Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-21
BEAR ARMS IN SYDNEY
But Guns of American JaCkIeS
and Marines Are Empty.
SERIOUS HITCH AVOIDED
Wild Cheers Rend the Air as Visitors
Parade Streets.
ADMIRAL SPERRY DELIGHTED
Comment of Press of
London as to Effect of Inter-
national Cordially.

national Cordially.
SYDNEY, New South Wales F'rday).
August 21.-Following the official landing
of the American visitors today and their
public reception by the state and conf
monwealth authorities the city. the har-
Dor and the shipping were brilliantly il
Illuminated this evening. The Governor
of New South Wales, Sir Harry Raw
son. gave an official dinner at o'clock
in honor of the American officers and
the commonwealth government enter
tained the officers. sailors and marines
of the fleet at theater parties and at
other places of amusement.
The Examinations were most striking.
All the public buildings were outlined
with numberless lights; there were count
less devices and decorations conveying
sentiments of welcome and fraternity dis
played on every hand; private buildings
We'd with the municipal edifices in the
brilliancy of their decorations. while the
American battleships in the harbor did
their full share, being literally covered
with lights, large and small, while the
flashlights threw vivid streamers of bril-
liancy in every direction and even to the
clouds overhead.
The gorgeous spectacle was viewed by
vast crowds that filled the streets of
Sydney until a late hour
Brilliant State Banquet
The state banquet given by Sir Harry
Rawson in the town hall was brilliant
function. There were upwards of 1000
guests. and the balconies were thronged
with ladies in evening dress. The hall
was beautifully decorated for the occa-
sion with American. Australian and
British flags intertwined. A large bust
of President Roosevelt occupied a posi-
ton on an elevated pedestal behind the
seat of Rear Admiral Sperry.
Charles G. Wade. the premier of New
South Wales. presided. Alfred De1un.
the prime minister of the commonwealth.
made a striking address of welcome:
"Australia.' he said. is one in body and
soul in welcoming our American visitors.
The sixteen white clad battleships in the
harbor scarcely can be described as YES
sells of peace. but they might rightly be
called harbingers of arbitration. l trust
that President Roosevelt will be inform
ed in the words of the famous American
captain. Josiah Tattnall. that Blood is
and always will be. thicker than water :"
Admiral Gets an Ovation.
When Admiral Sperry arose and re-
iterated his former statement of the in
debtedness of the American navy to the
example of Great Britain. he was given
an ovation. He said he knew no better
training for American naval officers than
systematic study of Great Britain s
triumphs at sea- Something more than
sentiment. he said, underies the magnif-
icent welcome that had been accorded
them in Sydney. Ties of blood. cOmmun-
ity of interest and intermarriage united
the American and the British peoples and
these bonds. would be drawn closer with
the completion Of the Panama canal.
Scenes Of Enthusiasm.
Amid scenes of enthusiasm rarely If
ever before equaled in an Australian city,
Rear Admirals Sperry. Schraeder. Vain
wright and Emory, with their STATS and
two thousand bluejackets and marines of
the American feet, made their first official
landing on Australian soil today, and the
Austria ALASKAN entente was re-
sumed where it left off at Auckland, New
Zealand
The men carried arms. but no ammuni-
ton. i'm accordance with an agreement
reached the night before. The imperial
regulations forbid the landing of armed
men in Australia. This fact was commu-
nicated to Admiral Sperry. who informed
the government that he would not allow
his men to participate in the procession
and reviews unless they came ashore
armed. This was followed by a confer
ence between Admiral Sperry and the
commonwealth government. after which it
was announced that the government had
granted permission for the American SAIL
ors and marines to land armed. but with
out ammunition. The proviso was &C
cepted by the admiral. and the program
was carried out unaltered.
Cheers for the Visitors.
Rear Admiral Sperry and the accom-
panying officers of the American war
ships landed this morning at Farm Cove.
where they were formally received by
Lord Northcote. the governor general;
Alfred Deakin. premier of the common
wealth: the lord mayor of Sydney and
the aldermen and the prcipal officials
Of New South Wales. An enormous
crowd of sightseers thronged the landing
and enthusiastically cheered the visitors.
Formally was laid aside in the official
welcome. the authorities of sydney and
the commonwealth greeting the visitors
with every expression of kinship and
good will, voicing the unanimous senti-
ment in Australia that American and
British interests are Identical in the Pa
cific.
Rear Admiral Sperry responded TO the
addresses of welcome made by Lord
Northcote and other dignitaries, express
ing President ROoseveltS appreciation or
the welcome extended to the fleet. The
American bluejackets and marines were
landed under arms and are now paradilg
the streets of Sydney, which are scarcely
less thronged than yesterday. Today
has been declared a holiday in honor of
the occasion.
Parade of Jackies.
The American rear admirals headed the
parade. riding in carriages with the lord
mayor and other dignitaries Of the city
and commonwealth, and were received on
every hand by salvos of cheers by specta
tors who thronged the line Of march The