The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-03
TAFT QUITS
 THE ORIENT Great Demonstration At tended Departure. TETEA-TEIE WITH EMPEROR Uncle Bill Wedged tn Glad Hand
 Even to the Last. Wife of Secretary Received by E.. press--Emperor i- said to Have
 Expressed Admiration
 of Roosevelt.
TETE.A-TE1E WITH EMPEROR

William H. Taft, officially bode fare- we'll to Japan at 6:f5 o'clock this eyen- ing, leaving the brilliantly decorated shimbashi railroad station for Kobe amid the firing of an artillery salute and a great display of fireworks. of- ficials of the Government. including the heads of the War and Navy Depart ments, the stan of the American Em- bassy and the municipal officers of To- lxio assembled on the platform to ex- tend their best wishes for the health and success Of the distinguished trav- eler during his tour around the worId.
 At noon today Mir, and Mrs Taft. accompanied only by Brig. Gen. Ed- wards. Chief of the Bureau of Insu- lar Affairs. and Frederick w. Carpen- ter, Mir. Tafts private secretary, drove In an imperial carriage, escorted by a troop of cavalry. to the Empercr's paf- ace. with all the ceremony surround Ing a royal reception. Entering tho audience room. accompanied by General Edwards, Secretary Taft was greeted by his majesty. who invited the secre- tary to accompany him to an adjoining room where they conferred in private. with the sid 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 matesties showed great cordiality in their recep- tions of the American visitors. while no official statement of what transpiree at the private audience was given out It Is understood that the Emperor ex pressed his friendship for America anu his admiration of President Roosevelt and that Mir. Taft assured him that these sentiments were reeiprocated h., the people of the United states.
 After the audience Mir. and Mrs. Taft called on the Crown Prince Yoshihfto ttarunomva and upon Prince Fushima. the Emperor's cousin. who visited the United States in 1906 and then re- turned to the palace. On their arrft- al there Mir. and Mrs. Taft were ush- cred Into the banquet room here n luncheon was served the Emperor and Empress sitting on one side of the "a ble with Mir. and Mrs. Taft opposite them. tss 1-7
 The luncheon was most elaborate the banquet room being profuseiy dec-s orated with American and Japanese flags and flowers. The favors were oe silver ,exquisitely designed After the luncheon Mfr and Mrs. Taft bade fare we'll to their n1aJesties and returned 10 the Shiba palace, their headqnar. ters, reaching there at about a:s0 o'clock. The Foreign Minister. Count Hayasht. called on Secretary Taft. at o'clock and had a long conference with him. Fl
 The Taft carriages during the drive 10 the shimbasho railroad station, were preceded and followed by detachmente or cavalry and also accompanied to the station by the Japanese War Min- lster, Lieutenant General Torchf ana count Hayashi and other officials of the Government. Mfr. and Mrs, Taft VIII spend part of tomorrow at Kyoto. visiting the temples and tombs. there. and will continue their journex to Kobe the same afternoon. The Mfitne- sota will leave Kobe for Nagasaki aE 10 p. m. tomorrow.
 ? The leading newspapers tomorrow will publish enthusiastic expectations Of the excellent results from the pres- ence here of Secretary Taft The visik is characterized as most opportune and as removing all doubts and apprehen- sions in the matter of relations be- tween Japan and the United States. and 1t is the general feeling in Tokio that the assurance of cordial relations 60 forcibly given by Secretary Taft in, his outspoken utterances were just tho thing needed at that moment.
 The Yokumin Shimbun will pay a high tribute to Mir. Taft's personality, and express it's deep appreciation Of the confidence so widely inspired by the American Secretary. This paper regrets sincerely the anti-Japanese ex- pressions appearing in some Amefican journals, and 1t will suggest an ex- change of visits by Journalists and members of the Legislatures of the two countries. saying that such an under taking would undoubtedly prove powerful factor toward dispelling the suspicious, misapprehensions and the trite opinions held in America con- cerning Japan.