The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-06-11

Washington, June Continuing
his policy Of adding nothing in the
way of comment or facts to the dis
cussion Of apanese-American incl
dents, Viscount Aoki, the Japanese am
bassador today, as usual, denied him
self to newspaper men and proclaimed
against any statement emanating from
the embassy relative to the reported
development Of strength in the oppo
sition party>in Japan.
Ambassador Aoki is understood to
take the view that there are no mat
ters of difference between the United
States and Japan which are not capa-
BILE of adjustment if allowed to be con
sidered on their merits. It is said to
be this view that leads him to depre-
cate the publication in this country of
the propaganda which is being used
in Japan to influence votes in the fall
for members of the lower house Of
the Japanese legislative body.
At the state department it was said
there were no developments, in fact
some surprise was expressed that any
should be expected in the near future.
The report of District Attorney Dew
lin of San Francisco on the mObbing
of Japanese restaurants and baths is
expected to reach this city within a
day or two. But the conclusions
have already been anticipated by tel
egraphic advices and brief preliminary
mail adyices, SO that all the state de-
partment looks for when the report is
at hand is mass of detailed testi-
mony taken by Mr.. Devlin as to the
facts connected with the incident.
Certainly it is not expected that the
state departments policy in the mat
ter will be changed in any respect as
the result Of the receipt of the COM
plete report.
It is pointed out also to correct
what the officials regard as a wrong
impression to the effect that the Jap
anese have made much more of this
San Francisco trouble than was war.
ranted by the facts, that actually the
conduct of the Japanese government
in the matter has been extremely nod
est. 1t is true that what is rega arded
as the opposition press in Japan has
i,,r rl111n VT, 1oY
guage and has clamored without rea-
son for action by their own govern
ment that would surely lead to grave
consequences. But as for the Japa-
nese government itself, and in this II
is believed to represent the majority
of the japanese, it is declared at the
state department that it has pursued
precisely such course as is followed
by every self-respecting civilized ma
ton in dealing with cases of attacks
upon their citizens in foreign coun-
try. These cases occur frequently,
and it is said to be the rule where
they exceed the ability of the police
powers for the diplomatic representa-
tive of the nation whose subjects are
affected to courteously draw the at
tention of thes general government to
the situation in order to guard against
any extension Of the disorder
One of the results of the newspaper
agitation of friction in San Francisco
will, it is believed, be the definite
postponement of the plan to Initiate
negotiations this summer for a treaty
between America and Japan that
should definitely regulate the immi-
grafton OF Japanese into the United
States, and it is suggested by one Of
the officials that probably this result
is exactly what was sought to be ac-
compnsned by the opposition agita-
tors in Japan and on the Pacific coast.
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