Show AMERICAN FLEET GREETED I 1 JAPANESE great welcome extended by thousands of enthusiastic brown men when battleships arrive at yokohama Yoh ohania the american battle blila fleet dropped anchor in the harbor at sunday morning As the sixteenth battleship rounded point and came through the ent entrance ranco to the bay they wore ac accompanied compan led by the japanese cruisers soya magamol and commanded by rear near admiral Mura Alura kaml passing up tho the coast off yokohama the first note of real welcome was rounded when a fireworks salute was fired py by the americas friends as so clation comprised entirely of japanese who had assembled at kurl hama on on the site of perrys monument the fleet responded by gracefully dipping colors when it came closer in the fleet was met by seven big ocean liners chartered by we the prefecture of kann kana eava cava carrying persons including many foreigners the air was filled with bursting bombs sent up from various points and the roar of voices was heard even in the city of v yokohama oh when the fleet rounded hontou point and came into full view of the city of yokohama the sixteen assembled fri bled japanese warships began firing filing the salute to the rear admiral in command of the american fleet the I 1 ho roar of the guns the bursting fireworks bombs the shriek of the steam sirens with the accompaniment of the drone of the deep notes of the liners filled the air with overwhelming whelm wh elming ilIg sound ashore bedlam broke loose and words fall to describe the enthusiasm of the assembled thousands when the american fleet finally cair to anchor it presented an im cosing spectacle thirty two great warships occupied four long columns of eight each the americans talati the place of honor bonor in the forefront the japanese immediately behind them heading due north As soon as the fleet came to anther anchor a reception committee from the japanese government representing represent n every department and attaches 0 of tike the various foreign embassies and ie e rations and the mayor of yokohama from thousands of flag flagstaffs na staffs and buildings and every point in the big city floated the stars and stripes and the entire lengths of miles of streets were almost walled with intertwined american and japanese emblems the khe bay itself was fairly aflame with bunting where tugs and steamers decorated with streamers and pennants len nants lined the wharves awaiting thousands of lof excursionists who were coing out to meet the fleet foreigners were in the minority in the crowds but wherever they ap 1 kenred eared they were treated with even exceptional courtesy because on this occasion to the japanese all foreigners must be americans many of the japanese being unable to diar discriminate P imi between americans and those from other lands |