Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-31
AFTER GOOD FEELING
Kanek0 Tells of His Mission
in the United States.
NOT IN PEACE TREATY
HAS NO OFFICIAL POWERS WHAT
EVER.
Will Open His Heart Fully When He
Considers Proper Time
Has Come.


\ in the cabinet of Marquis Ito, concerning
| whose mission to the United States there
| has been much conjecture, and who prom
| Used that at the psychological moment he
| would make public just what his mission
| was, disclosed 1t to New York reporter
| yesterday in his apartments In the Hotel
| Leonori.
Baron Kaneko said first that his mission
| was purely of an economic nature. He was
neither a representative of the Emperor of
Japan nor, he said, of the Japanese gov
| eminent, but was self-appointed. In the
| work he has accomplished and still hopes
! to do he sees the economic salvation of his
| own country and an enormous amount of
| good that can accrue to the United States,
| to which he owes deep debt of gratitude.
| The baron denied absolutely that he had
had anything to do with the peace negotia-
| tons. He said positively that never since
| he has been here has he sent commune
| cation of any kind either to the mikado or
| to Marquis Ito. He had no power to send
| such. and occupied no official position what
! ever.
| In his interview the baron did not deny
| that he and President Roosevelt discussed
! the prospects of peace. Both he and the
| President. said the baron, desired peace, be-
| cause in time of war his mission could bear
no fruit. But that any act of his had
| brought about the treaty Of peace Baron
| Kaneko vehemently denied
I Il have said that l would tell all about
my mission at the proper time said the
| baron land l believe the time is ripe now
| to let it be known. There need have been
| no mystery about it, but the reason have
! not spoken of it before is because 1t was
| useless to have done under the abnormal
| conditions that exist in times of war. Now
| that peace is assured | can talk freely.
Here for Study.
Throughout all my life, and particularly
! during my terms minister of agriculture
| in the cabinet of Marquis Ito, | have taken
! a deep interest in economic questions. l
had charge of the Japanese exhibit at Chi
| cago and was in charge of the internal
exhibition a kioto. Later l was in charge
at Paris and again at ST. Louis, where my
government had a large exhibit. l met
John Barrett when he came to our country
| to urge us to take part in the St. Louis
| exposition, and my object in coming to this
country was to see what had been the re-
| suits of my countrys participation In the
St. Louis fair. in which l had strongly
urged my country to make a good showing.
IN the year and a quarter that l have
been IN this country | have been studying
| constantly ] saw the wonderful CONNER
cial possibilities of this land agriculturally
| and industrially. The more | studied the
more | became imbued with these feelings,
! and~I asked, Where Is the United States
going to seek a market" My sojourns in
Europe proved to me that the European
markets were filed with their own pro-
ducts and saw here that if the front door
of the American market was closed the
back door open to Asia
Many times have l talked with your
great Secretary of State, Mr.. Hay. on these
matters. He stood as the exponent of the
open-door policy, and wise policy It was.
Because | was so interested in Americas
economic future in its relations to the far
east | began to study with new and deep
i,far inrl nf ha- r,cin In,
.isiatic markets In the course of my in
vestgations l have talked with all kinds
of people-fnanciers, engineers and schol-
ars-and | have learned a great deal about
what believe to be the glorious future that
lies before the United States in the far
east.
Going Back Home.
And now that my mission has been &C.
complished l going back home, prob
ably in few weeks to tell my people the
results OF my study. l shall tell them that
the United States is a country without a
! thought of territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT: that
the American people will defend the rights
of other nations as they will defend their
own. because they love individual right and
individual liberty. ! shall try to impart
the knowledge l have gained by more than
n years stay here, with always one object
clearly and strongly in view. to my people.
l shall tell them that the way to open
Asia, securely and neaceably, is through
| the introduction of American civilization.
And | shall do more than that if | am al
lowed to do it. ] offer my services to both
countries. to the one to whom owe loyalty
and which is the land of my BIRTH and to
the other which has been as a foster
mother to me and where l have received so
many courteSies and considerations. I am
ready to serve loyal subject of Japan
and as a sincere friend Of America in bring
ing about an economic alliance-not treaty
signed parchment but imprinted in the
haa ri and mil Of fha any,In Of TaY, an
and the United States. That is my ambi-
ton To achieve 1t came here on my self
appointed mission. and / trust that my ef-
forts will be crowned with success.
America Nearest Neighbor.
America. you must understand. is our
nearest neighbor. In her our hope is bound
up and since our country was opened up by
America in 1854 we have ever maintained
cordial relations and been the sincerest
friends. To me, after my term at Harvard
and my eight years residence here. the
United States has always seemed q second
home, and If can bring about the economic
alliance that l am now free to talk about l
shall feel, on account OF the good that will
accrue to this country from such an alli-
ance. that 1 have paid part of my debt Of
gratitude.
"All along I have desired peace. but a
peace with honor. AS a loyal subject of the
emperor am not at liberty to criticise the
bases on which that peace was concluded
My feeling on that subject is the same as
the rest of the people of Japan. l do not
credit the reports that there will be any in
ternal dissension because the people do not
like the terms which peace was con-
cluded. The emperor has played the part of
a humanitarian and the feeling generally
in Japan is that what he does is right and
best. Now will come the Industrial era in
Japan, in which hope We will go hand in
hand with the United States.
You cannot deny too strongly that |
had anything to do with the peace negotia-
tons. l have never sent communication
to the emperor or to Marquis Ito or to any
one else on the peace matter. Common
sense would show the uselessness of such a
proceeding
1T is true that desired peace and that
President Roosevelt desired peace and while
our conversations at various times may have
drifted to this subject uppermost in both
our minds, there no official action taken
by me 1t would have been impossible with
Baron komura and Minister Takahira
chosen by the emperor to conclude. II pos
sble, treaty. On the other hand, If Presi-
dent Roosevelt had desired to communicate
with my government he would have done so
through the regular channels, ard not