| Show PROMINENT JAPS HERE J I nf tAre t-Are Inspecting the Grndeur of AmerIcan Institutions TRADE OUTLOOK IN JAPAN t GOYEBIENT BUYING AMERICAN CAN COACHES 4 1 Railroad Equipment Furnished By This Country I Very Popular I the Lad of Chrysanthemums Mesr Xusawn and llagwa Talk of Their Own Land C I Two distinguished officials of th Japanese Ja-panese government reache the city yesterday and are at the Knutsfor They are S Kunlsawa of the department depart-ment of government railways and G Nakagawa of the department of agriculture agri-culture They are visIting America for the purpose of investigation and research re-search with the vehY of obtaining any information that wIll prove of Interest to the Japanese government In their respective re-spective departments Both gentlemen are highly educatd and speak English with a fair degree of fluency Their training was obtained in the Imperial university at Toklo but each of the has traveled extensively in this court to and Europe previous to their pre ent visit Japan I Flourishing They said yesterday that Japan was In a very flourishing condition and making rapid progress in every direction direc-tion Manufacturing establishments are being inaugurated In all lines of industry In-dustry and It Is the intention of that nation to become an exporting country instead of as at present a importing one PolitIcally everything in the Flowery kingdom Is serene and Japan is at pace with all the world Both of the visitors stated that the relations between their government and China were most cordial and the two nations were never more friendly Asked as to how Japan views the en croaqhment of Russia In the Iachur province they stated that they pre erred not to discus the Russian ati tude or policy but sid that Japan was positively opposed to any dismemberment dismember-ment of China or forcible encroachment encroach-ment upon Its territory The Philippine question interests the Japanese very much and that nation Is anxious to see the United State re tain them As to the outcome of the present rebellion they said that thee could only be one result and that was the subjugation of the Filipinos and the supremacy of American arms Problem In Philippines The United States have identically the same proposition to contend within with-In the Philippines that Japan had in Formosa after the ChinoJapane war said Mr Nakagawa Sptaklng of the development of the empire and progress made In railway contsrclon 1t Kunlsawa stated tat there wee now In operation in his I country more than 300 mules or railroads rail-roads and there was at present build I ditonal lag and propose about 00 miles ad Of the mileage already In operation I opera-tion Mr Kunlsawa Sad the govern meat owns and ooerates very successfully success-fully COO miles or railroads and Is I building more The work Is being done by native talent and native capital I Our engineers and all of the principal officers in the construction as also in oicers I the malntalnance of way departments are Japanese but our consulting engineer I en-gineer Is an American living In Phia delphiaMr Crawford I shall visit and have a consultation with him while I cast Previous to two ear ago we used the English rail exclusively but now we are buying rails from America I and wilt use them altogether hereafter as they are better and cheaper I Our equipment Is about equally I mixed between the English and Amer d lean but the latter suits us best and I gives the most satisfaction and we are now purchasing all of our locomotives I In the United States The American stly of railway carriage Is also referable I refer-able t the European and we have adopted i and wIll discard the com parment carriages of English make I American Sleeping Cars The Japanese realways have ordered or-dered a number of sleeping I cars from I tile 1 United States which Ic be l eliv ercd In Yokohama about Feb 1 1900 I and If they prove satisfactory which I have not the slightest doubt they will we shall order 1 lot more The II present order Is a trial one O to speak 1 I shall leave Sal Lake City in the morning going directly east stopping nowhere betweI here and Chicago r I shall visit the various Joomote work and car buiding work of this country and Inspect thE radbeds of some ot the leading raIlways before I return home Speaking of the agricultural resources sources or Japan Mr Nalcagawa sid that they were pretty thoroughly developed devel-oped and that there was not much rom for any extension |
