nificant enterprise on which the Mayor of Tokyo, Viscount Goto, had embarked.The prophet is not without honour, save in his own country. The people of Japan do not differ from those of other lands in this capacity for giving attention to foreigners rather than to their own countrymen! There were many Japanese students of municipal affairs who could have spoken with more knowledge and more elo- quence on every theme which I discussed in my tour through various parts of the Empire, but, owing to the perversity of human nature, their discourses would not have received one-half of the attention which was be- stowed upon my efforts!It is not for me to say whether I succeeded or failed in the discharge of the first duty entrusted to me, but I spared neither pains nor labour to accomplish the under- taking. As evidence of my endeavours to awaken deeper interest among the citizens of Japan in municipal govern- ment, the following bare statement about my lectures and addresses is submitted:
September 16th. Address before Imperial and city officials, including Viscount Goto, as Chairman, and Premier Kato.
September 21st. Address before Trustees and Directors of the Tokyo Institute for Municipal Research.
September 22nd. Address before the Councillors and officials of the City of Tokyo. Subject: "Special Assessments."
October 1st. Public address at the Y. M. C. A. Hall in Tokyo on the occasion of the anniversary of the granting of self-government to Tokyo. Subject: "The Place of the City in Modern Industrial Civilisation."
October 14th. Address before the National Conference of Social Workers in Tokyo. Subject: "Social Work in an Industrial Society."
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Publication Information: Book Title: The Administration and Politics of Tokyo. Contributors: Charles A. Beard - author. Publisher: The Macmillan Company. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1923. Page Number: 2.
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