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Show JAPANESE RED CROSS NURSES Aid DOCTORS Ei ROUTE TO W Ogden was visited early this morning morn-ing by seventeen pretty Japanese Red Cross nurses, two surgeons and two civilians The surgeons are Dr. Jiro Suzuki, medical chief of the Japanese Red Cross, and Dr. T. S. Uneyashi Oshlma, The Other two men ;irc M Kuwavara, who is in charge of the party, and M. Otsuka, the interpreter, The head nurses are Miss hrtiige Kiyo Oka and Miss Tao Yamamoto. The former has medals from the Russian, French, Japanese and Chinese governments, govern-ments, for service on the field of battle. Thp narlv rnrr.e tn Ocden from San Francisco, where they landed on January Janu-ary 4. after an ocean trip from Japan on the steamer Shinyo Main. They arrived here at 6:20 o'clock in a special spe-cial car attached to Southern Pacific-train Pacific-train No. 6. and were greeted at the depot by Depot Master John Shields .Hid Paul Lecmer. city ticket acent for the Union Pacific. Before breakfasting break-fasting at the depot hotel dining room, they were conducted by Mr. Beemer for a short trip through the business district of the city. While on the trip, the party visited the store of S. Tamakl & Co. and there mot several local Japanese. Later, through the spreading of the new-, ol its presence in the city, the party was met by a number of other local Japanese Jap-anese upon returning to the depot. The little "Florence Nightingales' from the far east were clad In their natty Red Cross uniforms, with a blue cape, trimmed around the neck with fur and the insignia of the humanitarian humani-tarian organization they represent. They carried muffs The two physicians physi-cians also wore their regulation uniforms uni-forms and. as they moved about the streets, the party attracted considerable consider-able attention. The Japanese Red Cross workers are en route to New York City, from which poii iuey win sail iui uiirci-pool, uiirci-pool, England, to proffer their services serv-ices in humanitarian work. According to M. Otsuka, the parly is one of three that has been sent to the European war zone, the others going to Russia and France. In a further conversation, he said that France had invited Japan to join the allies in the struggle against Germany and Austria, but that his country had decided to remain inactive, unless invaded. in-vaded. Japan, he said, however, would give all of the assistance possible to the allies by way of Red Cross service. serv-ice. M. Otsuka has been in the United States twenty six years, but is in close touch with his native country at all times. As to conditions in Japan at the presenl time, he stated this morning, morn-ing, that they- were very good, the people were happy and optimistic. 'I he party left for the east on Union Pacific train No i. at x P..", o'clock, but before leaving laid in a supply of local picture postcards, and had a good time in the snow, which was the first they had been in since leaving leav-ing Japan. oo |
