The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-02-05
RELIES ON our
SENSE Of RIGHT
Japanese Premier Fears No.
Hostile Legislation.
HIS COUNTRY FOR PEACE

HIS COUNTRY FOR PEACE
Announces intention Of Japan Il
Keep Her People at Home in Order
to Develop National Resources and
Declares the Government Is Enforc
ing in Good Faith the Restrictions
Placed on Emigration.
Toxic, Feb. 3.-Speaking before the
lower house of the diet Foreign Min.
lister Komura outlined the foreign pol.
!cies of Japan in a carefully Sworded
speech delivered before a full and at.
tentive house. The opening sentence
gave the keynote of the entire speech,
when Count Komura said: The for
eign policy of this empire should have
as an object the maintenance of peace
and the development of national re-
sources"
After referring to Japan's relations
with Great Britain; Russia, France.
Germany and China the foreign min
lister dwelt. at length upon the Nrela-
tions between Japan and America. He
said:
THE friendship of Japan and the
United States is traditional and it is
absolutely essential that both main
tain unimpaired those sentiments of
amity and extend. and strengthen
them by every means Notwithstand-
ing the perfect accord which has al
ways existed regarding the aims Of
the two countries in the Far East and
in the Pacific it appears that doubts
have been entertained in some quar-
tiers concerning the sincerity of the
Intentions.
elm order to remove this .misunder-
standing the two governments have
deemed it advisable to exchange dip
lomatic notes, officially announcing a
common policy, which I am convinced
will he largely instrumental in pre-
serving the repose of the Orient"
No Complications Feared.
with regard to the question, Of
Legislation %unfavorable to the Japa-
nese now pending in California the
imperial government is relying OH the
sense of justice Of the American peo-
pie, together with the friendly dis
position of the federal government,
and is confident that the question will
not lead to International complica-
lions.
Japan. therefore, sbeing on cordial
terms with all the powers. including
those which have not been e
toned. it must be admitted that the
maintenance of peace, which is the.
one principal object of our foreign.
policy, is now practically assured:
and we are enabled to devote our en-
deavors to the development of
national resources. The first point
claiming our attention is the problem
Of emigration.
"In view of the new international
conditions assigned to Japan 1t has
become necessary that our people. in
stead of scattering in foreign lands,
shall concentrate in the Far East,
thus securing, a united effort looking
to legitimate activities and avoiding
everything likely to obstruct the de-
velopn1ent CT international commerce
end industry.
.These, considerations have led the
government to follow an avowed pol
ICY with respect to emigrants to Can
ada and the United States, enforcing
in perfect good faith the restriction;
placed on emigration"
Opposition Attacks Policy.
The foreign minister's speech was
received with applause BY the gov
eminent side of the house, but Count
Hattori, an opposition member, imme-
diately began a bitter and sensational
attack on the foreign policy of the
government. He said that Japan had
no determined foreign policies and
that this a shown by her present
attitude toward America. where Japa-
nese we're denied an equal opportunity
and were even abused by Americans
The recent events, he said, had
proved that the anti-Japanese senti-
ment in America had not subsidized.
The speaker attacked particularly the
recently concluded agreement be-.
tween Japan and America, saying he
believed the japanese foreign, Office
forced by the American govern
ment to sign the agreement in ORDER
to prevent competition by the Jana1
nese on the Pacific coast. He de-
clared that Japan's dignity had been
injured thereby and he passionately
urged the government to enforce the
principle of equal opportunity, which
alone would solve the question Of the
rights of Japanese ia foreign coun 4
tries. He said that even. the presis|
dent Of n country had denied Japa.
the right to travel, q right which
was theirs by treaty. Z, s
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