ary of Navy, visits Shanghai the end of this week we may hope that he will have an opportunity to amplify the views he expressed on shipping while in Japan. Addressing the American business men of Yokohama he urged the necessity of a strong mercantile marine for the United States, and one of the arguments he used was the constant annoyances and impediments that ensue when American goods are carried under the flags of other nations. Instances have been known," he said, "of the deliberate rough-handling of American freight to prejudice foreign markets against it." He then added that-he was happy to say that no such instances had been heard of in connexion with the Japanese merchant marine.
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