The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-12-05
AOKI GOING HOME
MERELY TO REPORT
SAYS HIS RETURN is NO SIGN OF
uNFRlENDLlNEss.
AMlTY STILL PREVAILS
Ambassador Doesn't Know Whether
He viii Come Haek-Kaneko
M or chlnda May Sue.
NAM, oe.d Him.
AMITY STILL PREVAILS

tho hmUdhbduOT ITUm Japan, JdlkSO
briefly and reseryedly Tuesday re.
garding the instructions given him by
his government to return home for
the purpose Of making report on af
fairs in which Japan is interested
jointly with the United States.
Il am going home" the ambassador
said, for the purpose OF making a
verbal report to my government.
There are many things to report on
things that have heard and seen in
this country. They can be told better
verbally than in writing. There is no
other significance to the visit. shall
discuss immigration In addition to
other questions in which my govern.
ment is interested.
No Sign Of unfriendllness.
MY return cannot be construed in
any way as an indication of unfriend,
liness on the part OF Japan for the
United States. The American govern
ment knows very well that Japan is.
disposed to be one of her best friends
and to remain on terms of the great
est amity with her. Any other idea
or suggestion is foolish to entertain.
The question of the adjustment of the
immigration difficulty is not at all a
serious one and in my Judgment it
will be settled satisfactorily. My re.
turn, repeat, has no bearing on the
relations between the United States
and Japan. Our relations are friend
~ and hope will remain the same.
There is no reason why they should
be otherwise, but, on the contrary,
every reason why they should contin-
ue good"
@How long win you remain in
Japan?'
That don't know"
Are youS coming .back?" he was
~That l don't know" replied Count
Aold.
May stop on Pacific Coast.
Count Aoki, IL time permits, will
look into the general question of Jap.
anese immigration on the Pacific coast
before he sails for home. He had
intended doing this earlier in the year
and had practically made all arrange.
ments for trip to the coast. For
what seemed good reasons, however,
the trip was for the time abandoned.
The Japanese government is anxious
TO hear from the ambassador personal,
ly the real situation on the coast as
he views It, and he indicated that he
would make 1t matter of inquiry on
his way home.
At the state department 1t was
learned that Count Aoki did not pre-
sent any letters Of recall, but that
what he had received was a summons
TO come home for consultation with
his government. The most positive
statements made at the Japanese en-
bassy Count Aoki's recall is not
the /. of any dissatisfaction of his
O on the part of his government
] lat his recall in any way disavows
b.s actions while here.
The ambassador exp scts to leave
Washington on his homeward trip be-.
fore Christmas and during his absence
Mr.. Niyaoka, the counsellor of the
embassy, will act as charge d'affaires.
Means Only New Ambassador.
! New Yo-'- Dec 4.-Chozo Koike,
the retirh .onsul general for the
Japanese government here, before
leaving Tuesday night for his new
post at San s ancisco, said that Am.
bassador AolSfs summons to Toxic
meant that there will be change of
ambassadors at Neutrality-suspicious.
more" He aided:
1T is not a surprise to me that
Aoki goes back. But by no stretch
OF the Imagination can the action of
my government be construed as an in.
tention to break OFF friendly relations
with the United States.
1T is no concern of the Jai anese il
the United States desire to l ove its
navy from one port to another Japan
is not worrying over the cruise of the
fleet. She trusts and has confidence
in the good will OF the United States
"She does not desire the Philip
pines. AS for the California troubles.
they are not such as to cause break
in friendship"
kaneko or chinda May Come.
Toxic. Dec. 4.--The probable resig.
nation OF viscount Aoki, Japanese am.
bassador to the United States, has
been rumored for some weeks, but the
rumor has been persistently denied
It is admitted. now. however. that Am.
bassador Aod may return to Japan
at an early day. The foreign Office de,
clines to say II this means the resig
nation of the ambassador. In the
event that Ambassador Aoki decides
not to return to Washington, there ii
strong probability that he will be
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