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Feilding Star, Volume II, Issue 528, 23 March 1908, Page 2

U.S.A/S FLEET. INVITATION FROM JAPAN. WILL VISIT YOKOHAMA. CREDIT GIVEN FOR THIS TO BRITAIN. EVERYBODY PLEASED. {"BT ELECTRIC TELEGEAPH— COPYEIGHT.] [PEE PEESS ASSOCIATION.] , New York, Maich 22. A cordial invitation for America's Pacific battleship fleet to visit any port in Japan on its homeward cruise was presented to the Hon. Mr Elihu Root, Secretary of State for the United States, on Thursday. The invitation was accepted yesterday, and the fleet is to visit Yokohama. The Hon. Mr W. H. Taft, Secretary for War, who recently went to Japan on a special mission, in speaking to. an interviewer, predicted a welcome for Admiral Evans and his ships, a reception which he was sure would surprise the pessimists. . Mr Taft added that there had been no recent addition to the programme of fortifications for the Pacific Cqast, as alleged by the alarmist press. It remains as fixed some years ago. London, March 22. The Daily Mail says that the meeting of the Japanese and American fleets will be welcomed by all as a success to British diplomacy. _, The Daily News says the invitation and its pleasant and tactful acceptance constitute a happy omen for the future. The Chronicle's Washington correspondent cables that as Premier Deakin's invitation to visit Australia was accepted, the U.S.A. Cabinet judged it was imperative that no difference should be made in the case of Japan. Its decision has been well received, in the belief that it will lead to the development of improved relations between the two countries. .. _, The correspondent of the Daily impress, New York, cables that the news of the fleet's coming visit to Japan had stirred the whole country from Maine to California. The Government has effectually. silenced the jingoes. ' . According to naval , experts tiie fleet will be in better condition than at the start of the voyage. The voyage around the Horn has demonstrated its thorough seaworthiness. (Received March 23, 8.50 a.m.) Paris, March 22. M. Gakadiva, interviewed at Paris, said that the Japanese approved of the imigration agreement with America, which was entirely aimed in the direction of Japanese emigration to Korea and Formosa. He add<*l that the United States fleet would receive a cordial welcome to Japan, which wants peace.

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