The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-18
Recall of Ambassador Decided
 on, Says Gable
FOR ALLOWING EXCLUSION
Victory for Marquis Ito and Japanese of California Coast Are Dissatis- fled With His Handling of
 Affairs at Washington.

Washington, June 17.-State department officials and members of the diplomatic corps were much interested today in the statement in a TolSo newspaper, the Hochi, that the Japanese government probably would recall Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambassador. and is considering the appointment of Baron Kaneko as his successor. Officials of the Japanese enl- bassy say that the progressive party has taken the San Francisco disturbances as pretcxt in an effort to bring about the downfall of Viscount Aoki, and in this connection 1t is pointed out here that Marquis Ito has been nimical to Viseount Aolli for many years. It was stated au- thoritativey tonight that if the Japanese government has any intention of recalling Viscount Aoki the news will not be first announced to the world through the col unms of the Hochi and that Ambassador Aoki does not attach any credence to ths report.
 Since his visit to the United States, when the peace conference was being conducted at Portsmouth, Baron Kaneko
 it is said, at the embassy. has had great ambition to represent Japan as tho am
 bassador at Washington. He was grud-
 uated at Harvard shortly after President
 Roosevelt left that institution and he enjoys the Presidents friendship. Baron kaneko. | Baron Kaneko is not member of the nti-administration party. He is a mem- Der of the privy council and loyal sup | porter of the Saien1i ministry. and his
 appointment as ambassador to the United | States, it Is said, would not be consld-
 cred as a concession to the progressiyes | or to the anti-American forces ] It is believed here thet far more thaa the triilng episode Of the attack on tne
 bath house ana restaurants in San Fran | ,'sco and the larger question of school
 rights of Japanese children, this limita-
 tion of he rights of Japanses to come to | America freely and the positive ,iiserm- 1 nation against them a race involved 1 in this legation gave rise to bitter fael-
 ings in Japan. It is probable that Am | bassador Aoki has secretly been hold chargeable by the Japanese leaders a | home for failure to prevent such dis crlminaton against the Japanese. hence news of the intention to recall him while | still unverifled. finds ready acceptance | here.
 The recall of Ambassador Aoli it is be-
 lleved here. will be in the nature of | concession to the Marquis Ito and other | Japanese statesmen who have strongly criticised the administration of dplo-
 matic affairs in this country by viscount Aoki.
 Opposed By California Japs. Viscount Aoki also has been strongly opposed by the Japanese of the Pacific | coast. Otototaka Yamaoka, the personal | representative of Count Okuma, who vis | tied Seattle several weeks ago, and later 1 returned to Tokio with the report of
 Messrs. Takahashi and Noda, the special 1 enVoys, who were sent to Washington | to negotiate with the Japanese embassy l has had several interviews with Foreign | Minister Hayashi and the elder states | men regarding conditions in this coun1 1 try. According to cable advices received
 here Yomoaki has charged Ambassador
 Aoki with misrepresenting conditions to | his home government, and has submitted | to the Japanese government what pur-
 ports to be statements by Assistant Sec
 retary of State Bacon and the Secretary 1 of Commerce and Labor Straus to Messrs. | Takahashi and Noda, in which they all legged Viscount Aoki agreed to the excu-
 sion clause in the immigration bill. The Japanese society of Seattle has | within the last few days received a tele- l gram from Yamaoka. copy of which
 was transmitted to Washington as fol- | lows:
 | Met leaders of Shinnepato (progres- 1 sives). It is necessary L. have all pa-
 pers concerning our matters: also com
 muncations to and from Aoki. Greatly
 hopful to succeed in purpose for which 1 | came here"
 At the Japanese embassy. Secretary l Katria said:
 Ambassador Aoh does not care to dig | nifty the stories emanating from his poli,- l teal enemies even with a denial The pro
 gresslve party in Japan has taken the | San Francisco disturbances as the pre-
 text to stir up agitation in Japan, which | is directed at the present ministry, and | they no doubt would be glad to see His-
 count Aoki recalled. Baron Kaneko has
 long had desire to enter the diplomatic l service, and 1t is very natural that he l should desire the Washington mission. | Ambassador Aoki has received no intina-
 ton from Tokio that the government con- l templates his recall
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