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I further wrote: 



The currents of world life flow through Japan, and Japan's 

 response to truth and justice is not unlike that of other nations. 



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Such was my message. It had reference only to 

 Z^^^^ international affairs, not to matters of internal 

 administration, nor to the lingering evils of the 

 feudal system of caste. The purpose of our visit 

 naturally brought us into contact mainly with the 

 more prominent people — officials, business men, and 

 scholars — so that little of the seamy side of Japanese 

 life revealed itself to my eyes. In 1900 I had an al- 

 most unrivaled opportunity to observe rural Japan. 

 But in neither sojourn did I learn much of the 

 grinding poverty of unskilled urban workmen, the 

 long hours of factory hands, both women and men, 

 and the treadmill of child labor, by all of which the 

 nation is still burdened and impoverished. Still less 

 did I come into touch with the squalid wretchedness 

 of the eta, or social outcasts, human beings without 

 comfort or hope. 



The investigation and exposure of the dark phases 

 of city life were no part of my mission. That is not 

 a work for which I feel personally fitted, and the 

 discussion of such matters must be left to others, 

 especially to those enlightened Japanese who realize 

 that a nation's glory depends upon the opportu- 

 nities for personal growth granted to all the people 

 alike. 



In Heiwa (Peace), the organ of the Japan Peace 

 Society, appeared a full account of m_y various ad- 

 dresses and other public functions. Concluding, the 

 article sums up "the reasons why Dr. Jordan was 

 warmly welcome " — in brief, as follows : 



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"Heiwa'i" 

 account 



