Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-08-15

i"iA5St ACillpcl ilulc at U H., 10,
southwest wind; partly cloudy.
through its hours of shadow or sun
shine, your purpose is our purpose
your road our road and your goal ouI
goal. 1t is that America and JapaI
VIII march together, work togethe
and fight together as comrades unit
the end has been reached and tn,
victory won in the struggle which in
wolves our rights and our liberties.
1T is for that-and take tn,
liberty of using the words of YOU
great president, Abraham Lincoln--ir
order that each one of us NAV enjo,
an open field and a fair chance fol
our industry, enterprise and intelli
gence that the struggle must be main
tanned; that We may not lose oul
hirthright- the right of humanity
Must Remain Friends.
I'VE are here to say that in thi!
tremendous struggle for those right!
and liberties, America and Japan ar,
bound together; that when the victory
of the allied forces is secure, Americt
and Japan should so live that youl
sons and our sons will have a certainty
of good neighborhood; SO live that nC
word or deed of either can be looked
upon with suspicion; that venomous
gossip, hired SANDER, sinister intrigue
and Influence, all of which we have
both been the victims, can in future
only serve to bring us closer together
for mutual protection and for th(
common welfare
The importance of such co-opera.
ton was brought home to us particu.
larly as We voyased safely and pleas.
antly across the Pacific ocean. We
must indeed have assurance of good
order in our neighborhood. We canno
either of us take risks. 1t becomes
the first duty of Japan and America
to guard the Pacific and to insure
safe, continuous intercourse between
Asia and the United States; to see tC
il that the ship of the ferocious pirates
whose crimes upon the high seas car
never be palliated, find no shelter in
the waters of our seas.
Must Protect the Pacific.
1T is for us together to continue
to enforce respect for law and human.
ity upon the Pacific, from which the
German menace was removed at the
commencement of the war Had this
rot been SO; had the barbarian OF
Europe not been rooted from his ori
entail bS ses, the shuddering horrors Of
the Atlantic and the Mediterranean
would today be grim reality on the
Pacific. In the protection of our sea-
going merchandise and men, in safe
guarding the pleasures of intercourse
you may count on us as we must count
on you.
''In the dawning of this new day Of
stress and strain let us forget the lit.
tie mole hills that have been exag-
gerated into mountains to bar out
good relations Let us see together
with clearer vision the pitfalls dug
by a cunning enemy in our path. Lei
us together fix our eyes upon the stal
of principle which shall lead us to
gether most surely to a participation
in the triumph of the right, to a Ger
tain victory in the greatest and, lei
us hope, the last great war in human
history.
And when that victory shall have
been won, let us together help in the
upbuilding of a new world, which
shall rise, fair and strong and beau
tiful, from the ashes of the old"
Army and Navy There.
The speakers table was dotted with
uniforms. High officers of the Amer
ican army sat in khaki, with Maj
Gen. Hsichi Sugano; naval officers ir
blue surrounded Vice Admiral r
Takeshita the ranking army and nav,
representative on the mission The
state department delegation was head.
ed by Breckenridge Long, third as
sistant secretary.
Late in the afternoon Gen. Suganc
was given his first glimpse of Ameri-
can troops in force. Some six thousand
soldiers and sailors. including infan-
try, cavalry, artillery and provisional
troops marched past as he stood be.
side Major General Liggett, command
ing the western department Of the
army. At the end of the review Gen
eral Sugano said
These are splendid troops. 1t has
been a pleasure to see them"
An excursion into the surrounding
country and visit to a large encamp.
ment of troops are the commission
program for tomorrow.
Guests at the banquet rendered the
imperial Japanese mission here to-
night were electrified when the mayor
of the city, in his address, declared
1--WE remember Kuroki and Nogi al
Port Arthur. We rejoice to know that
the successors of these men now come
to fight shoulder to shoulder with our
boys in khaki
The mayor, who wore the Order OF
the Rising Sun, conferred upon him
on a previous occasion, added the fol-
lowing:
.Japs Now in Army.
"Since 1854, with the establishment
of international relations there has
been nothing but good will and amity
between our peoples. We appreciate
that in the present war the sea lanes
have been kept open by your navy
and now we are glad to see the old
Stars and Stripes and flag of the Ris-
ing Sun flying side by side, and the
japanese and Americans side by side
in the struggle for sure and last
ing peace"
There was tremendous outburst
of cheering when, at the conclusion
of Viscount Ishii's speech. chairman
McNab said: Secretary Lansing has
just telegraphed Assistant Secretary
Long that the governor of Hawaii has
informed him an entire company OF
Japanese, born and raised in Hawaii,
has Joined the United States army.
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