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Show The Recall of Ambassador Aoki. When It becomo known that,,on the evo of the departure of our battleship fleet for tho Paclflo, tho Japanese Ambassador- Viscount Aoki, had been recalled by his govornment, there was much nervous apprehension evident not only In some of the Journals of our own country, but quite geuerally In the press of Europe as well, lest this recall presage a really dangerous ten- slon in the relations between the two countries. That this feeling was entirely en-tirely unjustified, however, soon be. came evident when the Japanese Ministry of foreign affairs publicly explained that Ambassador Aoki was recalled at his own revuest "because of purely personal and home reasons," and, further, when the appointment was seml-ofllclally announced of his successor, Baron Kogoro Takahira. The former Japanese Minister at Washington and Incumbent during the trying days of the Russo-Japanese war Is entirely persona grata to the American Government and the American Amer-ican people. He Is well known in this country as a diplomat or native gilts and excellent experience, and a firm believer in the necessity for close friendship between his own country and the United States. |
