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Show QUAKE HALTED WAR WITH JAP " f the earthquake had not come I am satisfied that we would have been in a war with Japan before now," said Hilton Robertson who has recently returned from Japan after spending three and one-half years there as head of the L. D. S. mission, before the Springville Kiwauis club at the weekly luncheon held at the Third ward amusement hall Thursday evening, September 18. The exclusion law passed by the United States made them very bitter bit-ter toward the Americans he said. They carried on many demonstrations demonstra-tions threatening the lives of American Ameri-can citizens who were within their borders and were fast laying plans to boycott American made goods. But when the earthquake came with its great destruction of life and property pro-perty it semed to put a damper on the situation and todivert their attention at-tention more to things at home. Mr. Robertson gave a very interesting inter-esting account of the customs and modes of living of the Japanese and exhibited a collection of souvenirs, consisting the workmen's lunch baskets, bas-kets, pillows, ladies combs, pipe and tobacco pouches, shoes and the instrument in-strument used by the priests to call up the spirits. Ii refering to their customs of living he said they always sleep on the floor and in the same room where they live and eat. Their shoes he said are always taken of! at the door and when they go to public places their shoes are always checked at the door the same as the American in the United States checks his hat. Dr. John R. Anderson was master of ceremonies. The community singing sing-ing was led by M. E. Crandal, Jr. The attendance prize was won by Elmo Coffman. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Hil-ton Robertson were introduced as guests and gave two Japanese songs as a part of the musical program. |