The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-18
Japanese ambassador at Wash
ingtOn Said 10 Have Not
Been Satisfactory.
CHARGED THAT HE HAS
NiISREPRESENTED AFFAIRS
His Secretary Says That Only
Political Enemies arc Back
of the RumOrs.

WASHINGTON. June IA private
cahIcgram was received here today stat.
! ing that the Marquis Ito aud the elder
| statesmen of Japan held conference
| with Foreign Minister Hayasm last
| Wednesday. when, at the urgent request
of the Marquis, 1T was decided to recall
| Niscouut Aoki. the Japanese Emhassa-
dor 10 this country. The statement was
made in authoritative quarters ihat
Marquis Tro and Embassndor Aoki have
not been on friendly terms for many
| years.
| Embassador Aoki came 10 Washing
| ton Nav 3. 1906. His Official relations
! here have been pleasant. But looking
over his record. il will hc found that
no large accomplishments can be set
down to his credit so far rs -he facts
arc revealed in the published CORE
spondence Of the State department here.
Said to Have Failed.
What the secret records OF the For
eigp Office at Toxic rnay show may be
another story. But it is known that
the outcome of the discussion Of the
Japanese question before Congress st
the last session was not satisfactory TO
the Japanese Government, though the
| failure was never openly charged
| against its ambassador here. In fact,
! the anti-Japanese element rather turned
! the tables on their opponents, for
| whereas the President s message in Dc
! cember INDUCED in a rather severe de
nunciatiou of those persons who would
infringe the civil rights of the japanese
and even urged the passage of a nat
uralization bill in their behalf, the out.
come was the passage of an act that
practically excluded Japanese coole la
bor from the country, adding further
to the restrictions imposed upon the
Japanese, and Withholding TIC night of
natural IN tion, which mp to that moment
| had been a matter of controversy from
the courts II is believed here that far
more than the tritiing episode Of al
tack on the bathhouse and restaurant in
( San Francisco and the larger question of
school rights of Japanese children, the
limitation Of the right Of the Japanese
to come into America free. and the
positive discrimination against them as
involved in this legislation give rise to
bitter feeling in Japan, II is only too
probable that Embassador Aoki has Sc
cretly been held chargeable by the
Japanese officials al home for failure to
prevent such discrimination; hence news
of the intention 10 recall him, while
still Unveri6ed, finds ready acceptance
here,
olUNldlo
Officials of the Japanese Embassy arc
ignoring the report from Toxic of the
recell of Viscount Aoki They say they
have no information on the subject and
discredit the report.
The ambassador himself pleaded in
disposition today when the Associated
Press representative sent in his card.
The recall of ambassador Aoki, it is
believed here, will be in the nature of
a concession to the Marquis Ito and
other japanese statesmen who have
strongly criticised the administration of
diplomatic affairs in this country by
Viscount Aoki Viscount Aoki also has
been strongly opposed by the japanese
on the Pacific coast.
Otoka Yomaoka, the personal repre-.
sentative of Count Okuma, who visited
Seattle several weeks ago. and later re-
turned to Toxic with the report Of
Messrs. Takahashi and Noda, the special
ENJOYS who were sent TO Washington TO
negotiate with the Japanese Embassy,
has had several interviews with the
Foreign Minister, Hayashi, and the
elder statesmen regarding conditions in
this country.
According to cable advices received
here. Yomaoka has charged ambassador
Aokl with mlsrepresenting conditions TO
his home Government and has submit
ted to the japanese Government what
purports to be statements made by AS
slstant Secretary of State Bacon and
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Strauss to Messrs. Takahashi and Noda,
in which they asserted that Viscounr
Aoki agreed TO the exclusion clause in
the immigration bill.
The Japanese society OF Seattle has
within the last few days received
telegram from Tomaoka, a copy of
which was transmitted TO Washington.
as follows:
Met leaders of Shinpoto (Progres-
sives). 1t is necessary to have all pa
pers concerning our matter, also COM
munications to and from Aoki Greatly
hopeful to succeed in purpose for which
/ came here.
At the japanese embassay Secretary
kakahira said
ambassador Aoki does not care to
dignity the stories emanatIng from his
political enemies even with a denial
The Progressive party in Japan has
taken the San Francisco disturbances,
as the pretext to stir up agitation in
Japan, which is directed at the present
Ministry. and they no doubt would be
glad to see Viscount Aoki recalled
Baron kaneko has expressed desire TO
enter the diplomatic service, and il is
very natural that he should desire tbe
Washington mission. Embassador Aoki
has received no intimation from Toxic
that the Government contemplates his
recall