London vii Bombay, February 14, Telegrams from Los Angeles state that the citizens have accepted cordially the proposal of the Japanese residents to participate in the reception of the American February 16.
The United States fleet has arrived at Valparaiso.—Reuter.
New York, February 17.
Baron Takahira, the new Japanese Ambassador to Washington, in the course of an interview on his arrival yesterday at New York, declared that the voyage of the United States fleet was exclusively an American affair, demonstrative to the world of American power. The war scare was a creation of the Press, and found no credence in Japan.
The United States fleet has passed Valparaiso.—Our Own Correspondent, NE
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