The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-29

Washington. Aug. 2S.-The new ia
panese minister. Mr.. Shinichiro Kurino
was presented to the President today
| In view of the fact that the minister
arrived in Washington only yesterday
the presentation was with remarkable
celebrity. but this is accounted for by
the desire of the new minister to pre-
isent his credentials and be fully en-
powered to deal with the state depart
ment before the President leaves
Washington.
| The minister and Mr. Miyioka. the
charge d'affaires of the legation. were
brought into the presence of the Presi-
dent by Secretary Gresham, and after
his introduction the minister said:
The Minister'S Address.
Mr.. President. 1 have the honor to
inform you that his majesty the en-
peror of Japan has appointed me to
be his envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary to the government
Iof the United States. In graciously
ihonoring me with this mission his i'm
perial majesty especially commanded
me to express to you his wish for your
continued health and happiness, and
Tor the prosperity and we'll being of
the great people whose interests are
| 1.-The promotion of the friendly rela-
tons which so happily exist between
Japan and the United States has al
WAYS been matter of deep concern
to his imperial majesty and he has
viewed with pleasure the steady
/ growth of the Importance and init
macv Of the intercourse between the
two nations. These sentiments of cor
dial friendship to the United States on
the part of his imperial majesty have
also DerVaded the minds of his people,
so that in assuring you, MIR. Presi-
dent. of my desire to do what l can to
draw even closer the bonds which
unite our countries, while / obey the
| first and most important behest Of my
august sovereign, 1 likewise express a
purpose in the execution of which
| shall have the earnest sympathy of
my countrymen. The kind considera-
| ton which you and the officers of
your government have always given
! to every effort to promote the cordial
iity and the mutual consideration
(which are such marked characteristics
of the relations of our country, embold-
ems me to confidently believe I can re-
| ly upon your aid in carrying out this
purpose.
81 now have the honor to hand you
the letter recalling my predecessor and
my letter of credence."
| The Presidents Reply.
! The president replied:
| MIR. Minister, the friendship which
has endured between the United States
and the empire of Japan since the con-
Iclusion of their first treaty forty years
ago, makes it most agreeable to me to
receive from your hands the letter
whereby your imperial sovereign &C
credits you to this government as his
envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary.
81 welcome the cordial assurances
land wishes you express in his majesty's
name and on behalf of your country
men, for a fuller development of the
ties of annuity that joint the two peo-
pies, and for their continued, and, if it
! be possible. closer intercourse, and /
can assure you of the earnest coopera-
ton of myself and my constitutional
associates toward these beneficial ends.
Succeeding as you do to a long line Of
Industrious predecessors, who have won
lofficial sympathy and personal esteem
among us, 1 can bespeak you for, Mr..
Minister, no less a share of friendly
Icordiality than they received, and L am
glad to believe the large knowledge
Iyou have gained of this country and
Its Institutions by your previous resi-
dence here will increase your oppor-
ltunities to further the good relations
Iof our two countries and to appreciate
lat their full worth the warm desires
we Americans feel for the advancement
of Japan in the ways of prosperity and
Happiness"