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Show JAPANESE M AT Record-Breaking Assemblage of the Little Brown Men at Great Exposition. IMPOSING PARADE IS "MEDIEVAL IN CHARACTER Object of the Present Visit of Commissioners to More Fully Cement Friendship. SEATTLE. Wash., Sept. 4. Never outsido of Asia have so many Japanese been assembled as were gathered in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition grounds today to celebrate Japanese da'. Seven thousand Japanese live iu ami near Seattle and nearly all of them visited the fair at some time during the day. In tho two parades through the city streets and the national pageant, through the fair grounds, the mixing of old and new Japanese was somewhat incongruous, incon-gruous, out ovcrything was picturesque. Tho city parade was led by a mounted Samurai warrior in a suit of mail and with a white bandage about his head, lie looked like a picture from the middle mid-dle ages. Close upon his heels came dozens of automobiles carrying dignified digni-fied brown men wearing frock coals and high hats. The young women in automobiles that followed the commissioners commis-sioners were dressed and acted like American girls. Abundance of Speeches. The Japanese arc as fond of making and listening to speeches as aro the Americans and the commercial commissioners commis-sioners spent nearly half tho afternoon in the exposition auditorium, exchanging exchang-ing expressions of good will with their American hosts. iCvery speech. English Eng-lish or Japanese, was translated. Baron Shibusawa, the principal speaker for the Japanese today, said: "Japan, in the last fifty years, has sent to America two important diplomatic diplo-matic missions. The first, in I860, a large party of more than fift" met with a grand reception, which is still remembered re-membered in" Japan. The other, in 1S71, had more than lift- members aud also was warmly welcomed. These missions did much to promote good feeling' and trade between the countries, but the present occasion is the first when Japan Ja-pan has sent a strictly commercial del-' del-' cgation to America. Object of the Mission. "Whereas the two important missions just mentioned were sent by tho government gov-ernment of Japan, the present one is sent by the people, and its object is to complete ami consolidate for all time the relations of friendship so well pro-moled pro-moled by the two political missions. Its object, to be more precise, is to lay the foundations of friendly relations botween ho two countries on the sure basis of commercial and mutual interest. in-terest. ' "Only four days have passed since our party arrived in Seattle, but wc have received such undeniable marks of good will and courtesy on the part of Americans of all classes, that it seems the whole people of the United States had formed themselves into a committee of reception. This convinces iis that the success of the mission is desired de-sired not only by the Japanese people but by 1 lie whole pcople ot America." One Eound of Pleasure. At o o'clock there was a spectacular display of daylight Jiroworks. Later the commissioners were entertained at dinner at New York building by citi zons of Seattle. Afterwards they were guests of honor at a reception in the Washington state building and al 10 o'clock an elaborate fireworks display began the most gorgeous feature, in which, was depicted the fall of Port Arthur. Tho coinmissioiiers'arc anxious to get on their special train. Some of them complain of loo much entertainment and of too little sleep. |