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Show mmm TO JAP FLEET Will Be Host Cordial, Sail-ors Sail-ors lo Be Elaborately ' Entertained San Francisco, April 2::. Thla city will In some measure repay the Japanese Jap-anese people for their cordial reception recep-tion Jwidered Admiral Sperry and his officers and men,' when the Atlantic battleship fleet lay In Japanese waters In Its 'round-the-world cruise. This was the feeling expressed today at a meeting of army and navy officers, municipal officials and representatives representa-tives of all civil organizations convened con-vened to prepare for the reception of Admiral IjcM," commanding the Japanese Jap-anese training squadron, now en route to this port. With the programme as outlined to day, the vlsltin&sallors from across the Pacific will be elaborately entertained. enter-tained. Banquets, balls, an excursion to every nearby point of interest, athletic ath-letic carnivals, street illuminations and every other variety of amusement that the minds of the reception committee com-mittee can devise will be crowded into the days the ships stay in this port. I The balls and receptions in honor of the Japanese admiral an.i his officers will be a great social event, and the time of the visitors will be taken up completely. The United Railways announced today to-day that the Japanese sailors would be carried on all lines of the company free of charge during their stay, their uniforms being sufficient to pass them over the roads. The same action will be taken it is expected by the ferry companies, giving the sailors an opportunity- to wander through the suburban sub-urban towns at will. Manv of the speakers at the meeting today, "expressed the feeling that San Francisco owed It to the nation to seo that the Japanese sailors were made as welcome as were Sperry's men In Japan and declared that the city gladly glad-ly undertook the task in this spirit. |