Tokio, 31st March, To-day, being the fiftieth anniversary of the visit of Commodore Perry to Japan, was magnificently celebrated and widely recognised.
Counts Inouye, Matsukata, and Okuma were at the entertainment at the United States Legation, deepening the brotherhood of the two nations, It was slated that the Japanese authorities profoundly appreciate the deep anxiety of Great Britain to study the military operations, shown by sending such illustrious' representatives as General Nicholson and Sir Ian Hamilton, Among other functions, the Emperor ives an extraordinary banquet of cold rations to the members of parliament, copying the precedent of the entertainment given to the Diet at Hiroshima in the Chiva-Japan War.—Our own correspondent. Later, A Perry Memorial Relief Fund was proposed at to-day's celebration, and the sum of 62,000 yen was instantly subscribed.—Our own correspondent.
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