File No. 6292/141.
Chargé Jay to the Secretary of State.
Tokyo, October 6, 1908.
Commissioner Loomis requests the transmission of the following:
At a sumptuous luncheon, given in honor of the American commission at the Hama Palace, the minister of commerce, who is vice of the exposition, officially announced that the exposition, projected on much larger lines, would take place in 1917, and heartily thanked Roosevelt in the Emperor’s name for his interest in the enterprise and for sending such a highly competent commission to discuss the plans, scope, and details of the proposed international affair.