The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-07-23
FUTURE
OF KOREA
PRINCE ITO TELLS OF
HER PROSPECTS.
HE Is GREAT FIGURE IN POLITICS
OF JAPAN AND Is TO BE
COUNCILS PRESIDENT.

Tokio.-"Korea today is not source
of great anxiety to JAPAN" said Prince
Ito Tuesday. "The future of that coun-
try depends upon the Koreans. The
policy outlined nearly two years ago
has been carried out with but little
deviation, and there is every reason to
look hopefully into the future of
Korea"
Prince Ito, the great central figure
i'll the political history of Japan, is
retiring from the position of resident
general of Korea to take his seat as
president of the privy council.
The prince said: "Chins looms large
and becomes the problem of the day,
not only for Japan but for the whole
civilized world. Consequently it is on
China that our best thoughts must be
centered and not upon Korea, where I
am glad to say the sword has been
turned into plowshare.
"Peace in the far east is essential to
the prosperity Of Japan, Korea and
the possessions of this country, and
we will engage our every endeavor to
preserve peace. China is perhaps better
understood by Japan than by any other
country in the world. In sense we
have common language and common
customs and Japan has drawn from
China the best of civilization extend
ing back 1000 years.
Japan Friendly to China.
"To say that Japan is not a friend
of China is to say what is not true.
We are grateful to China for many
benefits received. I am now speaking
of the best elements of society of both
countries. Each is to the other un-
known as far as the masses are con-
cerned and of late the masses in China
have not shown themselves friendly
toward the Japanese.
cit is unnecessary to go into the
cause; the effect or result remains, and
while statesmen of each country may
| understand each other there are prob
lens to be worked out-problems that
grow out of Understandings, mis-
representation and even intrigues.
"There is discomfort and poverty in
China, there is unrest, there is some
thing moving under the cover from
one end of that great country to the
other and throughout its various prov
inces. 1t becomes the duty of Japan,
therefore, having the desire for peace,
having the desire for industrial devel-
opment of China as her next neighbor
and her best market, to observe in
spirit and in letter the terms of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance, which calls
for cooperation in the maintenance of
the integrity of China and more
friendly promotion of common inter
ests.
Peace With Honor Wanted.
"This we propose to do, and even the
suggestion of aggression, of territorial
ggrandizement on the part of Japan
as far as China is concerned is as
far from the truth as it is possible
for any one to 60. It is peace we,
here in japan, want and peace, we must
have-not peace at any cost, but peace
with honor.
| "It is the demand for control by the
younger and progressive element of
China that forms the menace, not first
of all to any other country, but to
China itself. A constitution is de-
manded and it is said a constitution
is to be granted, but a constitution
must be carefully prepared, as unor-
| n ictr I>rsr ny
chaos, which means revolution.
"To help in bringing about condi-
lions that will secure for Japan and
China a long period of friendly inter
course and commerce is an object to
which we must devote both time and
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