Japan Welcomes the Battleship Fleet
It is announced from Washington that the government of Japan has extended a most cordial invitation to this government to have the battleship fleet call in Japanese waters on its return to the Atlantic Coast. They say that they want to have the privilege of giving the fleet the greatest welcome and show of friendship that it has received anywhere. The government has accepted the invitation and it is said that the fleet will call at a leading Japanese port as requested. Japan says that she hopes in this way to still further cement the traditional friendship between the two countries.