Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-18
RECALL FOR AOK|
MORE THAN LIKELY
Strong Indications After Cabi-
net Meeting Today.
AN AUDIENCE WITH MIKADO
Premier Saionji Had a Conference
With the Ruler at Toxic.
SERVICE HERE IS VERY BRIEF
Official Relations Pleasant From the
Beginning-Nothing Remark
able in the Open Record.
SERVICE HERE Is VERY BRIEF

lNCNlN1s lNAllN 10 tNSNoN oibNi
nOOn).-1here are strong indlCa-
tons that Ambassador Aoki will be
recalled. There is an inclination to
connect the rulnor of his reported
coming recall with Premier Saionji's
audience with the mikado this morn
ing after the cabinet council.
Ambassador viscount siuzo Aoki came to
Washington May 3, 1906, so that his serv-
Ice here is very brief, even for a japanese
diplomatic agent. whose official lives have
been notably short in Washington COM
pared with those of European ambassa-
doris and ministers. His official relations
here have been pleasant from the begin
ming. But looking backward over his rec
ord. IL will be found that no large accom-
plishments can be set down to his credit
so far as the facts are revealed in the
published correspondence of the State De-
partment here.
The Records Abroad.
What the secret records of the foreign
office at Toxic, however, may show is
methods pursued there, in contra -distinc-
ton to the comparative open ways of Amer
lean diplomacy. 1t may easily be that Am
bassador Aoki has been doing much valua-
bic work for his own government that is
unknown here.
But it Is known that the, outcome of the
discussion of the japanese question before
Congress at the last session was not sat
isfactory to the japanese government.
though this failure was never openly
charged against It's ambassador here. In
fact the anti-Japanese element rather
turned the tables on their opponents, for
whereas the President in his message to
Congress in December INDUCED In a rather
severe denunciation Of those persons who
would infringe the civil rights of the Jap
anese and even urged the passage of a
naturalization bill in their behalf, the out
come was the passage by Congress of ar
act that practically excluded japanese
cooke labor from the country, adding fur
Their TO the restrictions imposed on the Jap
anese and Withholding the right of natural
a matter of controversy in the courts.
Bitter Feelings In Japan.
1t is believed here that far more than
the trihing episode of the attack on the
bath house and restaurant in San Fran.
cisco. and the larger question of schoo
rights of japanese children. this limita-
ton of the right of the Japanese to come
TO America freely, and the positive dis
elimination against them as a race in
volved in this legislation. gave rise to bit
ter feelings in Japan. 1t is only too prob
able that Ambassador Aoki has secretly
been held chargeable by the Japanese
leaders at home for failure to prevent such
discrimination against the japanese hence
news Of the intention to recall him. while
still unverified. finds ready acceptance here
Aoki Silent
Aoki himself continues to maintain a dig
nifed silence regarding the report that he
is to be recalled.
Secretary Hanahira Of the japanese en-
bassy said last night:
Ambassador Aoki does not care to dig
Nifty the STORIES emanating from his politi.
cal enemies even with a denial The pro-
gressive party IN Japan has taken the
san Francisco disturbance as the pretext
I" STIR MP agitation in Japan which is d.
r''tsd at the present ministry and they
u" Coubt, would be glad to see Viscount
Auki recalled. Baron Kaneko has long h. a
q desire 10 enter the diplomatic service. and
u Is very natural that he should desire the
Washington mission.
No News From Toxic.
Ambassador Aoki has received no int,poa-
non from Toxic that the government CON-
templates his recall"
Careers of Aoki and Kaneko
In discussing the alleged rocau .,
bassador Aoki, DR.. Masuiu NivaLo,r, ~
japanese lawyer now in this city in the al
legged interests of the Japanese proeressi,,a
party, said:
speaking about the careers of tho ,u,o
men. Aoki was educated In Berlin Kaneko
In Harvard; Aoki was for long time min
lister for foreign affairs Kaneko for a sbor,
time was minister of justice and commerce
and agriculture: Aoki is identified az
long standing diplomat. while Kaneko has
not had so much experience in diplomatic
service; Aoki does not speak much. Kaneko
is a great talker and writer. Aoki is known
TO be a conservative and Kaneko an ag-
gressive. Mr.. NJ. Takagi an influential
member Of the bench and bar and owner
of the Toxic Law Journal on his wa vic
London after investigating American in
dicial system besides the Japanese sftua-
ton in San Francisco, called on me las
week and, In conversation: spoke of Mr.
Roosevelt as special human being who
can make or unmake the things Japanese
Not an International Question.
1.-THE San Francisco Japanese question IS
not an international question, but a simple
American constitutional question. The
change OF ambassador could not change
the constitutional republic Of America. The
dual feature of the federal and state sys-