The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-12-02
The OPEN DOOR
GuAR!AhTEEle.gy !!
The CONF AZ
Far Reaching Effect on Preser.
walton Of China in Japanese
American Agreement
POLICIES ARE NOT AGGRESSIVE
BUT FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION
Equal Opportunity for all Nations In.
terested in China and. the Prevention
e.
Of the Dismemberment Of the EN-.
pire Indirectly Guaranteed.

Of the Dismemberment Of the EN-.
pire Indirectly Guaranteed.
Washington. Dec. 2.-The notes ex-
changed between the United States
and japan declaring their policy in
the far east" which have been the
subject of correspondence between
Secretary of State Root and Ambassa-
dor Takahlra for some months, were
made public at the state department
last night. Accompanying the declar-
alton are two letters. one from Mr..
Takahira and one from Mr.. Root. the
former expressing the belief that q
frank avowal Of the aims. policy and
intention Of the two countries in the
Pacific would not only tend to
strengthen the relations Of friendship
and good neighborhood, between the
two nations. but would materially con-
tribute to the preservation of the gem
eral peace, and the latter declaring
that this expression of mutual un-
derstanding 10 welcome to the govern
nlent Of the United States"
Each letter, in which is included the
declaration, is dated November 80, the
day on which the exchanges took place.
The text Of these letters was con-
tanned In the Associated Press dis
patches from London yesterday.
The purport Of the five separate
notes was fully set forth in the As
s0ctated Press dispatches of November
81 from Washington. In explicit terms
they are as follows:
lit 10 the wish Of the. two gov
ernments to Snuaarage the freq and
peAesful development of their. COM
merce on the Pacific ocean. "a "a. d
The policy ,uf both. governments,
uninduenced by any aggressive TEN
denotes, is directed to the mainten-
ance of the existing status quo In the
region above mentioned; and to the
defense Of the principle of equal op-
portunisy for commerce and industry
In China.
"3 "33-They are accordingly firmly re-
solved recfprocally to respect the tor
other in said region.
"4-They are also determined to
preserve the common interests Of all
powers in China by supporting by all
pacific Eeans at their disposal the
and the principle of equal opportunity
tions in that empire.
entng the status quo as above de-
scribed c: the principle of equal op-
portuntty as above defined, It remains
for the two governments to communi-
cate with each other In order to arrive
ures they man consider It useful to
take"
Ambassador Takahira in state
ment issued subsequent to the making
public Of the notes, declared they we're
simply a reafirmation Of what was
declared by the two governments
years ago. It was something like q
transaction between trusted friends"
The ambassador added:
"The el bstance of the instrument
which mas already found it's way to
the press called for exhaustive ex-
countries and there remains hardly
anything to be added. As will be seen
in their wording the notes are sim
ply in the form of a declaration and
are not treaty or agreement. They
was declared by the two governments
standing already existing. It is, how
To y,n kaH hot 1aA 1@n1,
are exchanged between governments
United States and Japan: will have q
of their common policy. Japan has
strength of the United States govern
ment, and the latter fully trusts In the
strong good faith of the Japanese gov
.ernment ~ has been amply proved by
past experience. In this respect It
is something like a transaction be-
tween trusted friends and 1t IL sim
cerely 70. be hoped that the people
of each country will have the same
confidens as their own government
In respect to the declaration of the,
other Yni In doing so there will be
everything to gain and nothing to lose,
and friendly intercourse and CONNER
cial relations will be fully developed"
The substance of the declaration
was furnished in advance OF its sign
ing to the various governments inter-
ested IN Chinese affairs and cordial
responses of sympathy and support
came from them.
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