Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-04
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Summoning Home of japanese
Ambassador Creates Surprise
in Wa hington
BALks PRESIDENTS PLANS
Executives Willingness to Negotiate
Liberal Treaty Believed to Be Fore
stalled - Aoh Conversant With
Presidents Attitude = Aoki Not
Aggressive Enough.
BALKs PRESIDENTS PLANS

Viscount Aoki, the japanese ambassa-
dor, was the diplomatic sensation OF
the day in Washington.
It's significance was heightened by
! information allowed to leak out that
! he had been withdrawn in spite of an
earnest intimation made to his gov
eminent by President Roosevelt that
he would be glad to have the ambas-
sador remain accredited to the United
States
While the authorities are not little
puzzled and a great deal concerned
over the strange course of the Japan
csc government, they claim it should
have no doubt as to the friendly pur-
poses Of the United States.
In his message transmitted to con-
scribes the cruise of the battleship fleet
to the Pacific as a practice measure
only, but he dwells upon the friendly
relations of the two countries, and
recommends that ar. immediate and
generous appropriate be made for
representation by the United States at
the great national exposition to be neld
at Toxic in 1912.
Viscount Aoki in no way counten-
ances the stories that his orders to re-
turn home are dictated by desire to
emphasize disapproNal of the friendly
policy he has observed. On the other
hand, he insists that the cabinet in
power in Toxic and the great mass Of
the people recognize the debt they owe
to America and want to restore the
old friendly relations which existed
while the Russo-Japanese war was in
progress.
But in face of the ambassadors
opinion, facts were cited which DEM
onstrate that his government would
prefer the adoption of a more agrees
sive attitude on the part Of its rep
resentative in Was hington.
Take for instance, the action Japan
took in response to the presidents in
timation that he would like Viscount
Aoki to remain here. This intimation
was conveyed thru Ambassador
OBrien, and was unmistakable. He
was told to inform Viscount Hayashi,
the Japanese minister of foreign af-
fairs. that ViscounJ Aoki had gained
the respect and good will of the pres
ident and American people by pursu-
ing course tending to remove all
grounds for friction between the two
countries.
viscount Aoki did not believe in
pushing a permanent settlement of the
question at this time. He
felt it would be wiser to await a more
favorable time, ard in the meantime
to take steps which would assure the
United States of the friendly inten-
lions of Japan.
The president had informed him that
prove an exclusion bill passed by con-
gress, and the ambassador urged his
government to adopt rigid measures
to prevent Japanese laborers from
coming to America, so as to make the
of an exclusion bill UNI
necessary.
An administration official who had
learned the details of the conference
between the president and the ambas-
sador stated that the latter had adj
vised the president that Japan would
not issue passports to laborers, even If
it believed they aad a remote inten-
ton of coming to the United States
A curious instance of man without
a party is presented by the case of
the Hon. Peter Porter. republican
of congress from the Thirty
fourth district of New York. Mr.. Por-
ter, it will be recalled, entered the race
against J. w. NVadsworth last fall,
taking advantage of the intense oppo-
sition which MIR. Wadsworth had
aroused by his antagonism Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his nearly success
full efforts to emasculate the meat in
spection law. Mr.. Wadsworth who is
the largest property owner in his dis
trict and who has great many tenant
farmers on his estate, succeeded in
the regular district conven-
ton. Mr.. Porter was nominated by a
separate convention as an "independ-
ent republican," and he also received
the endorsement Of the democratic
the democrats of that dis
trict having never been able to elect
I democratic congress and being only
too glad to defeat Wadsworth. Mr..
Porter polled $4,000 votes, 5000 more
than the normal democratic vote of
he district and, he claims, received
1 very large majority of the votes
cast. AS he had been lifelong re-
the democrats We're not anx-
GUS to turn out and vote for him.
Coming to Washington, Mr.. Porter !