AMERICA AND JAPAN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 3 October 1907, Page 3

AMERICA AND JAPAN.

Tokio, September 30. The United States Secretary for War, the Hon. Mr Taft, who is on his way to visit Manila, received an unprecedented ovation in Tokio. He is the bearer of a friendly greeting to Japan. Japanese newspapers declare that no incident, present or future, can possibly disturb Japan’s friendship with America. [Early in June it was stated that uneasiness prevailed at Washington owing to the disquieting tenor of despatches from Tokio. It was then indicated that the Secretary for War, Mr W. H. Taft, would make a call of courtesy in Japan while proceeding to the Philippines, and that his visit would become a mission of importance. Bellicose language was attributed to Viscount Tani, leader of the Opposition, in a speech in the House of Peers at Tokio. The Viscount is a power in the House, of which he has been a member since the institution of the Diet, He is seventy years of age, a man of intense sincerity, but somewhat lacking in breadth of vievy, and has played a prominent part in the nation’s history during the past thirty years.]