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Show Japanese In America. . The project of the Japanese of New York to raise $5,000,000 to aid thel home country In Its War with Russia will perhaps per-haps excite surprise at the else of the gift contemplated. There Im, however1,, bo doubt of their ability to "finance" their patriotism to the extent promised.' The importance of Japanese Interest In the city Is not generally realised. A quarter of a century ago the Japanese Japan-ese commercial houses of consequence In this country could be numbered on the fingers of one hand. They are now very numerous -and almost uniformly prosperous. With the beginning of the new order of things la the Island kingdom king-dom there set In a tide of emigration, to the United States which last' year reached the large; number of 19,96$. That Is to say, more than half as many Japanese came as Irish, and very nearly half as many as came from Germany. Scotland sent only one-third as many, Franca one-fourth and Spain ene-thlrd as many. They brought with them an Intelligence and Industry, an adaptability adaptabil-ity to occupations ranging from the kitchen to tha counting-room and a spirit of good citizenship by which the Nation has been, largely the gainer. The "Yankees of the East" fit very quickly and well Into the Yankeedom of the West. New York World. |