Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-04-17 | Page 16 | Japan Recalls Perry's Treaty 70 Years Ago

JAPAN RECALLS PERRYS PERRY'S TREATY 7 70 YEARS AGO imo a Turns urns Out Outto Outto Outto to Greet American merican Ambassador SHI IODA Japan April 17 By A. A P. P One P.-One One of the most spontaneous ous demonstrations ever given an American in Japan occurred here yesterday on one the occasion of the visit of Edgar A. A Bancroft the Am American ambassador in commemoration commemoration commemoration oration of ot the seventieth anniversary anniversary sary of ot the landing at this little place of Commodore Mathew C. C Perry which was followed by the opening of Japan to the commerce of the world The ambassador with other members of the embassy and some American guests arrived on a de destroyer destroyer destroyer de- de and were met by local dignitaries dig and hundreds of of children b bring baring Ame American flags The ambassador burned incense at the Buddhist shrine where the first Amt American consul lived lI and paid his respects at the graves of the American pioneers of 1855 a small town ml mi bay southwest of Yokohama Is said to be the first port stopped at by bf Commodore Perry ba bay near the entrance to Tokio ba bay also claims this distinction and a a. monument monument monument mon mon- was erected at near to commemorate the event Perry arrived at in 1853 1833 but it was not until after a second visit In 1854 that he succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- in negotiating a treaty of in intercourse intercourse intercourse in- in between the United States and Japan the first agreement of the kind to which Japan had ever bound herself