The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-19
The Streets Walled With
Flags
BATTLESHIPS WELCOME
All Foreigners Are Americans for
the Occasion and Treated
With Special consid-
GRAFTON.

Yokohoma, Oct. l0--The American
battleship fleet dropped anchor in the
harbor OF Yokohoma at $3.50 o'clock yes
terday morning. a little later than the
scheduled time, because of a fog that
hung over the bay, hindering the battle
ships in getting to their anchorage. Be.
fore dawn the white American fleet had
been dimly discerned manoeuvering Off
the entrance to Toxic bay, while 10 Jap
anese warships in sonber color swung
at their anchor buoys outside of the
breakwater encircled by low purple hills.
Already Yokohoma was awake and the
streets were crowded, excited people
streaming in from the surrounding eoun.
try afoot, in rickishas or in carriages
making their way to the water front and
TO the hills overlooking the bay 10 get
their first glimpses of the feet. From
thousands of fagstaffs and buildings at
every point in the city floated the stars
and stripes and the entire lengths OF
miles of streets were almost walled with
intertwined American and Japanese EN-.
blems. Foreigners were in the minority
in the crowds, but wherever they APP
peared they were treated with even ex-
ceptional courtesy, because to-day to the
Japanese all foreigners must be Ameri.
cans, many of the Japanese being un.
able to discriminate between Americans
and those from other lands.
As the 10 battleships came through
the entrance TO the fog-enveloped bay,
they were accompanied by the Japanese
cruisers Soya, Magami and Tatsuta,
commanded by Rear Admiral Murakari.
Passing up the coast of Yokosuk, the
first note of real welcome was sounded
when fireworks salute was fred by the
American friends association" com.
posed entirely of Japanese, who had as
sembed at Kruikama on the site of
Perry's monument. When ii came closer
in the feet was mnt by seven big ocean
liners chartered by the prefecture of
Kanagawa, carrying 5000 persons, includ
ing many foreigners. The air was filed
with bursting bombs sent up from vari-
GUS points, and the roar Of voices was
heard even in the city OF Yokohama.
At s:45 a. m. the Japanese battleships
doomed salute at the tender Yankton,
which was slightly in the lead of the
American feet, appeared dimly around
Honmou point through the fog, which
soon lifted little, enabling a full view
of the fleet approaching its anchorage
ground. About IS minutes later, wncn
the feet finally came to anchor, it pre-.
sented an imposing spectacle. Thirty
two great warships occupied four long
columns of eight each, the Americans
taking the place of honor in the fore
front, the japanese Immediately behind
them and heading due south.
As soon as the fleet came to anchor
a reception committee and attaches of
the various foreign embassies and lega-
tions. and the mayor of Yokohama, put
off from shore for the flagship Connecti- |
cut. American Ambassador 0'Brien did
not 20 down from Toxic because under
navy etiquette he could not be present |
until the American admiral commanding |
the fleet, had paid an official call upon
him. The ambassadors wife, however, |
was present, together with women OF the
embassy, as we'll as Mr. Summons, con-
sui general at Seoul, and Mrs Summons,
and Secretary Jay of the American EN-.
bassy, all in an unofficial capacity as
guests Of the navy. Francis j. Loomis,
head of the American commission to the |
JdFdASSc lHlclHdtloiidl eApualLl0Ht To- ]
gether with Secretary O'Laughlin and
the entire business mems delegation
from the Pacific coast, now on a visit
to Japan, was present, arriving in a
special train from Toxic early in the
Every vernacular newspaper in Yoke.
hama and Toxic printed a special illus
trated edition yesterday morning con-
tanning enthusiastic articles with refer
ence to the coming of the American fleet.
The entire circulation of these newspa-
pers probably will reach 100000.