Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-10-31
JAPAN'S RECEPTION
To ATLANTIC FLEET IS The
BEST EVER.
With Japanese Escort of Sixteen Battle
ships 1t Was Imposing Scene When
They Anchored at yokohama Bay
Japanese Most Royal Entertainers
Everything Is Free to Visitors.

Sixteen American battleships, consti-
tuting the Atlantic feet on it's peace
Choir at Yokohama in the bay of Toxic,
the position of honor in front
of a like number of Japanese men of
war, the white bulls of the American
vessels making a strong contrast with
the somber-hued ones of the Japanese.
In the bay, alive with bunting, gaily
decorated tugs and steamers loaded with
sightseers are steaming to and fro and
launches from the shore and the wharves
are bearing uniformed officers on their
official visits of welcome.
Preceded by its tender, the Yankton,
the American feet entered the harbor
in fog that hung over the bay and
dropped anchor at $3.50 clock Sunday
morning, one-half hour later than the
time scheduled.
The fleet proceeded to its anchorage
ground and anchored in four columns
in front of the Japanese feet of 16
warships. When anchors were cast a
committee representing every depart
ment of the Japanese government and
accompanied by attaches of various for
eign embassies and the mayor of Yoke
hama boarded the flagship Connecticut
and officially welcomed Rear Admiral
Sperry, his officers and men to Japan.
From thousands of hagstaffs and
buildings and every point in the big
city fioated the Stars and Stripes and
the entire length of miles Of streets
were almost walled with intertwined
American and japanese emblems. The
bay itself was fairly afame with bunt
ing where tugs and steamers, gailS
decorated with streamers and pennants
lined the wharves awaiting thousands
, Of excursionists who We're going out u
meet the feet
The enthusiasm of the people was evi
IDENTIFY sincere, though mixed with tn
, natural curiosity to see the big fighting
; ships from America, the long and sue
cessful cruise Of which has marked
new epoch in naval history.
Courteous to Foreigners
2 Foreigners were in the minority
the crowds, but wherever they appeare
they were treated with even exceptions
? courtesy because today to the Japanes
all foreigners must be Americans, man
e of the japanese being unable to dis
eriminate between Americans and thos
from other lands.
+, Passing up the coast OH Yokohama
: the first note Of real welcome wa
/. sounded when a fireworks salute wa
fred BY the America 5 Friends associ'
I ton. comprised entirely of Japanes
[, who had assembled at Kurihama on tl
i site of Perry : monument. The fee
\ responded by gracefully dipping color
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OF Rear Admiral Speuy and the "a
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