The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-05-07
APSAILORS
IN FROLIC
HAVE E TIME IN
FRISCO, SUNDAY.
JAPANESE ADMIRAL MAKES A
SPEECH GIVING REASONS FOR
PEACE PRESERVATION.

Dan ~franclScO, May o.-4ue cSpdueSe
colony OF San Francisco, under the AUS
plces of the Japanese Association OF
America, wed with the official CIVIC en-
tertalnment committee Sunday in pro-
vldlng outdoor pleasure for 6UO enlisted
men and more than w midshlpmen VI
The Japanese training cruisers Aso and
Soya, now at anchor III the harbor. The
nien came ashore from the war vessels
early IN the morning and did not return
to their ships until nearly nlghttall,
when every form Ut open air testlvlty
that their hosts could devise had been
enjoyed by the Nlpponese guests. The
entertainment included u band concert
aud substantial luncheon IN Golden Gate
park, followed by a program OF ad,
dresses and vaudeville speclalties by
Americans and Japanese at an open ar
theater ut the Japanese tea garden just
outside the park gates.
Music, Dinner and the Play.
Coming ashore at 9 o'clock in the
morning the Japanese visitors were
first conveyed to the beach IN front OF
the Cliff house, the mldshipmen In III
tomobiles and the jackles IN a number
Ut special trolley cars. For a while
they rambled about on the beach, en-
joyIng the beauties OF the world-famed
harbor entrance, after which they
marched in columns Of four to the
bandstand in Golden Gate park, near
which the entertainment committee had
spread a generous luncheon on the
long tables. Here, while the guests
from over the sea refreshed the inner
man, the city band rendered a musical
program Of which the American and
Japanese anthems were conspicuous
and appreciated features. After the
concert was finished, the visitors were
escorted to the tea garden, where spe-
cial seats were reserved for them in
front of the stage.
The entire garden was draped with
the Japanese and American c%olors, with
Old Glory and the white and scarlet
Nipponese ensign flung to the breeze
at frequent intervals. Further refresh.
ments were served here.
DR.. K. Ushijima, a prominent Japa.
nest resident, acted as master of cere-
monies. A marine band from the flag.
ship Also supplied music. Brief ad.
dresses were made by Japanese Con.
sui General Nagai, Rear Admiral
ljichi, Midshipman r. Sawamoto and
others.
Pacific Speech by Admiral Ijichi.
Admiral Ijichi, after expressing his
thanks to the American and japanese
hosts for the reception accorded him
and the members of his command.
dwelt briefly on the best means of
preserving peace between the great ma
tions of the world.
"a navy,' said the admiral, ''is not
primarily for fighting, as many sup.
pose, but for the preservation of peace
among the nations. l know that the
Japanese as a whole realize this and |
feel confident that the Japanese here
realize, too, that the responsibility of
keeping the peace rests as much with
the mass of the Japanese colonists in
the United States as it does with the
men of the ships now lying in these
waters.'
After the vaudeville program, which
comprised several lively sparring
bouts by local talent, which. the visiting
seamen seemed particularly to enjoy,
the guests returned to their vessels