Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-03
Predicted Population 600,-
100000 at End Of Century
FOR THE UNITEDSTA
AMERICAN ASIATIC
ASSOCIATION IN NEW YORK.
Tribute to Roosevelt for His Part III
Planning Peace Between Japan
and Russia.

NEW YORK. December 2,-Kogoro Taxa
hira, envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary from Japan to Washington
was the guest Of honor at the eighth an
nual dinner of the American Asiatic AS
ISOLATION at Delmonico's tonight. The &C.
casi0n was the approaching visit OF Minis
ter Takakira to his native Land. s. ID.
Webb president of the association, pre-
sided and among those at the guests Ia
bles were Seth Low. s. Uchida. the Jap
anese consul general: Gen. George G. Ward.
/. N. Seligman, John Feord, James NJ. Beck,
Stewart l.. woodford and Capt. Isam Take
shita. naval attache of the Japanese lega-
ton, who is also about to return to Japan.
Letters of regret We're read from Chentung
LANG Cheng, the Chinese ambassador, and
Baron Speck Won Sternburg, the German
ambassador.
The toast The President of the United
States responded to by Seth Low
Takahira's Address.
That the population of the United States
will have reached the enormous total of
G0oCC0,CC0 by the end of the present century
and that its wealth will greatly increase
during the same period was the prophecy
made by Minister Takahra.
Mr.. Takahira paid warm tribute to
President Roosevelt for his part in bring
and thereby ending "the bloodiest war in
the history of mankind" He believed he
said, that he was echoing the true sent
ment of the whole civilized world when
he said that humanity and civiizat ton owed
the President a great debt.
Il assure you" he said that President
Roosevelt will be immortalized forever in
the hearts of my countrymen as well as
that part of the far east where our In
huence extends and all American citizens
will always receive there a cordial well
come"
Dinner in Honor of Departure.
Mr.. Takahira was the guest of the AS
ISOLATION at a dinner given in his honor
on the eve of his departure for Japan
on leave of absence. In making his esti-
mate on the probable increase In the coun-
trys population, he said his computation
was largely based upon the national in
crease. He considered il doubtful i'm immi-
grafton. which sweiied the population in
the past, Will continue to flow In the same
proportion in the future.
With the great increase in population
and wealth the minister foresaw greater
ana greater need for the expansion of for
elgn commerce, and he yentured the opinion
that America will find those new markets
more readily Cr the other side of the Pa
clhc than anywhere else.
Expansion OF Eofelgn commerce.
II cannot help but believe" he said.
that the regular and continued expansion
of foreign commerce must be encouraged
to insure the healthy growth of your
population and the solid increase of your
wealth l need not say that your neigh
bors across the Pacific will be ready to
buy the production of your agricultural
and industrial enterprises, provided their
purchasing power Is fostered and encour-
aged. but not hampered: and 1t is
hoped that In this way the chance
of that unexpected occurrence in
your country may be lessened if not
averted in proportion to the growth of
trade in the far eastern countries
1t is, therefore, earnestly TO be hoped
that any such measure as might interfere
with the right Of intercourse and trade be-
tween the Americans and any far eastern
people should be confined within the proper
limit and that every effort be used to pro-
mote as much as possible the mutual in
terest and reciprocal advantage of COM
merce and navigation between the two Dor
ders of the Pacific
In the afternoon Minister Takahira was
entertained at a reception and luncheon in
the rooms of the board of trade and trans
portation.