The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-05
WAR CL e5JDS
 ARE LOWERING Aoki' Recall Creates Dj f1latic Sensation. JAPAN ARMlNG TO TEETH' Sailing of American Fleet to Pacific
 Arouses Interest. On Account of Present situation Itoose- welt VIII Not Negotiate an
 Immigration Trenty With
 Japan Now.
JAPAN ARMlNG TO TEETH'

Chicago. Dec, IA dispatch to The
 Tribune from Washington says: The
 recall of viscount Aoki. the Japanese
 Ambassador is the diplomatic sensation
 of the day in Washington.
 Its significance was heralded yes-
 terday by information allowed to leak
 out that he had been withdrawn in
 spite of an earnest intimation made to
 his government by President Roosevelt
 that he would be glad to have the Am bassador remain accredited to the Unit
 ed States. While the authorities are not little puzzled in a great degree over the strange course of the Japanese government. they claim it should have no doubt as to the friendly purposes of the United States.
 viscount Aoki in no way. counten- ances the stories that his orders to return home are dictated by desire to emphasize disapproval of the friend
 1y policy he has observed. On the
 other hand. he insists that the cabinet | In power in Tokio and the great mass
 of the people recognize the debt they owe to America and want to restore l the old friendly relations which exist. | ed while the RussoJapanese war was 1 in progress.
 But in face of the ambassadors open l face. were facts which demonstrate | that his government would permit the | adoption of a more aggressive attitude | on the part of Its representative in | Washington.
 Take for instance. the action Japan I took in response to the Presidents in- | timation that he would like Viscount | Aoki to remain here. This intimation was conveyed through Amba ssador | O'Brien and was unmistakable. He was told to inform .viscouut Hayashi.
 the Japanese Minister of-Foreign Af- | fairs. that Viscount Aoki had gained ! the respect and good will of the Presi- dent and American people by persuing | g course tending to remove all grounds | for friction between the two countries. Viscount Aoki did not believe in l pushing a permanent settlement of the immigration question at this time. He felt it would be wiser to await a more favorable time and in the meantime to take steps which would assure the
 United States of the friendly inten- l tions of Japan.
 The President had informed him that | under no circumstances would he ap- | prove an exclusion bill passed by Con- | gress and the Ambassador urged his government to adopt rigid measures | to prevent Japanese laborers from
 
 | consideration of an exclusion bill un- I necessary.
 An administration official who had learned the details of the conference between the President and the Ambas- | sador Monday, stated that the latter | had advised the President that Japan would not issue passports to laborers | even though 1t believed that they had l remote intention of coming to the United States Preparations were being made to en- l force rules which would prevent labor CTS going to Mexico and Peru from | attempting to enter the United States | illegally. The President had received | similar assurances through Ambassa-
 dor O'Brien and expressed satisfaction | at their confirmation by the represen- l tative of Japan. . Inquiry in naval circles eiicited the | information that reports had been re- ceived from Tokio showing that Japan | is losing no time in preparing her navy | for war A foreign embassy was noti- | fled by its naval representative in the ! Japan capital that Japan was arming | to the teeth" and he 'could not under l stand the stupidness of the United | States"
 The disposition here. however, is to
 put little credence In reports from for
 eign sources, because, as both intelIi- 1 ciate, Europeon commercial interests would be alone gathers by a war be- | tween these countries It has been | suggested also that Japan naturally
 would make preparations in view of the | dispatch by this government of the | battleship fleet to the Pacific.
 | Viscount Aoki has never permitted himself to believe that the dispatch oi
 the fleet was inspired by any hostile motive, and he has publicly recognized | the right of the United States to send | it's ships wherever 1t deemed fit. In
 deed, it is no secret that the Ambas. | sador has contemplated recommending l to his government that 1t inivte Real
 Admiral Evanss command to visit
 Japanese ports, No such invitation has
 been extended and it Is doubtful now
 if one will come.
 It is understood that since the re-
 mort of information that the Ambas
 sador was to be withdrawn there has
 been a stiffening of the instructions | sent to Ambassador O'Brien.
 There Is no intention on the part oi
 the President to negotiate & treaty
 of immigration with Japan. though this might have occurred had Wis
 count Aoki remained in Washington