Japanese on a Tramp Designed to End in England: Other Little Walks Later Shanghai during the past year or so has been visited by a number of round-the-world walkers and cyclists and the atest visitor in this connexion to come to these offices is Mr. S, Akimitsu, a graduate of the Ritzimeika College of 'Law in Kyoto, who.has arranged for himself three distinct -walking' tours, which will Gover the northern sections of both hemispheres.
Mr. Akimitsu, who is 26 years of age, set out from Tokyo on August 8 and has so far visited Shimonosaki, Korea, Fusan, Keiji Tsingtao, completing. this his journey in two months and a day, Having arrived Shanghai last' Saturday.
Travelling Light Dressed in white "shorts," canvas rubber-soled shoes, stockings, and a foreign coat, and' wearing a little white hat, Mr, Akimitsu carries a minimum' amount of baggage. Strapped over his shoulders is a haversack, containing half-a-dozen books, full of autographs, and under fils arm he carries another bag of similar books. A hot water bottle, a flask and a white band, inscribed with the words "Walking around the world" on one and Japanese! characters with the same meaning fon the reverse complete. his eq ment.
The books shown to the writer were full of interesting newspaper clippings regarding Mr. Akimitsu's career and undertaking and autographs of leading Chinese, Russian, Japanese and other statesmen, diplomats, journalists and business men. He teils us that already a number of these books have been fully subscribed with clippings and signi tures and that he had to send them back Home because they were too heavy and cumbersome, Asked how he proposed to finance} his tours, the walker said that he! had started out with Yen 2,000 and that was all. He had earned some money by contributing articles to] newspapers on the progress of his tour and hoped Inter to be able to write a book on his experiences.
He carries no weapon because he anticipates no dangers beyond the wild animals of India and he hopes to escape them too.
His ineraries On this the first of his three tours his de station is England. Apart from the places already visited, he hopes to go by way of Foochow, Canton, French Indo-China, Sian Burma, Calcutta, Bombay, Afghani stan, Persia, Asiatic. Turkey, Tarkey Proper, Greece, Italy, over the Alps, Switzerland, Germany, France fand then to England. After that he would return to Yokohama by' steamer and set out on his. second tour, covering the whole of North America, including Canada, the United States and Mexico, The third tour would start from Toky across Siberia, to Moscows Questioned as to how long he expected to take, Mr. Akimitsu said that his "arrangements were that the whole tours should be completed within four. years, The first, he expected, would take about "two years and three months from_the time he started out from. Ueno Park, Tokyo, the second a year and the third six months Gen. Yen Chun-yang, Commissio er of Shanghai and Woosung Police, has again issued orders for the registration of all arms and amand he threatens those possessing such in Chinese territory, with severe punishment if they do not register. which the Japanese press describes as propaganda disjsemimated with a view to reviving the Chen" Ah-dong agitation is reported to have taken place in the French Concession 2 couple of days ego when a woman claiming to be the wife of the hawker-thief, Chen Ah-dong, who was killed through a fall into a hold on board the. str.
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