Show JAPANESE DAY DAYIS DAYIs IS Mingling of the Old and the New Marks Observance at Seattle I MORE SPEECHES ARE MADE FIREWORKS DISPLAY ENDS THE EVENTS OF DAY Seattle BeattIe Sept 4 Never outside out t e ot of Asia have so many Japanese been mIMed as were gathered in the Alaska Pacific exposition grounds pounds today toda to cele cole celebrate celebrate brate Japanese e day Seven thousand Japanese Japan live In sod and near Seattle and nearly all an of them theta the fair dur during during ing lug the day In the two parades that through the city streets and the national pageant through the fair ground the mixing of old and n new w Japanese Japan was waa somewhat in incongruous Incongruous incongruous congruous but everything was w picturesque esque The city parade was led Jed by a amounted amounted amounted mounted samurai warrior in a suit of mail mall He looked like Ilka a picture from the middle ages aA 8 Close Cloce Clo e upon his hilt heels h came dozens of automobiles carrying dignified brown men mn wearing frock coats cottU and high hats bats The young women in automobiles that followed the commissioners were dressed ed like and acted like American girls The commercial commissioners spent nearly half the afternoon in the expo exposition MUon auditorium exchanging expressions of ot good will with their American hosts boats Every speech English or Japanese was translated tran Baron the prin principal principal principal cipal speaker for tor the Japanese said Japan In the last fifty years has hassent hassent hassent sent to America two important diplomatic missions The first in a large party part of ot more than fifty met with a grand reception which is still remembered in Japan The other in 1871 had more than thant t fifty members and also was warmly wel welcomed welcomed corned These missions did much to pro promote promote promote mote good feeling and trade between the countries but Dut the present occasion is the first when Japan has sent a strictly com corn commercial commercial mercial delegation to America Whereas the two important missions just mentioned were sent by the govern government ment m nt of Japan the present pre ent one is sent by the people and 5 ta a object is fa to com corn complete complete and consolidate for all time the re relations relations relations lations of friendship so well welt promoted by the two political missions At 5 there was a spectacular display of daylight fireworks Later the commissioners commissioner loners were entertained at din dinner dinner dinner ner at the New York building by citi citizens zens of Seattle Afterwards th they y were guests of honor at a reception in the Washington state building and at 10 dock clock 0 an elaborate fireworks display be began gan the most gorgeous gor feature in which was depleted depicted th the fall of Port Arthur The commissioners are anxious to get geton geton geton on their special train Some me of them complain of or too much entertainment and too little sleep steep p |