The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1908-10-22
JAPAN IS SHOWING
TRUE FRIENDSHIP
AMERICAN TARs CONVINCED OF
SINCERITY OF HOSTS.
FLEETS BEST RECEPTION
Admiral sperry 10 Received by the
Emperor and Conveys Cordial
Message from President
F Roosevelt.

Tokyo, Oct. 20.-The reception &C.
corded the American Atlantic fleet by
the government and people OF Japan
is conceded by the American naval Of
ficers to be the heartiest and most per-
fectly carried out of the many recep-
tions received by the feet since 1t
sailed from Hampton Roads.
Rear Admiral Sperry said Monday
that he was utterly unable to say how
1t had been accomplished, but that the
welcome given the fleet and its OH
GERS and men here has been so care
fully planned and carried out to the
most minute detail that lasting i'm
preston has been stamped upon the
mind of every American who has wit
messed It. =
The mem of the American and Jap
anese fleet are fraternizing every
where in Tokyo and Yokohama. Every
wish of the American sailors is antici-
pated, and each blue jacket finds an
English-speaking guide among the Jap
anese sailors.
Japanese Certainly Sincere.
The American uniform is the open
sesame" everywhere, the cordially of
the Japanese extending to the inhab-
itants of the most remote villages. 1t
is impossible to doubt the sincerity
of the japanese. The American Off
GERS and sailors are already begin
ming to understand the fact that the
evident desire on the part of the Jap
anese for the friendship of America
is not founded upon opportunism, but
finds its source in a sincere wish to
show that such friendship, at least in
part of the Japanese, has existed al
ways, and that this visit of the fleet
has merely afforded the Japanese an
opportunity for the expression OF that
feeling.
There can be no doubt that the sim
ultaneous visits of the American ex-
position commissioners, the Pacific
coast business men and the Atlantic
feet are a part of an organized plan
OF the Japanese to finally wipe out all
misunderstanding between Japan and
America and to give the visiting Amer.
leans an insight into the real attitude
OF Japan toward the United States.
aF Emperor Receives sperry. .'''
Early Tuesday morning Admiral
Sperry was received at the imperial
palace and on the morning of Wednes-
day the admirals and captains of the
fleet will be the guests OF the en-
peror at the palace. Admiral Sperry
conveyed to the emperor a message
from President Roosevelt. This mes
sage breathed a spirit of friendship
and sympathy and expressed keen ap-
probation of the traditional friendship
between the two nations and an earn
est wish for the Strengthening and
continuance of the friendly relations
of the past.
Three thousand sailors from the
American feet are granted shore lib
erty daily, and it is remarkable that,
notwithstanding their long confine-
ment aboard ship, not single diff
Guilty has been reported; bearing out
this statement of Admiral Sperry
made in one of his speeches here,
that the American sailor of to-day Is
the result of that development and
education which Japan is seeking in
Americans throughout Japan are en-
thusiastic regarding the visit Of the
fleet and the cordially Of the recep-
ton accorded their fellow countrymen.
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