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Show banquet. All the Japanese, residences I and b tores are gaily decorated. By agreement between Admiral Swinburne and the harbor authorities, the Aso and the Soyo were assigned to berths to leeward off ' the American wart-hlps where they will be of easy access from the San Kancisco shore. Er.;i bclore- the West Virginia tlii charged her salute in honor ..f A.linlr al IJiehl, I'eoreM of launches had beT filled with sishNcers, Americans an Japanese, and proceeded to 'the Row, where they awaited an oppoi limit v f'.r the boarding of the vess. Is. Ko1sou and Howard street docks were thveiu-ed thveiu-ed with Americans and .Irtpunoe who watched the cruisers proceed to nn-choragenu.l nn-choragenu.l witnessed the exchane of olliclal Isi'.a. BIG DAY1 FOR THE JAPS About 5,000 Nipponese of San Francisco Welcome Ijichi J Son Francisco, May 1. For the first j extending the hospitality of her harbor har-bor to a visiting squadron of Japanese warships. Representatives of city, state and nation united today iu a memorable greeting to Admiral Ijichi and the officers and men of the cruisers, cruis-ers, Aso and Soyo, which arrived this morning from San Pedro, after an easy cruise of two days. Exactly upon the hour set for their arrival, the two vessels steamed 1 through the Golden Gate, and with a J score of tugs and launches following in their wake, proceeded .down the h.iy to Man-O'War row. where the four grey cruisers of Admiral Swinburne' . l'cet thundered a salute of welcome to I their sister guardians of peace in the ' Pacific. Several miles boyund the harbor entrance, the Japanese training squadron squad-ron was met by the cutter MeCulloch, of the revenue service, designated ly the federal authorities as an escort. Cnnveyiug assurances of less formal welcome, the cutter Golden Gate, with the official reception committees' as passengers, met the Japanese warships in the strait, while the fleet of oxeur- slon boats, many of them gaily decorated dec-orated with Japanese aud American fiags. followed the larger vessels to anchorage. Coming on a day when American naval na-val officers are accustomed to observe the anniversary of Admiral Dewey's victory in Manila bay, the officers and men of the training squadron were jlven a particularly warm welcome by sailors of tne Pacific fleet. Admiral Admir-al Swinburne and Geo. Weston, accompanied accom-panied by their respective staffs, headed head-ed the committee, which made the first official call on Admiral Ijichi, Mayor May-or E. R. Taylor, with the president'. of San Francisco's three greatest coni-'jnerclal coni-'jnerclal organizations. Lieut. Gov. Wai-ren7 Wai-ren7 of Uie" Porter, "ami Collector or the Port Frederick F. St rat Ion, wore conveyed from the flagship West Virginia Vir-ginia ou the cutter that carried the army and navy delegations, aud. by imitation of the federal authorities. Consul General Matsu.o Nagal was made a member of the same part;'. On the deck of the Japanese flagship. Admiral Ijichi received his guests with all the ceremony that attended their departure from' the West Virginia. There were warm words of greeting from half a dozen of the visitors. Tin-admiral Tin-admiral gave his hearty approval to an outline of the entertainment arrange,! ar-range,! for the ensuing week, and the party returned to the West Virginia where Admiral Swinburne, h;lf an hour later, had the pleasure of receiving receiv-ing the Japanese admiral. Naturally enoueh, the most enthusiastic greeting to the squadron was that aecoidel j their countrymen by the thousands of , Japanese who welcomed the entry I trom Russian and-Telegraph hills, and j from all the piers commanding a view ! of the anchorage. j Several hundred Japanese business- , ""men, of this city, and prominent rep- I rcsentatlvos of colonies, elsewhere in the state, chattered a steamer and j j were among the earliest visitors. I In the Japanese quarter, the Hag of I the Rising Sun is everywhere In evidence, evi-dence, and costly and elaborate plans have been devised for the isithig sailors. San Francisco. May 1. Almost the entire Japanese population of this city, numbering about 5.000, and great crowds of Americans, gathered yn the hills overlooking the bay and the Golden Gate this morning,, to witness the arrival from Los Angeles of the Japanese cruisers Aso and Soyo. The waters of the harbor were crowded with steamers, launches and I sail boats, many of them containing enthusiastic parties of Nipponese. -' The revenue cutter McCulloch put to sea early In the morning to meet the .warships outside-the heads and esco'rt them through the Golden Gate. and on their course up the bay to anchor. an-chor. The visitors were sighted at 8:15 about seven miles outside the headwaters. head-waters. As they passed the Presidio, the h,eavy guns boomed a welcome, and the people assembled on the rocky promontories on either side of the narrow inlet to the harbor set up a great cheer. k , . The program committee has devoted the whole day to the official reception and exchango of courtesies. Admiral Swinburne. representing the navy; General Weston, representing represent-ing the" army; Major Taylor and the citizens' committee, met on the cruiser cruis-er West ViVgiu'a. flagship of the American Am-erican squadron to await the signal for putting X in naval launches for the Japanese admiral's vessel, while Collector of the Port St ration. President Presi-dent Taft's official representative; Lieutenant-Governor Porter and the Japanese consul. Matsuzo Nasal, were taken down the bay ou the revenue cutter Golden Gate. . . Rear Admiral Ijichi announced that he had decided to remain two days longer than planned at first, and will' not welch nnehop Tor the north until Mav 10. He intends to is!t several inland point : vbtl his ships are at this rt, including Sacramento. San Jose, Stanford university and the Lick observatory. ' The elaborate land program for entertainment en-tertainment of the vi.-itors. detail or which were completed todny, includes automobile lldea. rctcfi-iens und a |