The Idea of a Struggle Ridiculed.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12052, 20 December 1906, Page 4

The Idea of a Struggle Ridiculed.

WASHINGTON, December 19. Congress is growing restive under President Roosevelt's avalanche, of messages. In transmitting Mr Metcalfe's report, President Roosevelt reiterated his declaration that he would use all the forces at his disposal to protect the Japanese. Mr Aoki, the Japanese Ambassador, at a banquet in Washington, referred to the living monument of cordial friendship which cements the United States and Japan, and ridiculed the idea of a struggle between the two nations for the control of the Pacific.