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are in line with liberal opinion elsewhere. The true Direction, 

 attitude of a nation, moreover, is determined not by "°' -^"^^"-^ 

 its actual status, but by the direction in which it 

 moves. A little more than half a centur}^ ago Japan 

 was a closed feudal state in which the many existed 

 solely for the benefit of the few\ It wall soon be fully 

 abreast of the current of modern civilization. And 

 the final summing up is yet to come. 



On October 12 we left Yokohama bound for home 

 by the large and commodious Pacific Mail liner, 

 Mongolia. Many friends had come to see us off. Mrs. 

 Jordan and Tomi now bade each other a tearful fare- 

 well, not fully covered by the conventional " Sayo- 

 nara" (If it must be). 



On the boat, returning from China, were several China 

 missionaries who said that the country was again on ''^'^'Y" 

 the verge of a great upheaval. Arrived at Honolulu, 

 we learned that this had already come, Sun Yat Sen 

 having been chosen temporary- president of the 

 new republic. The news caused great excitement 

 among our Chinese table boys, and on reaching San 

 Francisco they cut off their queues and threw them 

 into the bay. 



In Honolulu we again enjoyed the town's famous 

 hospitality, one evidence of which was a great n'Uder's 

 basket of alligator pears which followed us aboard ^'-^^ 

 the steamer. This noble fruit, finest of all salads, has 

 been much improved by crossing and selection by 

 Mr. Garrett P. Wilder. 



In the exquisite aquarium out at Moana I renewed 

 acquaintance with many of my old friends among 

 the fishes. I also found one beautiful little angel-fish, 

 new to science, obtained from the coral reefs. Having 



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