Excerpt from The Risen Sun

I Left Japan for Europe on the 10th of February, 1904, namely, less than two days after the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war; partly for recuperation of my health after a long ailment, and partly in order to do whatever I could in the West for promotion of good-will between the Western nations and my fatherland at this momentous hour of war.

The day after my departure from Yokohama, on board the Iyo-Maru, Nippon-Yushen-Kwaisha steamship, namely February the nth, happened to be one of our three national festive days, and it was celebrated on board the steamer. I made a speech in English on that occasion, which was followed by two more somewhat similar celebrations before we arrived at Victoria, on which I made corresponding speeches. While passing through America I gave my views on the situation to many American interviewers, and my observations were reported in the papers. Since my arrival in Europe I have continued to give my views to numerous interviewers and have made speeches. Most of these views and speeches, though necessarily in curtailed forms, have been reported widely in Continental as well as in English papers - indeed, all over the world. I have also contributed, sometimes by request and sometimes voluntarily, many articles and letters both to English and also to Continental Reviews.

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