Show AMERICAN MIT GREETED 01 CHEERING JAPANESE great welcome extended by thou sands of enthusiastic brown men when battless Batt lesh ps arrive at yokohama Yo yokohama lohama the american battle ship fleet dropped anchor la in the bar bor at 9 30 0 clock sunday morning As the sixteenth battleship round ed point aad and came through the entrance to the bay they were accompanied by the japanese cruls cruis ers soya kagami and corn com banded by hear rear admiral Mura kaml passing up the coast off yokohama the first note of real welcome was bounded sounded when a fireworks salute was fired by the america americas s friends as so clation comprised entirely of japanese who had assembled at kuri kurt bima on the site ol 01 perry a bonu ment the fleet responded by grace fully dipping colors when it came closer in the fleet ras g as met by seven big ocean liners chartered by the prefecture of kana gava carrying 7 persons include ing 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 oko ok haina when the fleet rounded hontou point and came into full view of 0 the city of yokohama the sixteen as enabled japanese warships began firing the salute to the rear admiral in command of the american fleet ahe 11 he roar of the guns the bursting fireworks bombs the shriek of the steam sirens with the ac compani ment of the drone of the deep notes of the liners filled the air with over whelming sound ashore bedlam broke loose and words fall to de cribe the enthusiasm of the assem assent bled thousands when the american fleet finally came to anchor it presented an ini rosing spectacle thirty two great v warships occupied four long columns of eight each the americans taking the place of honor in the forefront tore the japanese immediately behind them heading due north As soon as the fleet came to an chor a reception committee from the japanese government representing every department and attaches of the various foreign embassies and ie le gallons fattens and the mayor of yokohama kohama lo lut jut off from shore for the flagship connecticut from thousands of flagstaffs and buildings tuil luil dings and every point in the bit ble city floated the stars and stripes and the entire lengths of miles of streets were almost walled with intertwined american and japanese emblems the he bay itself was fairly aflame with bunting where tugs and steamers gaily decorated with streamers and lennarts ren len nants lined the wharves thousands of excursionists who were going out to meet the fleet foreigners were in the minority in the crowds but wherever they appeared they were treated with even exceptional courte courtesy sv because on occasion to the japanese all foreign ers must be americans many of the japanese being unable to nate between americans and those from other lands |