisco on the Chiyo Maru, a com- 

 fortable boat of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha (Oceanic 

 Shipping Company), afterward wrecked, we made the 

 usual stop at Honolulu. Here we were met by Mrs. At 

 Abraham Lewis and her husband, a Stanford "Pio- Honolulu 

 neer," now president of the principal local bank. 

 Motoring up the long slopes with Mrs. Lewis, we 



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