Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-07-18
PASSING SHADOR
Admiral Yamamoio Was Inheritance
at President ROossvelt's
Summer Home.
DISCUSSED THE WAR CLOUD
The Traditional Frlendshlp Of the Two
Nations 10 In No Danger Of
Being Broken, Was
Their Opinion.


New York, July 13.-Admiral Baror
Yamamoto, one Of Japan's naval ex
perts Friday met for the first time
President Roosevelt, the man who
more tha1 any other man was respon
sible for. the conclusion Of peace be
tween Russia and Japan after pro
longed war, during which Admira.
Yamamoto was Japan's minister Of
marine.
In a private conversation the repre-
sentatives Of the two countries dis
cussed the cloud which has. been hov
ering over the long lasting friendship.
between Japan and America, and eac.
expressed the opinion that It was
merely~a passing shadow and one
which could in no way reach a climax
that would shake the confidence eac
country has had In the other since
the day Commodore Perry induced
the Tokogawa shcgun to open the is
land empire to communication WITT
the outside world.
Although Admiral Yamamoto Is In
America purely on a personal capacity
and In no way as representative o.
his government, President Roosevelt
made special arrangements Friday tt
entertain him and the party Of nava
officers who accompanied him, ant
both before and after the luncheon
at which they were entertained at the
the presidents summer home at Oy
ster Bay, took occasion to discuss in
a purely informal manner the sensa
tional stories which have for some
time been printed in the newspapers
of both countries.
Admiral Yamamoto In these CONVEX
sations repeated the statements whici.
he made on several occasions since
he arrived in New York that any
feeling that there might be in Japar
because Of occurrTces on the Paci
fic coast was directed solely agalns
the people Of that section Of the coun
try and that there was no possible
chance of these feeling reaching
point where trouble between the gov
ernments would be possible.
After the visit to Oyster Bay Ad-
miral Yamamoto and the members of
his suite expressed great delight at
having had the opportunity Of meeting
the president Of the United States in
such an informal manner, and said
they were convinced that the meeting
had done much to brush away any
possibility Of Misunderstanding be-
tween the two countries.
As an incident of the meeting Cap
tain Kano, who is Admiral Yamamo-
to's aide, presented to President
Roosevelt q personal gift from the
emperor Of Japan. The gift consist
ed Of small box of the imperial jap
anese red lacquer. the making of
which is a lost art even In Japan.
Immediately following the luncheon !
Admiral Yamamoto and his suit re-
turned to New York.
The following statement regarding
the visit to Oyster Bay was later CIV
en- out there BY Secretary Loeb:
"The president had long interview
with Admiral Baron Yamamoto and It
was very satisfactory in every way.
Il simply confirms lwhat had already
been made clear by Ambassador Aoki) |
Ihe thoroughly good understanding
the two governments and the
fundamental friendliness between the
.wo nations"
Saturday morning Admiral Yatna.
motto and his party will leave for Phil
IdelphIa where they viii inspect the
Cramps shipbuilding yards and the
Camden yards returning to New York
n the evening when they viii attend
he theater. Sunday the party will
unch with General Grant at Cover
lor's Island and spend the rest Of the
lay in Sightseeing Monday win be
pent in Boston, and Monday night
he Admiral and his suite will leave
ia Montreal enroute for Seattle from
which point they will sail for Japan
July %.