AMERICA AND JAPAN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 154, 24 March 1908, Page 7

AMERICA AND JAPAN.

Q. IDE FLEET'S YISIT. MUTUAL GRATIFICATION. PRESS VIEWS. BY TELECnAPn —PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT. (Rcc. March 23, 9.28 p.m.) • ' Toliio, March 23. Gratification is oxprcssed cvorywhero. in Japan at America's acceptance •" of tho Government's invitation to tho. fleet to visit Japan. Tho nowspapers declaro'that the visit will afford an opportunity of showing tho sin-cerity-of Japan's friendship for tho United States. London, March 23. The Now ' York correspondent of " Tho Times'' reports that fow events liavo beon hailed with, more genuino satisfaction by tho ontire people and .Press than, lie intended visit of tho licet to Japan. Even the ' Now York Sun" declares that it is satisfactory to see, instead of distrust,, a feeling; of international good will and mutual confidence. RUSSIAN APPROVAL. (Rec. March 23, 10.58 p.m.) St. Petersburg, March . 23. Tho "Bourse Gazette," of St. Petersburg, commenting on the pacific* sentiments being exchanged between America and Japan, declares that tho invitation to tbo fleet does honour to. Japaneso diplomacy, and will raiso. Japan's.' prestige. EMIGRATION POLICY. . London, March 22. • jl.. Takahira, Japanese Ambassador ,to Washington, in an-, interview in Paris, said the Japanese :• approved tho emigration agreement with America, which was entirely aimed in tho direction of encouraging Japaneso emigration to Korea and Formosa. The United States fleet,. ho said, would receive a cordial, Welcome in Japan, which wants peace. ■ The "New York Sun" has taken a conspicuous part in tho American-Japanese crisis, and especially attacked the alliance between Britain and. Japan. ■ ,