Japan's Congratulations

The Japanese Minister has presouted to the President a letter adüressed to hún by the Mikado, of which the following is a translation : To His Excolleucy t he President of the United States, Oen. Ulyanca S. Grant : Great and Good Fbiend: Now that the great ExpcBiüon iu honor af the lOOfi year of your Exoellenoy'a Nations] Ciovrament has boen eniintntly Buoceasful, I write to congratulato you and the people over whom you pretiJe. From ïny anbioota iu the Uintod States 1 have heard nothiug oxcept worde of kindnesn in regaid lo the manntr in which tliey have been treated ; and I believe the recont interoourge botwdOii our coantiios wi!l have a tendeney to Btreugthon ttao friendehip already existingi I wou!d here exprots the sincoro hope that tho incomiiip century will not ouly iritnesa the continned progresa nd prosperity of your nation i all branches of induatry, hut also provo an era of poace. This will ba liamled to you ia persen by my Minister reaiding near yonr Goverument, vho haa been directed to emph&eize my very friendly cougratulations.