New-York tribune., 1922-07-05
u. S. Navy Class
of 81 Holds Its
Dinner in Toxic
First Time Annual Even,
Has Been Held ON Foreipn
Soil; Japanese Admiral
Baron Uryu, Preside.s
Kato Pl 6 d g es Peace
Japanese Premier a, Lunch.
con for DENLY Assert.
Friendship Nations Ain

TOXIC, July 4 (By The Associates
Press).-Thc annual dinner Of the rls..
Of 81, United States Naval Acss.r'
was held here tonight, the FIRST .;r.
in its history that the member. s.,I'
cred about the banquet board on fo-.
eign soil.
Admiral Baron sotokichi Urvu r.
periai Japanese Navy, retired. ,,aa sa'
Der of the class, presided. whsa. ha.
grouped about the table wer. ss.su s"mas
tary Of the Navy Denby, Of the ITrs..s
States; Admiral Uryu's classmats. .ssa -
came on the United States N,vss
Transport Henderson to attend N. -
union, and others prominent in ns.s,
diplomatic and civil life in IL. pas
West and the Far East. 'ss
The dinner was held at the R.,t....
Club and the speeches were stricsiv /.
formal. Baroness Uryu enterts;nss .as
the ladies of the Henderson,, ns,-r a.e !.
the Mitsui Club and later AZ ~
theater. ~
Prominent Guests Present
The list Of naval diners a. the fu,..
ton included Premier Baron Ess. sa
himself an Admiral Of the Jauans,s
Navy; Admiral Joseph Strauss. Can.
nander-in-Chief of the United State,
feet in Asiatic waters; Admiral Conn.
Heihachiro Togo, Rear Admiral Kan;s
Kato, Admiral Gentaro Yamashita az
Captain Lyman A. Cotton. y. S. N
naval attache Of the American En-
bassy.
Prominent among the other eues,,
were Charles Beecher Warren, Amer.
can Ambassador; Kijuro Shidehars.
Japanese Ambassador TO the United
States, now at home on leave; Masano
Hahihara, one OF the Japanese dels..
gates to the Washington confeyencs;
Viscount Yasuya Uchida, Minister al
Foreign Affairs; Prince Tckugswa
delegate to the Washington confer.
ence; Viscount Kentaro Kaneko, PRIV
Councillor and president Of the Anss.
ica's Friend Society; Baron Shibussn
merchant prince and leader Of lie
Japanese movement for peace, asa
Baron Shimpsi Goto, Mayor Of ToHa
Kato Pledges Peace
That Japan stands for peace o. lasa
and sea and maintenance Of the IN.
broken friendship existing between hes.
self and America were the outstardins
sentiments expressed in the address
made to-day by Premier Kato at The
luncheon given by him in honor Of Sec.
retary Denby and visiting members d
the Annapolis class of 1881.
Secretary Denby, after thxnk.ss
Japan for the sincerity OF her welcome
and expressing Americas indebtedness
to Premier Kato "for the great work hs
did at Washington" declared that Il
was his earnest hope and belief tis
relative strength of the navies Of Amer
lea and Japan would remain "a subjes
for academic discussion and never
practical question to be settled si u,
cannon's mouth"
Secretary DENLY referred to thsr
cent statement by the japanese ~
miralty, denying reports that japan:
was seeking to evade the terms Of the
Washington naval agreement by b.
creasing construction of AUXILIARY
craft, and asserted that such 3 ststs.
ment was not needed "to convince
those who know Japan that shs IN.
tends not only to abide by the stries
letter of the Washington agreements
but further to meet the spirit of the
conference in her program for con-.
struction OF auxiliaries which are not
restricted by that treaty" Il