Evening star., 1922-07-05
JAPANESE ROYALTY
GREETS U. S. PARTY
Secretary DENLY and Naval
Class Formally Received
at Imperial Palace.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, July 5.-Japanese royalty to.
day received Secretary of the Navy
Denby and visiting members of the
Annapolis class Of 1881 and their
wives in an audience at the imperial
palace.
Charles Beech Warren, American
ambassador to Japan. presented Secre.
tary DENLY, Senator o. E. Weller OF
Maryland, Admiral Joseph Strauss
commander Of the American Asiatic
fleet. and thirty-six other men to the
regent. Crown Prince Hirohito. The
Empress Sadako then received wives
of members of the party, thirty in
number. who were presented by Mrs
Warren, wife Of the ambassador.
The audience was quite formal. The
regent exchanged a few words with
Secretary DENLY and Senator Weller
and the empress spoke briefly to Sec
retary and Mrs. DENLY and to Senator
Weller. The others simply approached
the royal personages in the usual way
in accordance to their rank. and backed
away without speaking.
Guests of Toxic Mayor.
After the imperial audience members
of the DENLY party were entertained at
luncheon by Baron Shimpei Goto
mayor of Toxic, then drove to Akasak
palace. where Baron Nobuaki Maxine
crown member of the house of peers
entertained at tea on behalf of the i'm
perial family. Baron Uryu. Annapolis
81. here was presented with a. loving
cup by his American classmates
The regent will leave July 6 for
Hokaido. He will not sign the Wash
ington treaties, ratified July l by the
privy council, until the other contract
ing powers are ready to do so.
In line with Premier Kato's initial
pledge of military retrenchment and
administrative economy, sharp cuts in
Yesterday. day after the approval
Of a naval schedule which Topped on
1885 tons from former plans. Re
organization plans providing for a
reduction of the army by $4,000 en-
llsted men, cut of more than 20 per
cent, were proposed by the war office
and approved by the cabinet.
Huge Savings Foreseen.
Decreases in the number Of COM
panies, squadrons and batteries in an
army composed of the same number
of divisions as formerly, but listing
217,000 men in place Of it's present
strength of 273,OOO. will effect a saw
ing, it Is estimated, of 259.000.000 yen
in twelve years and 100000 yen
thereafter.
Heavy artillery corps will bes In
~ OoSoo SIl6h hlly, DIS Will railway
telegraph and aviation sections, and
infantry will be supplied with larger
number of machine guns, with re-
sulant expenditure of 100000 yen
over a thirteen-year period.
That Japan stands for peace on
land and sea and maintenance of the
unbroken friendship existing between
herself and America were the out
standing sentiments expressed in the
address of Premier Kato at the
luncheon given yesterday by him for
Mr.. DENLY, Secretary Of the Navy,
and visiting members of Annapolis
class of 1881 by Premier Kato. The
premier said
I'VE are not only willing but anx-
ious to maintain and constantly de-
velop the unbroken friendship that
exists between our nations. 1t seems
to me that If we in America and
Japan are sincere in our purpose
we must perpetuate the understand
ing between our countries"
Secretary Denby, after thanking
Japan for the sincerity Of her well
debtedness to Premier Kato for the
great work he did at Wilmington"
declared that it was his earnest hope
and belief the relative strength of
the .navies of America and Japan
would remain "a subject for aca-
demic discussion and never a prac-
tical question to be settled at the
cannon's mouth" He made a plea
for neighborliness and friendship
among nations, and in this connection
said:
There may come a time when
some other nation may be in danger
Of wreck. I believe II such a time
comes Japan and America will work
together to help that nation"