The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-23
| Japan HAS PEACEFUL
POLICY IN MEXICO
rrui,cr Was Sent Only to Pro-
feet Nationals. Baron
Maxine Explains.
ST\NDIN CHINA OUTLINED
Integrity Of That Country Will
Re Preserved. Says Foreign
Minister.
sT\ypIN CHINA OUTLINED

w,svr<GroN. Jan. 22.-The first official
and complete statement regarding the
I,nanesc policy in Mexico. where Jap
90. c-uiser is now stationed was
.,as hubble at the Japancs" Embassy
,,-r,sb,. The statement is = translation
=. The announcement: on this subjcc; made
:, the Pa-liamcn: yesterday ny Baron
uaktno. Ministe" ~ foreign Aifairf In
,t,s same speech i, inciadcd II statement
=, Japsn's rolicy IN China and its iclI-
tons with Russia.
Rar,n Maxine declared tia; Japans
ASTON in sending a cruiser to Mexico was
dre solely to the necessity OF tho Gov
eminent taking proper and adequate
.,.p. TO pro.cc; the lives and prcpe;ty
Of any Of its 1900 subjects in Mexico
which might In erdangsrcd by the dig
,urbances IN that country. The statement
raeardinS Mexico was a. follows:
'Jn February las; II revolution broNe
Huerta became provisional Pres dent In
the same month. The whole county, re-
NAMED In disturbance and afte" the fail
az Torreon in October conditions " af-
fairs became even more ter.oUs. Nj
nresen. the number OF the japanese sub
iec,s In Mexico Is close upon 5000. II
mead hardly be said that 81 became neces-
sary to take appropriate measures for
a-otection. foreseeing the possibility Of thJ
Ives and property of these subjects being
endangered.
with this view the Imperial Govern
hi, a .,
Mexico on November 80. She is now IN
communication with our Minister In Mex
co 50 that every care is being t,krn
tina; there should r. nothing omitted
toward the protection OF the Japancse
residents in that country.
Further. the Japanese subjects in the
city Of Mexico have. in cooperation with
other nationals. organized volunteer
corps. and our Minister Is. In concert with
the representatives of other Powers. TAX
Ing measures for sclf-dcfence. Va some
Japanese subjects are In great distress.
the Minister Is, in conjunction with the
commander OF the Idzumo taking steps
FOR their relief.
The Imperial Government most earn
esty hopes that peace and tranquility
will he restored In Mexico AT the earliest
possible date and that It's inhab'.a"'',
ra,ive and foreign. will be enabled to live
free from anxiety
Regarding Chinese relations Baron Ma
klnn declared that the fundamental OF
Jsiais Chinese policy WAS the preserve
Ton ~ the independence and integrity uf
hat Power and that III. present Japanese
Government !s adher,ng to that policy.
He declared that the restoration OF peao"
IN china was IN no small par; due to the
existence ~ the Anglo-Jipduesc alliance.
The Minister declared that n" Govern
n.nt was overlooking no opportunity to
coming to an Understandable With Russia
- the interests OF tho two Governments
= become more int!nat" ia south Manchuria
and eastern inner Mongolia. Japan. he
said holds "A special position H. virtue ~.
;he treaties and no other grounds I'm these
.@gions, and las those provinces having :,
special relation 10 this empire naturally
differ from the rest Of China "" have not
failed to make suitable declarations from
time tn time les necessity arose, with a
view To insure our special position"
Japan regards IL as source of gratifi-
cation that the number Of japanese resi-
dents In China and their economic inter-
ests are increasing.