Two years later, when Mori again passed through Tafen territory, Aliman personally helped him carry his belongings, and escorted him along the road like an old friend, "says Nelson Yang, a scholar researching the history of the Japanese occupation, in his article" Academic Adventurer Mori Ushinosuke. "
二年後，當森丑之助再度經過大分地界，阿里曼還親自幫森氏揹行李，一路護送以示親善。」研究日據時代探險歷史的學者楊南郡在〈學術探險家森丑之助〉一文中指出。