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Show HOLDS ill 1 Baron Aura, Noted Japancsb i Statesman, Laughs at Ru- j mors of Conflict. DECLARES HIS NATION 1 GRATEFUL AND FRIENDLY Points Out That His People , Hare Heavy Burden to Carry at Present. j By Lcasccl Wire to Tho Tribune. ? NEW YORK, Aug. G. "It is more f foolish than tho most, foolish of fables, n this supposition that Japan may seek war with the Ignited States. I do not ; know how to laugh at it enough." As he said this today, Barou Aura smiled and thou, after shaking his head j as if to omphasizo his expression of 5 tho absurdity of the proposition, A laughed heartily in further ridicule of it- 'Tho very notion of war between Ja- 7' pan and tlio United States is contrary 1 to the now ingrained spirit of our people. peo-ple. Respect, affection thoso words are not strong to describe tho feeling of the Japanese for this country. Our : people venerate the United States. i There is none in my country who does not recognize tho debt we owe to America. Amer-ica. Moreover, our hands aro full. Japan Ja-pan has many big problems beforo her at home. The last of our thoughts is for war. For aggressive war we have f no thought at all." Transcontinental Tour. Baron Aura, Japanese minister of state for agriculturo, comniorco and in- : dustry, who was minister of communi- cation during the war with Russia, loaves tomorrow on his way to Pitta- I burg, Chicago, San Francisco and thence homo. This will give ham four days' stay in Now York. Already ho is amazed at whnt he has seen here Tho baron came from London, whore ho has been acting as president of tho Anglo- j Japanese exhibition. He is a keen ad- ' vocate of expositions, and believes that i th! show in Londrn is doing much to I further trade between Japan and Great I Britain. "You accuse us of piling up arma- ments,- said the burou, "but you see us as an example of you. "We must do what the other nations say to us, and we can not help ourselves. It is not for us to begin, but we will follow. A Not Seeking Conflict. i '3 ' 1 Wo want no more war. In our gen 1 eration wo have had two wars. Our wounds are recent. We have problems i enough at home to solve without seek- rla ing to mako more." S J t "Among your people is there not a VSj desire to emigrate to tho United fm States!" . fef "At one time there was such a desire. Labor with us is cheap. Our poonle heard of the chances in this country I; ? and naturally wanted to embrace them. ) '-; But now tho opportunities at home aro ; good. ) - "Therein lies one of our greatest jjR problems. But there is no soreness J&f, against America because you ask our people to remain at home. You forget fyji that with us it has becomo an instinct for home and country before all else. J "Our industries are developing so S rapidly," he continued, "it is incnm- fl bent on ns to retain this labor. Wo havo IS not enough. All over tho agricultural population is rushing to the growing jl cities. We, too, will soon need our H 'back to the farm' movement, so seri- H ous is the problem becoming. h H Jap Women Progressive. ' j "It has been said, and erroneously fH said, that Japanese women are despised jH and downtrodden- On tho contrary, the gH women are as progressive and interested in civic movements as the women of 'M America. Why, we havo women report- iH crs, too. H "The empresses of Japan have gone H into history for their political and in- H dustrial genius and we are likewise re-sponsible re-sponsible to the women of our country H for our literature. IH "At present we owe our school re- jH forms and the added impetus given lo DH educational intorests to our women, who arc now striving for their property rights just as the suffragettes arc doing here. "I think that the women of Japan arc not as eager for suffrage as the European women, bjit suffrage will como 9H to Japan sooner or later. "We Japanese have always thought ourselves nimble with our fingers and our wits. But wc are still plodding in' . ox carts while you Anioricans are rid- flH ing in aeroplanes; You have no lag- mm gards. or at least they arc not visible. H "Tf: siwmt in nm Hint im.i mnof linvo 'mt a marvelous plrysical strength to stand iflB the pace you set. We Japanese have en- ! H durance, but wc could not endure your business life Your great president j Wm calls it a strenuous life I should namo M it the speedy life. "There ir. no need for Americans lo bo .icalous of tho Japanese commercial- ly. Tho Japaneso merchants can never ijS catch up with tho American ono. fhjR "For myself, I do not care for so -tffl much speed. It is interesting to watch, . OT as a child opens the back of a watch and ; enjoys seeing its wheels spin around. -EsSi 'What time or strength do you have Ri left lo delight in beauty ? You work, , KB work until you becomo machines, the 'mm most highly organized sonsitivo mn,- mm chine, but. devoid of feoling or joy. Do i you know, we hope to have a subway IBB before long in Tokio? I have examinoa fBB your subway here with so much inter- fBB est. Wo have street cars in Tokio and MW Yokohama, of course, but no subway HB and no elevated. But I havo not beb jBSF on the elevated yet, but intend to be- JBBL' ioro I leuvo New York." l!fl91 |