They had not given advance notice to the Japanese government of their pending visit, but the government had been alerted by a telegraph from the Imperial General Consul in San Francisco.
Mereka tidak memberikan catatan kemajuan kepada pemerintah Jepang sat kunjungan mereka yang tertunda tersebut, namun pemerintah diberitahukan lewat telegraf dari Konsul Jenderal Kekaisaran di San Francisco.