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Show JAPANESE INCIDENTS. Related by Mormon Missionaries. M Sanborn Hedges, one of the Mormon elders M who accompanied Apostle Grant on the prosely- H ting tour of Japan, has written some recent in- M teresting letters to local friends, showing the ex- i ' fl treme friendliness of the Japs towards the Unit- M ed States and also some peculiar eccentricities of M the little yellow musketeers. M . Just before hostilities began with the Czar, M a largo military pageant was in progress at Tokio M on the occasion of the review of the army by M the Mikado. The air was spangled with flaunting H Japanese flags. On the day previous to the Mika- H do's appearance, Mr. Hedges and his friends dec- M orated their fragile domocile with American flags. H A few minutes later a squad of the Mikado's sol- M diers arrived at the house and in the manner of B tremendous stolidity peculiar to the yellow men, B Inquired as to who was responsible for the flour- B ishing of the American colorsi The Americans B awaited developments with considerable trepida- B tlon. After reporting the matter to the Mikado, B the ominous looking squad returned, but this B time it was to announce that the Mikado had or- B dered reserved for them conspicuous seats in a B tribune erected for the most distinguished of the B Mikado's subjects. B This is one of many incidents related which B proved the great friendliness of the Mikado to- B wards the Americans. B Continued on page 9. )B ' JAPANESE INCIDENTS Cont But Mr. Hedges reports that the Christianizing or Mormonizlng of Japan seems to be about as remote as sending Christmas gifts to the Zodiac. The educated Jap wraps himself in an attentive but stoical calm which could not be penetrated with a thirteen-inch shell when approached on the subject. Only the ignorant Malays show any real interest in the subject. This interest is based on how much they will receive per annum if they exhibit all the ear marks of conversion to the alien creed. Still the tenacity and linguistic struggles of Mr. Hedges and his friends were rewarded. They had a colony of six live, bona fide converts. The only trouble was that every day or two they would forget what they had been converted to and the entire proselyting propaganda "had to be gone over again. t5 trfjw tt? One night a burglar entered the home of the missionaries. One of them grappled with the intruder, in-truder, who displayed all the dexterity of a Graeco-Roman wrestler. He only succumbed after three of the elders were seated on different parts ' of his corporeality. Lights were secured by the other three missionaries forming the proselyting corps, and it was then discovered, to tho extreme horror of the elders, that the burglar was one of the most intelligent of the converts. Drastic measures were immediately resorted to. While the trio held him on the mat, the other three formally and officially ex-communicated the prostrate neophite from the church. |