Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-03
TAFTCALLSON M|KADO
Emperor of Japan Has Private Talk With American Secretary.
SAYS HE LIKES ROOSEVELT.

visitors Are Shown Great Cordiality p)
 Japanese Royalties-Forme Premier
 katsura Says Nothing Now Car
 Shake Friendship Between Countries
 Tokyo, Oct. 3. Secretary of War Taft officially bade farewell to Japan and left the brilliantly. decorated Shimbashi railroad station for Kobe amid the firing of an artillery salute and great display of fireworks. Off, cials of the government, including the heads of the war and navy depart ments; the staff of the American en- bassy and the municipal officers of Tokyo, assembled on the platform to extend their best wishes for the health and success of the distinguished tray eler during his tour around the world.
 Some hours previously Mr. and Mrs. Taft, accompanied by Brigadier Gen eral Edwards, chief of the bureau of insular affairs, and Frederick W. Car penter, 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 pleasantly by his majesty, who invited the secretary to accom- pany him to an adjoining room, where they conferred in private, with the aid of an interpreter, for ten minutes, aft CT which they returned to the audience chamber. While the private audience was in progress Mrs. Taft was re- ceived by the empress. Both emperor and empress showed great cordiality in their reception of the American wis., itors
 Mikado Admires Roosevelt. While no official statement of what occurred in the private audience was given out, it is understood the emperor expressed his friendliness for America and his admiration of President Roose- welt and that MT. Taft assured him those sentiments were reciprocated by the people of the United States.
 After the audience the Tafts called on the crown prince, Yoshihito Haru- nomiya, and upon Prince Fushimi, the emperor's cousin, who visited the Unit ed States in 1904 and made a tour of Europe last year and the early part of this year. Then they returned to the palace On their arrival there they were ushered into the banquet room, peror and empress sitting on one side of the table, with Mr. and Mrs. Taft opposite them. General Edwards was seated a short distance away on Mrs. l Taft's right, and MT. Carpenter was placed at the other side of the table, on MT. Taft's left.
 The luncheon was elaborate, the banquet room being decorated pro- fusely with American and Japanese flags and red, white and blue flowers. The favors were of silver, exquisitely designed After the luncheon MT. and Mrs. Taft bade farewell to the em- peror and empress and returned to the Shiba palace, their headquarters, reaching there at about 3:30 p. m. Count Hayashi, the foreign minister, called on Secretary Taft and had a long conference with him.
 The Tafts' carriages during the drive to the Shimbashi railroad station were preceded and followed by detachments of cavalry, and the visitors were ac- companied to the station by the Japa- nese war minister. Lieutenant General Terauchi, and by Count Hayashi and other officials of the Government.
 Taft Pleased With Welcome.
 MT. and Mrs. Taft spent part of to- day in Kyoto visiting the temples and tombs there and will continue their journey to Kobe this afternoon.
 "The magnificent welcome accorded to me by the government and people of Japan," said the secretary shortly before leaving the city, Ifs the most positive sign of the good relations ex- isting between Japan and the United States. I am confident that both coun- tries will continue to be as friendly as in the past and not afford occasion for misrepresentation by anybody"
 Count Katsura, former premier and a member of the military council of the empire, in an interview on the sub- ject of the visit to Japan of Secretary of War Taft said:
 q am delighted that Mir. Taft's brief visit has been made the occasion for an indisputable demonstration of the friendly relations between Japan and the United States. Attempts bave been made to misrepresent the existing re- lations of both countries, but they must be attributed to the work of in- terested parties and are hardly deserv- ing of serious consideration.
 "The whole situation was talked over between Mir. Taft and myself two years ago on the occasion of his last visit here. A perfect understanding was then arrived at between the au- thOrities of both governments. and no change has since been made therein. I firmly believe that nothing can shake the foundation on which the historical relations of both nations are built There is nothing more absurd than the cry of war between the United States and Japan"