Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 3.
The Government gave a banquet to the Admiral and officers of the Japanese naval squadron which is Visiting here. Mr. Macdonald, the Chief Justice and Acting Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, in toasting the guests said that they were grateful to the Japanese Government for the friendly a tude which it had always taken in questions affecting the mutual interests of Japan and the British Mr, John Oliver, the Premier, declared that the Anglo-Japanese had been a potent force for aintenace of the peace of the Reuter's American Service.
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