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ft v the weatheb: - - fair. puorsE The Want - Ad Phone 80 VOL. XXV, NO. 97. ASIIEVILLE, N. C.t MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1909;;; PRICK FIVE CENTS. CONTEST AHEAD WITH U S. SAYS JAPAN PAPER Must" Decide What Race Shall, Rule on Pacifie i Coast, it Says. - JAPANESE HAVE IT FIGURED OUT "Why Did Creator "Have Japan Stream Flow to . California !" BY TAV. ' (Special Correspondent of The CUlsen) WASHINGTON, Jap. 24. The Sap, anew have It all figured out.': It lire Intention the very plain intention ot the Creator that the Japanese should emigrate to the beautlfuf val Jey : of . the golden California When Japan ahould become so packed 'with human life there would be no room to-grow things on which to live.1' II not, then why did the Creator-; a range the Japan stream, so that , It flew along the shores of Japan and then cornea direct to CallfornlatfM ' The Japan Current, a publication owned: by Japanese and circulated ex pensively among the mikado' -;iub- Jects on the Faemc coast, wants mis question answered, If It can, be an swered. . "'r-'. It developt that The -Japan Cur .rent naa been In existence more than a year,; and that its plain purpose, Is to ''educate'' the Japanese In America, on subjects pertaining to Japanese ex clusion and the Issues now pending In California. . The views contained In The Japan Current are extremely Interesting, be cause they portray the Japanese view; of current questions, which is some thlpg almost unattainable, a the lit tle brown man Is a most secretive individual when In conversation with Americans. ; .' , ... Predicts Contest. Jihel Hashlguohl. the editor of The Current. Is educating his readers to believe, that some tlme-maybe soon and maybe in ths far. distance there must be a contest for supremacy b- "Whether or not," reads the princi pal editorial in ..The Current, "the Japanese civilisation shall be ab sorbed Into the - American civilization In course of assimilation Is not for me to predict. But jthls much can be said with certainty, that the two civilizations are bound- sooner or later to engage In, a struggle, and that the events of this coming struggle will afford ample supplies of Inter esting materials for future historians and romancers. Is- not this struggle worth hawng? It will be either that the Japanese element of the popula tion will control the affairs "of the Pnolflc coast regions or they will be subject to the dominant Influence of their predecessors, the Caucasians. Whichever may be the case, what must be must be. You cannot hold the destfny of a race In your hand and' say It shall be so and so. The nVsJIny of a race has been decreed by an altogether higher authority than that of the mere man. It Is ab surd to try to oppose the higher au thority. "Very few can prophesy with a perfect accuracy as to the future 'vents. Had all the races of men who sustained defeat In wars In his tory known what their fate would be, there would have been very few wars. It was only after the Issues of wars were decided that the defeated dis covered they hacTmade fatal mistakes. They plunged In wars blindly, and when they opened their eyes It was too late. "Do we ' need to go far back Into history In order to Illustrate what I am pointing out? There was In all history few wars more Illustrative of that than the late war between Rus sia and Japan. . Irresistible. "The natural fascination of the re sourceful Pacific coast of America Is too great for the Japanese Immigrants to resist, it were against the law or ntture. If they resisted. See with whaj. energy and assiduity the Japan ese farmers are raising potatoes, cab bages, fruits and other agricultural products In California. Already In California there are several Japan ese millionaires. A temporary check upon the Japanese Immigration will only contribute toward a defeat greater even than If that semblance o'f success had not been attained. You can temporarily check the flow (Continued on page four.) DASHING CONFEDERATE LEADER HAS UNIQUE PLACE IN HISTORY . y Associated Press.) RICHMOND. Va.. Jan. 24. Col John S- Mosby, who has been ill In Washington, but whose recovery is now predlced, holds a unique place In history. While he bears a strong resemblance to the famous cavalry reloers of revolutionary times and of the ctvH war, the fact that. Instead of raiding Into the enemies' country, he operated nearly always in the north ern neck of Virginia within sight of Washington and In rear of his ene my' grand .army, and often In the midst of It, distinguishes him from the merely daihing. and courageous cavalry leaders. PANAMA TRIP OF E H. TAFT STARTS TODAY President-elect, With Mrs Taft,' Boards Cruiser " This Morning. IS ACCOMPANIED BY EMINENT ENGINEERS Round of Elegant and Neigh borly Entertainments in Charleston, (By Associated Press.) CHARLESTON, 8. '.CV Jan. ii After a round of , entertainments by his friends In Charleston,', which be gttn yesterday - jit "noon and continued until 14 , o'clock tonight, President elect Taft' will sail froiri this port at t 'o'clock tomorrow' morning on , the United BUtes cruiser North Carolina for the isthmus of Panama.' Mr. Taft had statement to make tonight re gardtns; the conferences which, he held here -today with Senator philan der. C. Knox and Mr. Frank H. Hltcn- rock, both of -whom:. arrived here this morning in response w ..sewanw from Mr Taft requesting1, them to meet, him In Charleston.;. . The president-elect ; declared, to ntgbt that he had found every mo meat." of his stave In Charleston "de llghtfui and that ; he had enjoyed thoroughly the wholly unofficial but Very elegant and neighborly enter tainments which had Aen arranged In his honor. He ' worshipped - this morning' at the Unitarian, church of this city tne. sermon- being preached bv- the nastor, the BevsftCi M. Gray. Immediately following the conclusion of the service at the church. Mr,; T ft and his party, which included Mrs. Taft. Senator Knox, Mr. Hitchcock Mr. John . Hays Hammond and a number of others,- were taken to "The Oaks,", the very beautiful coun try .home of Mr.. Edwin' Parsons, i . . II - wer an exceptionally elegant lunch sou was served.' As th party left Mr,- Parson's - house there- ' -waa-.as- sen bred fn Hie "yaraTtnir-trrllve hnn- dred nearoes from neighboring Plan tatlons. all singing "'God Be With You 'Till We Meet Again." The pic ture made a very marked Impression upon Mr. Taft "It is," he said. "like a bit from dreamland-" Mr. Taft made a short talk, to the negroes, telling them that they must lead dec ent, honest lives and do tfiat which was right. The party was then brought back toward the city, taking a special train at a railroad cross ing and being conveyed to Summer ville via the" Southern railway. At Summervllle the tea farm of Dr. C. V. Shepard was visited and some of the tea raised on the farm was served. Dr. 8hepard explaining brief ly the history and. process of rais ing tea In thl country. Mr. Taft was very much Interested and asked a number of questions. . The party was then taken to- the Pine Forest Inn, where the president-elect and those with him were the guests tit dinner of the proprietor of the Inn. Capt. F. W. Wagener. The party re turned to Charleston at ten o'clock tonight. YVatMin Sees Taft. 'A rather . unusual Incident of the day was the appearance before Mr. Taft, by appointment, of Col. E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture and Immigration In South Carolina, who represented also the Southern Stales' Association of Commlssidmers of Agriculture, and a committee from the Farmers' union in this state, rep resenting ten thousand of the rank and file of democratic voters- in South Carolina, who came to present rcwlutions urging the re-appointment of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson as a memberof Mr. Taft's cab inet. Mr. Taft thanked them for coming but told them that he would not announce the makeup of his cab inet until one or two days before hif inauguration. Mr. Taft's trip will end at New Orleans February 13. At 8ith Pass, one hundred miles below New Or leans. Mr. Taft's party will be trans ferrei to the scout cruisers Birming ham ahd Salem for the trip up the mouth of the Mississippi river. This arrangement has been made that the North Carolina and Montana may escort the Atlantic battleship fleet in to port on Its world' cruiser return Mr. Taft's Immediate party, which sails on the North Carolina, includes besides himself and Mrs. Taft, Assistant-Secretary Wendell Mischler, L. C Wheeler, secret service operative, and eminent elvll engineers. He has recently finished a labor of love In a book concerning Stuart's cav alry In the Gettysburg campaign, de fending J. E. B. Stuart from the charge of being absent Improperly from the battle of Gettsburg- It was Sti.a rt who gave him the opportun ity to establish an Independent com mand and It has been a lifelong ef fort of hit to clear the memory of his benefactor front the blame which some' military writers., fallowing Gen eral Lee's report of - that battle, as they understood, it., have placed upon tt. , ' . l.. DEPUTY; SHERIFF SHOT FROM AMBUSH In Dying Statement Laeaze Charges Young White Man With Killing. , (Bv Associated Press,) ALEXANDRIA, La-, Jan. 14. Deputy 8herl!T J. W. Lacaxe, was shot from- ambush at 2 o'clock this morn ilia- at Woodsworth, a small town few miles south of Alexandria, as ho was returning from a negro festival where he- had gone to preserve- the peace. He died a few hours . later from the effects of the wound, which was made with buckshot. In a dying statement Lacase declar ed -that he caught sight of hut as sailant Just as . the latter fired and Identified him plainly as "Henry Brady, a young white man ef the Woodsworth community, Brady was areited and ' Is-now in Jail here. A recent charge of flllclt whiskey sell ing against htm is said to have re sulted from the efforts of Deputy She riff Lacaie. ; Brady admits talking with Lacaie Ju&t , a little while bafere the traf- edy, but declares that he is Innocent of the murder. ,t . NEGRO LYNCHED IN SCOTTSBORO (By Associated Press.) ''. SCOTTSBORO. Ala., Jan. I.- large .barn, together with a lot live stock and feed stuff, of ex-Tei Collector James Ridley of Bolivar, was set on fire and burned last night by a discharged negro man servant While the barn was burning and the men' were at the fire the negro entered the residence and attempted to assault a young married, .daughter of Mr. Ridley; She recognised . him and gamely defended herself, and shot at the negro as he ran off. V: A large posse with blood hounds from Chattanooga and Tracy city were soon in pursuit and at 11 o'clock tonight it waa reported that the ne gro , had been captured and lyncneo, but this report was later denied and It Is believed that the negro escaped. GIRL ASSAULTED : AND MURDERED Fiper Marka on Throat In dicate That She Had Been Strangled to Death. (By Associated Press.) DAYTON. O., Jan. 44. Although two arrests were made today the po lico practically admit that very little progress has been made In solving the mystery , surrounding the assault and murder of fifteen -year-old Mary Forsohner, whose body was found In a shed near her home late last night The two men being held as suspects doubtless will be released In a few hours. The Investigations made by the po lice today, however,1 throw no light upon the probable movements of the Fc-rsehner girl. It has been estab lt?hed that she left her home on Hall avenue about 6 16 o'clock last even ing to take money to the bank to be deposited for her stepfather, Charles Ocppert. The officers believe the girl did not go down town, but was attacked in the lmediate vicinity of her home. There was evidence of struggle covering nearly a hundred ycards and ending In a vacant lot The body was found in a shed upon this lot which is owned by Grafton Kennedy, by whom the dead girl's stt i-slter Is said to be employed. The autopsy and other evidence, the police say, Indicate that the girl first was attacked, against which she fought and was struck on the head by a board. Evidently unconscious, she was dragged to the vacant lot, where she regained consciousness and where the struggle apparently was renewed. Finger marks on the girl's thrit Indicate that she then was choken Into submission, which prob ably resulted In her death. The body then, the officials believe, was thrown In the shed across the street Thfc pocketbook containing the money was found near the scene of the crime. Near midnight when the girl did not return home, an Investigation was made. About two hours later the body was found. The mysterious assault of Miss Forerhner Is the fifth of a similar character here In recent years. Two years ago Dona Oilman was assaulted and strangled. A year ago 11a Markowttz was attacked and killed, and a negro now Is serving a life sentence for this murder. Previ ous to these crimes Bessie Little was strangled and thrown Into the Miami river. Ada Lents was assaulted and her body was thrown Into a cistern. Today Charles Snyder, a roomer In the Qeppert house, was taken Into custody by the police npon suspicion la connection with the Forschner murder. Chief of Police Allaback say he has no evidence against Sny der. , VIOLENT SEISMIC SHOCK RECORDED (By Associated Press.) YEKATERINBURG. Russia, Jan. 24. The Magneto-Meteorological .ob servatory at this place recorded a vio lent seismic disturbance at 1 o'clock this morning. EARTH SHOCK. .' ' ' (By Associated Press.) SMYRNA. Jan. 14. A slight earth quake shock was felt here title morn ing. iT WANTS MONEY FROM CONGRESS TO USE TO SECURE, DETECTIVES ". ' -' .ssn..if . u' f!r'(,,i'-i"M - - Sensations' Exited ; Con uected With Colossal - ' rkFraMds. TO'PROVK COSTLY (By Asselta Press.) WASHINGTON, ; Jan. 24.--Sense tonal disclosures iff alleged collossal frauds upon 'the Pjihliu lands In the west : are '' anticipated, if congress heeds the argent tVppeal of Secretary of 'the Interior Garsold for, an appro priation of a mflllok dollars to be used in uiwovring' thedv The funds. are wanted for the pur pose er securing additional "sleuths" who wlir conduct investigations Into the smaller cases ef. alleged ."graft" In the public domain, while the older special agents, 'have received thorough training ,n the field, will handle the ;mbre difficult casesv' s- ' : An Interesting phase of the. case It that since' Secretary Garfield made his first estimate of 1680,90 for con ducting the; proputed investigation, reports have been vecelved . by him tending to show tlfat the fraud 'are so extensive ' au& "astounding"; . that the original estlm its wlir , fall for short of covering he expenses whlcb will be involved, , ' -) ' . "There I absotite , necessity.' for such appropriation) declare .Com missioner Dennett of the general land office, In a communication to Secre tary Garfield, i'lf the more than one hundred million, dollar' worth of na tional resource new claimed to have been fraudulently acquired by -cor porations and Individuals shall be promptly recovered," i i , , It Is declared further that while a million dollars -rosy seem large, yet, in the "light of ouf , present knowledge of lands -unlawfully acquired. It 1 not one per cent of th commercial- value or-tnat wnicn tne government may hope to get back," The almost herctilean nature of th task is strikingly yhown in a state-' ment of Chief of f the Field Service Schwarts, who , report to th secre tary that , "combinations'' are fre quently so welt' organised and so aided by defective public land laws as to present an almost 3m possible task in securing; evidence er recovering land Worth hundreds of thousands of dob CRAZED PRISONER 'STABS THREE MEN Bullock Had (Secreted Tafcle nife in Clothing. Male fturse Dead. (By Associated Press.) PITTBBl'Kti. Jan, 24. One man Is dead and two are. belli xl to be fatally wounded nt the t ult of an attack made umn a male nurse by an- insane convict patient at the hospital of the Western penitentiary here to day. The dead: JOHN BULMiCK, twenty-live years old, a foreigner. The Injured: Walter M. Ileall, thlrty-llve years old, of I'lttHtiuiK. a penitentiary guard, fatally stabbed In abdomen. Nurse convict, name withheld by penitentiary officials, stabbed In back and on arms, recovery doubtful. Bullock had secreted a table knife' In his clothing. While the nurse was bending over the patient Bullock sprang at him and plunged the sharp knife blade into his back up to the handle. The nurse defended himself as best he could.- While the erased prisoner wmk Flushing at him, Ileall, the guard, rushed In and began firing at the mad man. Two shots took ef fect. Bonll stopped firing and begun to examine the injuries when Uulloek sprang to his feet and plunged the blade Into the guard s abdomen. The latter fired twice more at Bullock, who fell mortiilly wounded. Attention was given him but he died a few hours later. The sureeon holds out little hope for the recovery of either Beall or the nurse. FIGHT TO GET CONTROL OF LAND (Br Associatee Press.) PORT1-ANI). Ore., Jan. 24. An other step In the fight of the federal government to recover, possession of the land Included - In the Immense grant to the Oregon A California Rail road company wa taken yesterday, when B. D. Townsend, special assist ant to the attorney-general, filed in the federal court In Portland 55 suits n equity against the Oregon Cali fornia railroad, the Southern Pacific company and over one hundred oth er defendants. IFAIR WASHINGTON. Jan.- J4. Forecast for North Carolina:.: Fair Monday and Tuesday, light variable yrlnda,, . ' 1-jt i 'f' TWO; WEALTHY; MEN KILLED IN DUEL Dispute Arif.es Over Negro, 'Revolvers are Drawn with Fatal Results. (y Associated rs.) ' BKATK1CE. Ala-, Jan. tl.tSd ward English and If. C, Walston prominent, and wealthy farmers, are dead as the' result of a duel fought ti ls afternoon following " a dispute about a negro. Mr.' Kngllsh, who live In WllcoJt county, drove from his home to the farm of Walston!, twenty miles, toAay, arriving there about five o'clock. II asked Wait' ton for 'a certain negro ' whom he claimed was under contract to work foe him, i A dispute arose In the presence of several negroes and suddenly (both men drew their revolvers and, began nung. , waiston ten wun a- bullet through his heart. Soon after his antagonist had drop ped to hi death, Mr. English fell to the ground with a mortal wound In his body,. , Both bodlea were lifeless when, .neighbor! who had been at tracted by the' shooting, reached the scene. - -. v-. , BENZOATE OP SODA ' NOT INJURIOUS ' " . (By Associated Press.)' WASHINGTON, : Jan.. - 24. That benaoate of soda used as a food pre servative Is not Injurious to health I the judgment of the referee board of consulting esperta, of which Dr. .Ira Remsen, president of Johns Hopkln University Is chairman. , Xhla conclu sion, which ha been approved by Secretary Wilson, reverses the find ing of Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of th bureau of chemistry. Three separate Investigation were made by the board, whk-h, It la aald, were. In close agreement In alV essen tial features. V ' - . 1 The conclusion reached by the ref eree board declare that the admixture of sodium bensoate with food in small or large doses ha, not been found to Injure, affect or impair the quality or nutritive value of such food. s. LYNCHING OF: FOUR NEGROES AVERTED State Penitentiary. Charg ed With Murder. (By Assoolstt rM, BATON ROUOK, La., Jan, H. It being feared that they would be lynched If allowed to remain In the Jail at Port Allen, four negroes, Ben and Will Price, Wallace Jones and Walter Owen, arrested In connection with the murder of Conductor-C. B. Hall of the Texas Pacific railway, which occurred at Alford' Station late last night, were brought her and put behind the walls of the state penitentiary tonight After being captured early today, the negroes were placed In the jail at Port Allen only after a lynching bad been narrowly averted. The train was stopped before reaching Port Allen and the negroes hurried across country to the penitentiary. A few cool-headed citizens succeeded In staying summary action, which was promised by a large crowd of Infuri ated men. An investigation Into the fact con nected with the killing is said to have revealed a plot of the negroes to bring about the death of Jack Griffin, another conductor of the road, who had occasion to strike the negro Wal lace Jones a short time ago. It Is said that Hall was the victim of mistaken Identity, and received the bullet that hud been Intended for Griffin. WANTS BOXING IN SCHOOLS (By AssoclaUd Press.) NEW YORK. Jun. 24. 'The public schools In the city of New York shall have among their exercises scientific boxing studies for the boys so as to develop bodily strength." This Is the entire text of a bill which Coroner Harlmrger says he will have Intro duced In the legislature, as a result of a suggestion from. Dr. Philip O'Hanlon of this city, the coroner's physician, post mortem examinations on bodies of small boys has Impressed upon Dr. O'Hanlon she lack of chest develop ment. He mentions president Roose velt as an example of the efficacy of the "manly sport" In chest building. VETERAN DIES IN ATLANTA (By AssecisU Press.) ATLANTA. Ga Jan. 24. Robin Cauble, a Confederate veteran and one of the Jefferson Dsvls body. guards, died this morning st the resl- pass 'stueitv ui jt)U,ani st jo usp 11, He was a native of Charlotte, N. C. DEAD BODY IN OIL TANK (By Asseclste Press.) MARTINSVILLE. W.( Va., Jan. 24. The dead body of William Roberts, who has been' missing since January (. was found today at the bottom of a 250-barret oil tank near hi home at Wolf Pen. It was weighted down with Iron, the bands were tied behind the back, and a rifle bullet was found la the back of th bead. John Hoepp Is under arrest on a enarge of murdering Roberts, who waa his brother-in-law. CREW IS SAVED' AS REPUBLIC SINKS AT SEA . " aji.Nss) Onllant .Work of Boat's Crew From U. S. Cutter Gresluun. YIIITE STAU LINER REMAINED IN FOO - 4 -.. , ' ' -' ' ' Two Passenger? Killed and 442 Undergo Two Trans- f era on Open Sea, (By Asseelstsa Press.) NEW YORK. Jane Tha pa latial ateamshlp Republlo , of , the White Star Una, which waa In col- Uslon with the Italian liner Florida early Saturday morning oft Nantucket, Mae., went down at halt, past eight o'clock,' tonight. No one was ht. Her passengers are on the ateamshlp Battle, which waa off sandy hook at a late hour, making for thl port The Republlea was in tow at tne revenue cutter Greshatn and ( the derelict destroyer' Seneca proceed in a to New York, t On board Captain Sealby. With a volunteer erew of fifty. The crew was taken off by th Uresh- um, which stood by until she sank beneath the wave. ' ' The Gwsham and th Penaca-wlll land Captain Healby and his brave crew at Oayhead, Mas., or Newport, The Florida I (lowly ateamlng to ward New York, convoyed by, the American liner New York,. Her pa! sengers aru also on the Baltic, j . ' The Baltic I hearing th harbor of New York late tonlght.it , This, In brief, la the .situation, late tonight in th stirring story of th sea, following th first wlretes flash on th collision of the two big ships In th early dawn of Saturday morning off Nantucket, Mass. . That there waa loss erf Ufa attend ing th collision was not known until an early hour Sunday morning. Then the wireless, .which baa had it first trial and proved H utility, brought the new that Mrs, Kugens-Lynch f Boston and W. A. Mooney of. Lang- aatv N.faviMTsn auiateJHta -as ssjm. M. M, Murphy of Oranit Fork, N. D., and Eugene Lynch af Boston in jured. It wa reported further that four memebers of the florid' crew had met death. The bodlea of the dead and th In jured persons were transferred to the Baltic. . CJAIXANT WOftK. NEWPORT. R. I Jan. i4-Tbe gsilant work of a boat's crew, from the United Statea revenue cutter Oresham In taking off Captain 8eaoy and a detail of the crew of the Repub lic, who remained on that vessel al most to the very last moment that he stayed above the water. Is spoken of particularly In wireless dispatches re ceived here tonight. The Republic bad been towed a short distance by the Greshatn, the derelict destroyer Beneea assisting In the work. Buddenly the Republic, already low In the water, was seen to be settling still more, and rapid work on the part of the boat crew of the Orxsham was necessary to get the Republic's crew off. Captain and mate were picked up In the water. Hoth the Oresham and the deneca proceeded toward Oayhead after the Republic went down. JEVEW tilHKKM FIGURE. NEW YORK, Jan. . -No less than seven ocean liners the Baltic, New York, rurnessls, Lorraine, and Lucanla, and the two crippled ships, Florida and Republic are figuring in the stirring story. The 44 2 passen gers and pert of the crew of the Re public have undergone two transfers on the open sea, first to the crippled Klorlda and then today to the more commodious Haltle, which Is bringing also the HO" and more passengers from the Klorlda. With this great human cargo of rescued persons, be sides her own list of 930 passengers, the Baltic will arrive off Bandy Hook about 11 o'clock tonight. The Flor ida, with her bow rent, Is slowly steering under her own steam for this port, convoyed by the American liner New York After the transfer of the passengers from the Republic to the Florida, which had no accommodations for the 400 and more additions to her already heavy list. Captain Voltolln or the Italian ship gave orders to stand by until further help srrlved. An examination of the Florida showed (Continued en ae five.) PROMINENT MEN MM FIGURE IN ALLEGED (By Atsecisted Press.) MUSKOdEK, Okie-. Jan 24. De velopments which will probably In volve some of the most prominent men. In Oklahoma are expocted dur ing the progress of the federal grand Jury Investigation of alleged town lot frauds. The Inquiry will begin here Tuesday. u t. Mr.it attorner for the creek Indians, who brought 18,000 salts In the. federal court to recover, on be half of the Creek nation landa of Immense value, alleged to nave aeen obtained bv fraud by the persons now Controlling them, tonight dic LATE DISPLAY i OF FRIENDSHIP BY JAPANESE. .ri , rl' t Katsura and Komura Ite-r f eently Expressed Good , ! ' , Will Toward U.S. ; FINE RECEPTION OF, : BATTLESHIP. FLEET - ilr. Loomia Advise . Pa - tienee in Situation on , Pacifie Coast. ' (iy Aseeslstee) Press.) ' 1 - WABHl NQTON 3m 1 4, Marqn la Katsura, the prime minister of Jansn. and Count Kotnors,- the minister of foreign affair, recently, explained In Toklo to Francla H. Loom!, commts-. loner general to the Japan sxpost tlon, In a series of interview of an. common Interest and of present Im portance, tne attitude and pusltlon of th Japanese government In respect to the' main questions at Issue between the. peoples and the government of the two countries. - 1 I w deeply and agreeably Im pressed," said Mr. Lou in Is to an As. soriated Press . representative," with the direct, explicit and what seemed to , me - satisfactory statement of Count Komura, the minister o( foreign f affair respecting the United fitutes. Count Komura snld Jatmn' aspira tion were for peace and that, to far a the United Slate w concerned. Ilia government most heartily desired to "preserve, unimpaired and Unbrok en. 1 the historic friendship between Japan and the Vntted Mtates. "In the matter of the Immigration of Japanese laborers.' said Count Ko mura, w are doing our' utmost to wosk In harmony with the govern ment of the United States. We are energetically discouraging' emigra tion ' to the United tltutes, and else where, except to Korea. Formosa and part of Manchuria. It la now Ja pan's definite policy to concentrate It surplus populationthat part which Is disposed to emigrate -In thesu parts of the Orient which I have mentioned. There - i opportunity for a Iuiko number of bur neonte In Koren. 'i hev can- Issof great ewtistance in mdrn- islng and developing that country. Wa . desir to consolidat our Interests in tbs Orient Wo ar doing our best to ' carry out thl policy, but a govern mental policy cannot always b made fully operative In a day or a year, W niust bave sufficient tlm to work out. scientifically and satisfactory, the so. lutlon of the problem, I think there will be little complaint concerning th emigration of Japanese lahorera In the future, on the part of any govern ment In America.? ;, t ; ' Urge Keraal Right. "Count Komura then mad It plain . that while hi government would disf tta best to restrict' emigration, h . hoped that on our part there would be no discrimination made against ; Japanese subjects, and that ; In due ' time Hi public sentiment In this country would be as favorable to til countrymen as o other foreigners re. slillng In th Unite States. , 'The Marquis Of Katsura, the prim , minister, .was at the head of the-cab. . Inet during the war with Russia. He la a verutlU, highly intelligent,, force- , ful man of great Influence, lie talked , in a most engaging manner about Ja- . nan. Its future and It relations with the United rltates, II losno oppor tunity to explain that hi government heartily desired peace not only wltn the United Btfttes, bat With Ih whol wurld. and that It would not permit any small difference or misunder standings to embarrass Its harmonious . relations with, thl country. The or I me mln stef ha embarked upon a policy of great importance to Japnn and to the re of the world. The large reduction he- has Just made In Japan's military budget," contin ued Mr, Looml, "Mid Ic tee the pur port of these new plan. He stated, upon more than one occasion that Ja- . pan's progress had not been ymmet rlcal. He does not, If 1 Interpret him truly, want the military plrlt con siderably developed at the expense of the artistic. Industrial and spiritual side of the Japanese people. He thinks that Japan must become a great Industrial nation and be able to supply, cheaply and promptly, tne markets of the Orient with manufac- ... tured products, and seemingly haa un. dertaken'the task of converting Japan from a military nation into an em- . plre of trade. Industry 'and commerce." "The whole civilised world," aald Mr. Loomts, "should sympathise with these aspirations upon which the prime minister's new policy is Dasea.. (Continue en ae five.) TOWN LOT FRAUDS tated the following statment to ths) Associated Presai ' -. ' . "There Is not a word of truth In. a . statement quoted t iQowsrnor Cbarlea m Hukali s having been made by, Scott MacReynoM. attorney for W. R. Hearst, to., th. effect that I aadi aald that I bad hot found evidence to connect Haskell wit any criminal conduct In relation to the Muskogee lot matter, but that t might be able to force an Indictment which would answer nop nurnnoes. 1 never made such a statement to MacReynolds or to any one else."