Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
JAPANS POSITION
CLEARLY DEFINED
She Has No Desire or Intention to
Encroach Upon the Rights
Of Others.
SHE PUTS OUT A STATEMENT
Has Gone Through Bitter Expert
cnce and Her Statesmen Have
Profited by II.

Toxic. Wednesday, Nov. At Is not
croach upon the rights of others to
win 4 way in the world by swashbuck-
ling. This is the position of the mika-
dos government as made clear In semi
official statements which have just
been issued TO the resident diplomats
here. Japan, the ministry frankly de-
clares, has gone through q period of
bitter experience and her statesmen
have profited by that experience. The
clearing OF the atmosphere, it is be-
iieved. will make JapaR's position
among the nations an easier one. and
tends to relieve the suspicious which
the people of the United States and
other powers have sometimes enter
tained as to Japans international in
tentions.
Immediately following the war"
says the spokesman for the govern
ment. In making clear the position and
policy of his nation. there WAS a wide
spread leaven of bombast and the mass
of the people were inclined to wave the
sword and shout of great deeds done
and greater deeds to follow. There was
no desire on the part of the ruling
forces to encourage this, but the SentI-
ment of the outside world was aroused
against Japan because of this chauvin-
istic element
1T may be said that 1t took two
years for the government forces in
japan to realize fully the danger OF this
spirit, which pervaded the empire. But
having once come to a full appreciation,
every effort was made to disabuse the
minds of the japanese and show not
only to the people of Japan, but to tho
people of the outside world that 1t was
the intention of this country to develop
her own resources peacefully; to reduce
expenditures on army and navy to a
minimum consistent with the up-keep
of tho present standard and to show
to all countries that Japan has no de-
sire to encroach upon others"
INTERNAL POLITICS.
Constitutionalists led by Marquis
Saionji are In a position to command a
majority In the house and are supposed
to be Independent. They hold 200 seats.
while the ProgTeSSiSts, the next party
in strength, hold 6S.
Judged by outward appearances
alone, the Katsua cabinet finds itself
confronted by a formldable majority in
the lower house who might quash gov
ernment measures at any time. But
of Toxic concur in their precast that the
twcnty-sixth session will be quiet
one, and that the government will eX-
perience no formidable opposition.
The coming budget, the glst of which
has already been given out, promises Il
reduction of some OF the popular taxes
and an increase OF appropriation for
tho redemption of tho national bonds.
1t Is therefore expected to be a
popular one. IS political move some
believe that the Constitutiona1ists will
propose O resolution for reduction OF
the land tax.
that the question of a reduction in the
ment that would embarraSS the pres
ent government.
There is no party OF group Of mem
bers that commands a majority of the
house of peers, OF the $50 seats, five
are vacant and 16 are occupied by the
imperial princes.
The present government being nom
partisan, the upper house will have
no cause to present any opposition, and
will uniformly support the government
In tho same way as in the last se5-
sion
The most noteworthy feature lies in
the fact that some reduction will be
shown In the budget appropriations for
tho army. while the navy will remain
about tho same as the previous year,
A gradual retrenchment of the arma-
ment expenditures may be looked upon
as one of the principal platforms of tho
Katsura cabinet.
There will be some increase of the i'm
port tariffs on some of the things over
which the government holds autonomy.