New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-11
HAGUE STORY DENIED
NO STRAINED RELATIONS.
Not Eren Correspondence 7cith
Japan Recently. officials Sag.

Washington, July 1o-Swft and conclusive
denial came from the State Department and
from the japanese Embassy here to-day Of the
accuracy of the statement cabed from The
Hague to "The London Daily Telegraph" and
reprinted in this country. The report was that
Japan had made categorical demands upon the
United States government that it control Cali
fornia," and had served notice of her intention
10 deal with the Californians herself If the ma
tional government failed to do so.
AT the State Department 1t is said that the
American public is fully aware Of the nature
Of all the exchanges that have taken place on
this subject; that there has been no CORE
spondence of recent date, and that there are
no negotiations in progress between the two
governments This statement is fully confirmed
at the japanese Embassy, where, moreover, il
going TO Japan next fall, as was reported in
japanese newspaper
Both the Japanese Ambassador and his staff
deprecate the recent newspaper publications
based on inaccurate misleading data as to the
relations between the United States and Japan,
and have gone to unusual lengths in denying
patiently from day to day stories calculated in
their judgment to affect unfavOrablY the friendly
relations between the two countries This last
statement coming from distant a point n
The Hague, where there is no good reason 10
suppose that there is information unknown in
Washington or Toxic. is regarded particu-
larly lacking in foundation The story Of the
ambassadors return 10 his country is
garded as another example OF careless and IN
considerate publication.
Niscount Aokfs denial OF the latter report
when his attention called to II to-day was
prompt and emphatic
4 have not been summoned to Toxic" he said
and I have intention Of going. Again. |
want 10 say. ! have said time and time again
there is no situation; there are no strained
lations' between the United States and Japan.
As l have said before. all this talk OF such a
condition Of affairs is newspaper talk"
NiscOunt Aoki uniformly but Courteousy de-
clines to discuss matters of a diplomatic charac-
ter which may he pending between the two gov
ernments. He did, however. make it clear that
he put absolutely no faith in The Hague story
and said that ii was too ridiculous to talk about.
He pointed out how he deprecated the pubCa
ton Of such stories, anonymous In character and
not vouched for by any one. He declared that
the Japanese diplomats are carefully trained
body of men. who are not going around talking
Unfortunately. but whose loyalty and respon-
sibility to the central government. He re-
ferred his caller for any Information on the sub
ject 10 the State Department. whose officials. he
said. are qualified to tell whether any steps Of
the character reported had been taken.
The ambassador had q word say in regard
To Director Ishii of the commercial bureau Of
the Japanese Foreign Office who viii soon visit
the United States. The statement that his mis-
sion was made necessary by the ambassadors
unsatisfactory and meagre reports regarding
japanese conditions in the United States was
called 10 Viscount Aokis attention.
He denied this report with great deliberation
and said in response to further questions, that
there had been complaints received at the
embassy of the character indicated. He CON
irmed what M Miyaoka, the counsellor 81 the
embassy. said yesterday that the directors
coming trip to the United States was taken be-
cause he had vacation and wanted to Nisil
the United States. The embassy. he said, had
not received any information of his contem-
plated visit. The ambassadors acquaintance
with Mr. Ishji dates back to the time when the
latter served the former secretary The am
bassa then told him that he ought 10 visit the
United States that il would be interesting
trip and there were things here showing the
industrial development of the United states
which the japanese ought to know Mr.. Ish
the ambassador thought, probably would g" 10
Vancouver or Seattle and San Francisco