Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1902 — Tactful Courtesy of General Grant. [ARTICLE]

Tactful Courtesy of General Grant.

“When Gen. Grant was In Japan,” remarked the son of a Japanese general recently, “the Emperor Invited the general to cross the imperial foot bridge near the palace at Toklo, across which none but the blood royal had ever trod. Gen. Grant accepted the invitation and walked across beside the Mikado until they had reached the center of the bridge. Then he stopped, profoundly saluted the Emperor, and said: “ ‘Your majesty, I have come so far m. show you that I was not insensible to the honor you would do me, but I cannot violate your traditions. Let us return the way we came.’ “The perfect tact and courtesy of Gen. Grant on this occasion is very gratefully remembered by the nation which has the just distinction of Doing called the most polite people on earth. Americans visiting Japan are held in high favor, and are always treated with the greatest consideration.”—New York Press.