The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-03
TAFT RECEIVED BY THE EMPEROR Private Conference Is Held At
 the Palace GOOD FEELING PREVAILS. Japanese Newspapers Publish Edi- torials Expressive of Kindly Fee. ines and Hope for Better Un-
 derstandine.
 
GOOD FEELING PREVAILS

TolSio, October 2n-Wiiam H. Taft.
 American Secretary of War. officially
 bade farewell to Japan at e:15 this
 evening and left the brilliantly dec-
 orated Shimbashi railroad station for
 Kobe amid the firing of an artillery sa-
 lute and a great display of fireworks.
 Officials of the government, including
 the heads of the war and navy depart
 ments, the staff of the American em-
 bassy and the municipal officers of
 Tokio. assembled on the platform to
 extend tn cir best wishes for the health
 and success of the distinguished trav-
 eler during his tour around the world.
 At noon today Mr. and Mrs. Taft, ac-
 companied only by Brigadier General
 Edwards, chief of the bureau of insula r
 affairs and Frederick w. Carpenter,
 Mir. Tafts private secretary, drove in
 an imperial carriage, escorted by a troop of cavalry, to the Emperor's pal
 ace, with all the ceremony surrounding royal reception.
 Entering the audience room. accom-
 panied by General Edwards, MT. Taft
 was greeted by his majesty, who in
 Vited the secretary to accompany him
 to an adjoining room, where they con
 ferred in private, with the aid of an
 interpreter, for ten minutes, after which
 they returned to the audience room.
 While the private audience was in
 progress, Mrs. Taft was received by the
 Empress. Both their majesties showed
 great cordiality in their receptions of the American visitors.
 Apprecative Sentiment.
 While no official statement of what transpired at the private audience was given out, it is understood that the Emperor expressed his friendship for America and his admiration of Presi- dent Roosevelt and that Mr. Taft as sured him that these sentiments were recipqrocated by the people of the Unf- ed States After the audience MT. atd Mrs. Taft called on the Grown Prime Yoshihito Harunoniiya and upon Prince Fushini. tb e Bmperor's cousin who vis- fled the united States in 1904, and tpen returned to the palace. On their ar rival MT. and Mrs. Taft, were ushered into the banquet room, where there was a luncheon served, the Emperor ana | Empress sitting on one side of the taple | with MT. and Mrs. Taft opposite them. 1.he luncheon was most elaborate, l inc banquet room being profusely acc | orated with American and JapHhese 1 flags and flowers. iHe idNoio W | silver exquisitely designed. After the | luncheoa Mir and Mrs. Taft badf rare well 60 their majesties and retufned to 1 the Shiba palace, their headquarters, rea ching there at about 3:30 D. lm The foreipn minister, Count Hayasht called on Secretary Taft at o'clock ana had a long conference with him.
 The Taft carriages during the drive | to the Shimbashi railroad station were preceded and followed by detachments ] of cavalry and also accompanied to I tbe station by the Japanese war nm I ister. Lieutenant Torchi, and Count 1 IIevashat aud other officials of the gov | ernment.
 Views of the Editors.
 Mir and Mrs. Taft will spend part of tomorrow at Tykato, visiting the tenn nIas and tombs there and will continue | their tourney to Kobe the iame after noon. The Minnesota will leave Kobe l for Nagas saki at 10 D. m,l tomorrow. 1 The leading newspapers tomorrow VIII | nublish enthusiastic appropriations of | the excellent results from me presence | here of Secretary Taft. The visit IS | ,raatarized as most oDiportune ana ramoving all doubts and apprehe en- l .a. in the matter of relations be- l - Ionan and the United States | s ,t is inc general feeling in Tokit | that the assurance Of corIdiai rena ation' n n | SO forcibly given by Secrlet Ialt II ,,is outsnoken utterances was just tn
 thing needed at that InomsnI