Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-09-02 | Page 2 | Warm Welcome to Japanese

WARM WELCOME I ITO TO Representatives of Empire Delighted With I Their Reception Here I Seattle Sept 1 commercial corn com commissioners missioners sent by the chambers of com corn commerce commerce merce morse of six ix leading cities of Japan to I travel traI through the United States to pro promote mote note commerce and friendship between the tho two countries landed here today and andl received l 64 a welcon 2 that delighted deli the I visitors The representative character of I the party is shown by the participation of ot Baron the tho banker and statesman of Baron Kanda the educator I and of President Matsukata of the Kobe shipyards I Officers Office of the steamship Minnesota which brought the commissioners from I Yokohama say that never in the history I of Japan has haa there been so ao spontaneous and enthusiastic a demonstration as ae that which attended the departure of the trade envoys from Yokohama The commissioners spent the afternoon i sightseeing or resting at their hotel To Tonight Tonight I Inight night they were entertained at on the Worlds Fair grounds by Hajime Ota OUt imperial commissioner general to the ex ox exposition expo position po The ladles ladies were dinner guests of Consul and wife At the landing place the visitors were met by Governor Marion Marlon B S Hay of Wash Vash Washington Washington ington Mayor John F Miller of Seattle J D I Lowman president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the eight large Iare I cities of the Pacific coast cout and a delegation tion of business bu men The three e officials made speeches welcoming the Japanese e Representatives of the Japanese Jap nele re responded I briefly Kokichi consul general In New NewYork NewYork I York met the commissioners here and wilt will accompany them to New York I