Alma record., 1913-03-20

shown at Americas Panama celebra-
ton at San Francisco In 1915. Never
will 30 many nations have partici-
pated In an international event. or
the nations that take part, and this
includes all the great powers, 1t 1s
probable that each one will be more
deliberately represented than at any
exposition ever held outside of its
own boundaries. Twenty-eight for
eign countries have already respond
ed to President Taft's invitation. More
than eight hundred leading exhibitors
of the world have applied for exhibit
space and a number Of the exhibits
will range In value from 100000 to
$500. 900; more than two thousand ap-
plications for concessions have been
received. The responses show the
spirit of appreciation with which
Americas sister nations regard the
work at Panama.
Display by Foreign Powers.
The foreign powers will display all
phases Of their progress at home and
in their colonies. Mr. Harcourt, colon
ial secretary Of Great Britain, has
addressed the governors Of the self
governing dominions, crown colonies
and protectorates requesting them to
consider the question Of participation
with the remark that the British dis
play should be worthy Of the British
empire. japan will expend $1,00O,OOO
upon it's pavilion which, upon the
conclusion of the exposition, will re-
main as the gift Of Japan to America.
five acres, will be located upon the
United States Presidio military reser-
vation Immediately adjoining the ex-
position site. Marquis de la Vega
Inclan of Spain, who visited San
Francisco will arrange for a wonder
ful art exhibit to include the original
paintings of the great Spanish mas
ters and many historical trophies,
tapestries, and rare pieces Of sculp-
ture. Holland will be represented
upon a scale never equaled outside
the Netherlands. France cabled San
Francisco requesting twelve acres as
the location Of a superb exhibit pal
ace to be built by France. China,
newest of the world republics, is
planning to show both the China of
the past and that of the future.
China and Japan, and indeed all far
eastern lands within the sweep of the
Pacific, are planning to take part in
a wonderful series Of Oriental parades
and pageants, during ten days
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be assembled in these parades per-
haps the greatest gathering of strange
tribes and peoples Of Oriental lands
ever gathered in the Occident.
The Worlds BattIeshlps.
When the exposition opens-Febru-
ary 20, 1915-the nations of the world
will, in actuallty. officially come to
San Francisco, for the battleships of
the world will be assembled off Har-
Dor View, the exposition site, at that
time. That a battleship is virtually
the territory of the country it repre-
sents is a fact widely recognized in
the procedure of international law,
and so the nations Of the world will,
as 1t were, gather at the western
gate Oh AU1eTlCd. more I0dn TWO
hundred foreign battleships will, it is
known from unofficial advices, partic-
ipate in a series of spectacular maneu-
vers in San Francisco harbor in 1915.
Construction upon the exposition has
long since begun. The service build
ing, which will be the exposition head
quarters, is completed. Machinery
hall, the largest of the exhibit pal
aces, will be the first of the great
buildings to be completed. This struc-
ture will be 967 feet long and $40 feet
in width: three great naves 1872 feet
high will run throughout its length
from north to south. Contracts upon
all the main exhibit palaces, of which
there are fourteen, are being let at
regular intervals and the highest
point of construction will be reached
next fall. All the main exhibit pal
aces will be completed by June %,
1914, more than nine months before
the exposition opens. All contracts
are being let upon that basis. The
early completion of the buildings will