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Show JAPAN DYNASTY SEEN TOTTERING Brother of an Ogden Man Returns From Orient Where Conditions Are Serious H. W. Stechor. brother of Paul Stechor, local jcwoler, who with his wife and two daughters, Helen and Martha, have been touring the orient, ori-ent, arrived In Ogden yesterday. Ho said: "Tho emperor of Japan is at present critically ill. The country coun-try is In tho throes of a panic. Should the death of the emperor oc-'cur, oc-'cur, a revolution Is anticipated. Japan has overstepped herself and Is now in an exceedingly dangerous danger-ous position. A move in either direction di-rection may mean the downfall of the Japanese empire.". Ho said that his wife and family and himself had departed from Cleveland, Ohio, thelu home, In company com-pany with thirty other residents of that city. They visited Honolulu, the Philippines, northern, central and southern China, Manchuria, Se- I oul, capital of Korea, and other places of interest. Pekln, tho Imperial city and the Forblddon city wqre visited by the tourists and In this last city the party had opportunity to witness the ceremonies of the Chanting Priests in the Temple of the Lamas, or Tibet. , - . He states that his Impression is that the' average Chinaman is a hard working, honest man, who gives a hard days work for very little pay. "There should bo about 5,000,000 Chinamen of this type in the United States today," he said. Tho Japanese, on the other hand, present a - friendly aspect but cannot can-not conceal racial hatred towards Americans, he claimed. In commenting on the Inhabitants, of boats, he said that in the city of Pekin alone, that 400,000 Chinamen had no other habitations other than sampans and other river boats. |