Evening star., 1915-02-11
|HEPLEDGES Japan
ASFR|END OF u. S.
Admiral DeWa Talks of the
Debt His Nation Owes
to America.
/ LAYS A WREATH TODAY
ON WASHINGTON'S TOMB
Envoy From Nippon to Be the Guest
Tonight Of the Secretary
of War.

! Baron Shigeto Dewa. admiral in the
japanese navy. who is visiting the
| United States as the guest of the ma
ton and rs Japan's official representa-
, tive 1t the opening OF the Panama
! Pacific exposition, is spending a busy
day in Washington, inspecting govern
aent depa rtments and places of his
toric&l interest.
! This afternoon the admiral is visit
/ ing Mount Vernon to lay a wreath on
/ the tomb of Washington, and tonight
/ ne will be the guest of Lindley NJ.
Garrison. Secretary of War. at din
ner in his honor.
| Last night Josephus Daniels. Secre-
| tary of the Navy. gave dinner in honor
of the admiral aboard the presidential
yacht Maytlower, lying at the navy
! yard here. The guests included the
! Secretary of State, Baron Chinda, the
! japanese ambassador. and his staff: i'll
addition to DIR. Cary Grayson, the
! Presidents naval aid; Rear Admiral
Ostcrhaus, Rear Admiral Badger, Rear
| Admiral Nicholson. Rear Admiral Rey
nolds. Rear Admiral Blue. Rear Ad
miral Griffin and Rear Admiral Strauss,
L. s. n, as well as Representatives
Padeett, Butler and Roberts of the
U. S. to Solve Troubles.
At the dinner addresses We're de-
livered by Baron Chinda, Baron Dewa,
Secretary Daniels and Secretary Bryan.
Baron Chinda declared that Japan is
looking to America with strong con-
fidence for the solution of "all trou-
bles-" His remark was interpreted by
the other diners as applying to the
European war
Baron Chinda spoke in reply to
speeches by Secretaries Daniels and
Bryan. in which they expressed friend
ship for Japan and confidence in her
hope for continuance of friendly re-
lations with the United States.
| The ambassador said he was thankful
! for the expression of the secretaries
and indorsed fully their hopes for the
continuance OF good will and friendly
relations That their pledges of friend
ship should have been made aboard a
man-of-war, he said, added significance.
That a warship should be made peace
maker, he added. made him feel
deeper.
| Secretary Daniels introduced Admiral
| DeWa with an address in which he de-
clared the United States, as always,
was desirous of making Japan a good
neighbor and friend. Admiral Dewa,
speaking through his aid, replied with
similar expressions.
| Urges Efforts for Peace.
Secretary Bryan said he hoped all
citizens and all officers of the navy
would be willing to give their lives for
their country, if necessary, yet he
| thought it proper that every person
employ means for peace.
Experience makes us pray, he said,
, for times when all questions will be sub
mitted to reason and not force for set
tlement."
He said Americas faith in Japan's
spirit Of peace never had been shaken
and that her desire and honesty of pur-
pose to live with the United States as
"a friendly neighbor was never questioned.
Mr.. Bryan asked Admiral Dewa to
take home the thought that the United
States entertained the most friendly feel
ing for the government and country
across the Pacific. He complimented
Baron Chinda for the faithful and full
and said that the two nations had given
each other the best diplomats they had.
Admiral Dewa's Address.
Admiral Dewa's address, read by his
aid, Lieut.. Commander Uyeda, follows, in
part:
THE navies of our two nations have,
when l come to think Of it, very intimate
relations. 1t is already a stale tale that
Commodore Perry, as Mr.. Secretary Just
remarked, was the first to knock at the
rusty portal of old Japan, and that the
introduction Of my country to the world
ensued.
I'VE look back with pleasant remem-
brances to the time when the commo-
dore, with that iron will essential to
the soldier and that sense Of justice
and Righteousness on which the very
foundations of this great republic
rest, lent guiding hand to my coun-
try through moments of doubt and un-
certainty in her venture on the inter-
national seas.
1T would be idle now to dwell upon
the enormous spiritual and material
influence ever since exercised upon Ja-
pan by this great and friendly repub-
lie.
First Naval Student HsFe.
81 would call your attention to the
fact that the first student sent abroad
by our navy came to the United States.
1t Is my exceeding Joy to be able to
say to you-perhaps you know we'll
that several colleagues Of mine once
and that they. occupying important po-
sitions, have rendered great service
to the development of our navy.
Gentlemen, l am only stating a, fact
when / say that the United States
navy stands foremost in the world in
many respects. Indeed. the fact that
you are not held in by the reins of
conventionality. but have ever success
fully leaped to lofty aiming points,
merits the jealousy and admiration of
everybody. But the greatest thing /
find in your navy to admire is that it
stands for peace"