JAPAN AND AMERICA.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 22 July 1907, Page 2

JAPAN AND AMERICA.

AN IMPORTANT DECLARATION. MAKING FOR GOOD RELATIONS. ' New York, July 18. The New York World attributes to President Roosevelt a statement that he has given no order to the Navy Board to Bend a battleship fleet to 'the Pacific, and is unaware that the Board lias Issued any such order. The fleet will proceed on a cruise early in the fall for the purpose of engaging in manoeuvres. It amy go to the Pacific, but its designation is not yet determined. The plans have absolutely no significance with regard to the Japanese question, which Mr. Roosevelt does not consider serious. The World expresses the belief lliat Mr • Roosevelt will not consent to send a fleet to the Western Coast, and declares the Jingo demonstration is finished. He attributes it to* the ridiculous 4th of ' July bunkum talked by Mr Metcalf, Secretary of the Navy. The newspaper . adds there are some signs of California's f to regret the campaign and ti yingL to appease the ill-feeling.

AN INTERVIEW WITH BABON YAMAOTO. A TRIFLING AGITATION. i Received 21st,. 4.30 p.m. ' Ottawa, July 20. ' Baron Yamaoto, a member of the Supreme Council of War in Japan, ho# arrived in Montreal from the United States. ( | , i j - In an interview, lie said it was unnecessary to visit San Francisco, since he hold found President Roosevelt andAdmiral Eyans agreed with him that peace and friendship should exist be- ■ tween Japan and the United States. He considered the anti-Japanese agitation in San Francisco a trifling affair, and did not represent the national feeling in the slightest degree. He ridiculed the "spy" incident, declaring Hint Japan did not resort to > such tactics.