New-York tribune., 1908-03-24
TAFT DAY In JERSEY
PRAISE FOR T4K4HIR4
Secretary EN- phasizes Friendly Re
I0tiOnS Bet7Ceen Countries.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune

Trenton, N j.. March 23.-This was Taft day
| in New Jersey. The big Secretary of War was
| the guest of honor of the state. With Baron
Takahira Mr.. Taft came here principally to ad
| dress the Chamber of Commerce at its annual
dinner this evening. but before the day ended
| he had held reception in the State House and
| spoken at joint session of the Legislature in
| addition.
| Before the Chamber of Commerce the Secre-
| tary spoke of the possibilities of increased COM
| mercial relations between the United States and
| the Orient and made vigorous plea for the
| building up of a merchant marine. The talk of
! the possibility of between the United States
| and Japan he characterized buntly the out
come of yellow journalism.
Five hundred persons representing the busi-
| ness interests of the city and state. heard
! speeches by Secretary Taft Baron Takahira,
| Governor Fort Mayor Walter Madden, of Tren-
! ton, and Representative J. II. Moore
SPEECH OF SECRETARY TAFT.
At the start of his address Mr. Taft imme-
diately complimented the japanese Ambassador
and then told of the good feeling between his
country and the United States, saying;
I consider myself especially fortunate in be-
ing a fellow guest of the Japanese Ambassador
with whose friendship for number of years L
have been honored. Ambassador Takahira was
the japanese Minister during the period of the
d
peace commissioners at Portsmouth to settle
the terms of the treaty of peace between the
two great powers.
1t is a great pleasure to every one in gov
ernment in the administration at Washington
that Baron Takahira has returned as ambassa-
dor. The relations between Japan and the United
, States during the last two years have much oc-
cupfed the headlines of sensational newspapers
of this country and of Europe.
: A number of the European press were deter
mined that there should be war between the
United States and Japan. even il both parties
were determinodly opposed to it. The unfortu-
nate disturbances at san Francisco ana u@
diplomatic controversies that arose We're made
the occasion for the circulation of the most dis
tressinC rumors which We're from time to time
1t was found however. that nothing had &C
/ CURED al San Francisco which it was not within
the power of the two governments to settle by
ordinary diplomatic methods. The question of
immigration seems quite within the power or
the two governments without legislation on
either side to bring to a satisfactory adjust
ment. .
Then these same scrbes and prophets Of evil
made themselves hoarse with their shouts about
the sending of the fleet of hattleships TO the
Pacific Alas for the regulations of these
prophets of evil! no sooner has the fleet reached
our Western shores upon the Paclhc than the
government of Japan sends most cordiat IN
vitation. couched in the friendcst tone. asking
that our fleet visit the ports of Japan Ihls m
vitation the government has accepted IN the
Same cordial tone. because it realizes the sin
cerity of the hospitality which is offered
II has been my good fortune to visit Japan for
short trims four times and each time | have
ID the honor of being presented TO ms imperial
majesty the Emperor, and each time nave had
excellent opportunity to learn me 1rlenoly
attitude of the government of Japan toward that
of the United States
The japanese have their energies directed
toward the civilization and settlement and
progress of Corea which has come under their
protection and control. of the Ltao-Tung penin-
suIa Of which they now have a lease from the
chinese government. and of Formosa, which
they took from China after the Chinese
.
The uplifting of those countries and their
neoples presents problems sufficient to test the
highest craftsmanship of the leading of
Ia nan and furnishes every reason for saying that
they have no desire for such a, purposeless task
as war with the United States.
Fut Japan is manifestng the greatest enter
rrise in the organization of steamship lines and
the government assistance of them, so that in
a reasonably short time much OF the Chinese
trade IS likely to be done between the United
states and China and between other countries
and China in japanese bottoms
China, with her four hundred mill1ons OF CIT
izens is in a state of transition With her CIV
ilization thousands of years old. she moves more
slowly in the direction of modern progress than
other nations but she is steadily moving
We are day Asiatic powers We exercise
sovereignty an archipelago or 10000
square miles. with a population or S.oooooo
people.
we have undertaken a system of general and
politicaI education which we hope in the course
Of one or two generations may prepare them to
maintain independent government 1ree from
guidance of ours. If their people so desire.
The conditions in the islands are not favor
able. due TO two facts. The rice crop has been
forms so per cent of the expectations from the
islands has fallen nearly 40 per cent.
These two faults will produce for the coming
wear hard times in the islands
Is ii not Of the utmost Importance that in
order that influence may be felt we should
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