The Emperor had travelled dawn bby special from Tokyo carlier in the morning. Ax he alighted at Yokohama, the air reverberated to the deep booming of guns, his rival at the port being the signal for the numerous war vessels lying off-shore to fire a salute of 21 guns. Accompanied by the members of his staff and other personal attendants, he at once proceeded to board the waiting battle cruiser from which ho was to review the Fleet, and, as the Haruna weighed anchor and hogan steaming slowly out to sea. second salute of 21 guns from all the war vessels present, both Japanese and foreign, reared out their welcome once more.
Simul the sound jreraft overhead was heard, and a great cloud of sea: planes, 130 in all, were seen fying: out from land in formation, aecompanied by two dirigible With the exception of the battleship Ise and the battle cruiser Kirishima, all of Japan's capital ships were present at the review. So also were her two fine new aircraft-carriers, Akagi and Kaga, oth of close on 27,000 tons, the latter having been completed only recently. Another recent addition to the Japanese Navy which was seen for the first time was the 40,90-ton Nachi, the first of her Treaty class cruisers to be completed, These, together with many 26 cruisers of lesser tonnage, 79 destroyers, 29. submarines, and
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