Evening star., 1909-05-29
JAPAN IS FOR PEACE
Admiral Uriu Declares That
War Would Be Folly.
FAMOUS OFFICER ARRIVES
Calls on Officials and Goes to An
napolis.
WILL MEET OLD CLASSMATES
Declares That His Country Is Bend
ing All It's Energies to It's Com
mercial Development.
FAMOUS OFFICER ARRIVES
WILL MEET OLD CLASSMATES

Japan has no time money to waste
in warning with ony one. We have all
we can attend to in commercial develop
ment of our country In this we are prov
ing successful and 1t would be the depth
of folly for US to stop the development of
the country and plunge it into war and
debt" This was the emphatic announce
ment to Star reporter of Vice Admiral
Sotokichi Uriu commander of the cruiser
division of the Japanese in the battle of
the Sea of Japan, who arrived in the city
from the west last evening and spent
some hours here today. He continued:
"The United States Is the last country
we would want to fight, anyhow. We are
under a debt of obligation to her for
many things In the past, and If there
should be the misfortune of war in the
future she probably would be our ally. as
would England. These three countries
stand for all that is best in modern devel-
opment, and they are destined to assist
rather than to oppose each other.
Japan owes it's civilization and prog
ress to the United States. The friendship
between this country and japan makes
war between them impossible. / believe
there will be no more conflict in San
Francisco relative to the Japanese school
children"
Admiral Uriu said that he did not want
to talk politics. He did not care to dis
cuss the Japanese problem on the Pacific
coast, being willing to leave that to the
handling of the diplomats who were deal
ing with it. He did say, however, that
talk of friction and war between Japan
sensational.
Calls on Officials. :
Admiral Uriu buttoned himself into a
full dress uniform this morning and went
out to face the rigors of a spring day in
Washington, round of official calls and
a battery Of newspaper cameras with the
same stoicism that he showed in dashing
after the retreating battleships of the
Russian feet. The admiral was the first
to sink Russian ship during the Japan
Russian war. He sank the Variag and
korietz.
Admiral Uriu, accompanied by Ambas-
sador Takahira and Maj. H. c. Haines,
made formal calls this morning on Sec
retary Meyer, Secretary Dickinson. As
| sistant Secretary Wilson and Admiral
Dewey. These being official calls, the
Japanese admiral wore his uniform. 1t
| is explained that he will appear in
| civilian dress at all functions in this
| country, with the single exception of the
dinner given in his honor by Representa-
Monday evening. He does that by
| special request, as 1t is to be semi
military affair.
He and Baroness Uriu left for Annapo-
lis this afternoon, intending to attend
| dinner of the admirals classmates at the
academy. While in Annapolis they will
be the guests Of Commander Badger.
| Admiral Criu will return to Washington
probably on Monday. and will go to New
York Tuesday, where he Will be the
guest of honor at a dinner of the Japan
| Society. At this dinner Admiral and Mrs.
| Sperry will also be guests.
Among the Washington people who have
| already accepted invitations to attend are
| Attorney General Wickersham, Secretary
and Mrs. Ballinger, Assistant Secretary
and Mrs. Huntington Wilson. Francis B.
LOOMS, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Stockton,
Rear Admiral SigSbee, John Barrett, Miss
Boardman, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis ID. Mil
lett, Commander Hiraga and MIR. Hani-
hara of the japanese embassy.
Consul General Midzuno and Mr.. Lind
say Russell will act for the Japan So
ciety in receiving the guests on their ar
rival in New York.
Will Be Received by President.
On returning to Washington Admiral
Uriu will be received by President Taft
| when the latter returns from PittSburg
and Gettysburg. The party will then
go to Poughkeepsie to visit Vassar
| College, where Baroness Uriu will be
the guest of honor at class dinner.
Admiral Uriu is on a leave Of abb
sence of several months from Japan,
| and says that he feels that his release
| from official duties. by the emperor was
special mark Of compliment to the
| United States.
| Admiral Uriu is a little man even for
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| inches in height, and probably does not
| weigh 125 pounds. He is a graduate Of
| the Annapolis Naval Academy Of the
| class of 1881, of which distinction, he
says. he is prouder than almost any
thing else. He speaks English we'll,
helping out any deficiency in his vo-
cabulary with an expressive gesture,
but he is telephone-shy, and has put
desk clerks at the Willard Hotel, where
he is staying.
Arrival Last Night.
| He arrived last night by the Pennsylva-
mia road from San Francisco. and was
met at the station by several members of
his Naval Academy class, including Libra
ran Charles W. Stewart of the Navy De-
partment, Col. Laucheimer of the Marine
Corps, Representative Weeks Of Massa-
chusetts and Col. T. G. Prince. The ad-
miral was accompanied by Baroness Criu,
who is graduate of Vassar. where the
admiral first met her, and Maj. H. C.
Haines OF the Marine Corps who was in
| his class at the Naval Academy, and who
has been detailed to accompany him In
| this country.
! Baroness Uriu said that she was glad to
| revisit this country, where she had al
ready spent many happy years. She was
| reared in the family of DR.. j. s, c. Alb
bott of New Haven, father of Willis Alb
bott of this city. She was student at
assar when she met Admiral Criu. who
was then a student at Annapolis. They
| became engaged in New Haven. and their
visit there after stopping in New York
will be the first time they have been to
the New England town since those early
Gays.
i When the party reached the hotel last
night they dined privately in their suite
and retired for a quiet evening. There
were a number of cards left by the men,
bers of the Japanese embassy and officials
in Washington life.
Jefferson Davis Birthday.
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