Show COMES HERE TO STUDY MORMONS Buddhist Priest From Japan Ar Arrives Arrives Arrives rives in San Francisco IS ISDN ON HIS Ills WAY TO SALT LAKE 4 IS PREPARING PREP ING TO T FIGHT EIGHT MOS NOP MONISM IN ORIENT From the distant isle of Japan a Buddhist priest is traveling to Zion to study Mormonism and the Mormons According to information from San Francisco the priest arrived in that place last Monday and is 15 now there learning the English language before proceeding proceed in on his journey The follower of or Buddha is a small and In Intelligent Jap by the name name of Tatsuo Yama ald He comes here to make 1 I 1 t I I I I 3 I I 1 i 1 iF Tatsuo I his investigations not for the purpose of embracing the faith but to provide himself with information that will en enable enable enable able him to better fight against the establishment of Mormonism in Japan The visit of at is a direct re result suit sult of the appearance in Japan over a year ago of at Apostle Heber J Grants party of missionaries who went there thereto to establish a mission in the land o of chrysanthemums From time imme immemorial morial the Japanese have worshiped at the shrine of Buddha and when the party of Mormon missionaries invaded their island bringing with them strange teachings of a strange religion the Japanese were dubious about th the new religion id h d the preachers of it N No strenuous objections were interposed to the preaching of the new religion in th the island but the Japanese it is said have hav held aloof waiting to investigate i It before accepting it or raising a crusade against it It is for this purpose that tha comes to Salt Lake To Learn About Mormons The priest comes from Fukuoka a seaport on the northwestern coast o of Kuslu He proposes to remain in Salt Lake when he arrives here until he has learned enough about the Mor Mormons Mormons mons and their faith to Intelligently fight Its progress in the land of his na nativity nativity The information which Yama zaki expects to secure here he will take tak back to and disseminate amon among the priests of his religion It is sal said I that th Buddhists resent the attempts i f of the Mormons to o introduce a new re religion religion ligion of such strange teachings into their country and that a crusade will willin willIn in all probability be launched by the Buddhist priests against the Mormons arrived in San Francisco on the steamer Maru which arrived there last Monday londay As yet he heis heis heI is I unable to speak a word of English It is said and he proceeded to a Japan Japanese ese hotel in San Francisco and stopped there In that place he proposes to re remain remain remain main until he has ha acquired enough knowledge of the language and customs of the people of this country to enable him to get along without an interpreter Interpret r When this shall shan have been accomplished pushed which will probably be within I I two or three months will come to this city and begin his work The priest according to reports is keeping himself busy going over the Golden Gate city seeing the sights and familiarizing himself with the Ameri Amen American AmerIc can c n customs |