The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-30
NO FRICTION
WITH JAPANESE
President Wilson Tells Callers That
lingo Stories are False and
Embarrassing.

Il United PT0SS Leased wire S0rv1Co.J |
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-Stories
that this government was on the
verge OF serious friction with Japan
as result OF Developments In the
Mexican situation were declared to
be misohevious and untounded, by
President Wilson yesterday afternoon.
The president told callers that 1t was
undoubtedly false that the Japanese
government was supplying arms to
Huerta. Japanese firms as we'll rs
commercial houses of other nations
are selling arms and ammunition to
Huerta but the president told his call
ers that they have perfect right to
, do SO under the provision of internar
tional law and that even If this gov
eminent wanted to object 1t could not
do so.
The president made 1t plain to his
J callers that the publication OF stories
of this scharacter which indicate that
there was crisis In the foreign at
fairs of this government, hampered
and embarrassed the administration
in its dealings with other nations.
He indicated by his mann sr that he
was highly displeased because Of the
publication Of sensational and alarm.
| list stories that he insisted we're
woven out of whole cloth. Not only
/ that but he told callers that misr ypre-
sensations of this nature might make
it impossible for him to confer with
the senate foreign relations commit
tee as freely and frankly as the coun-
try demanded. He said to callers
that when he told the newspaper men
at the close sof the conference last
Monday night with the senats COM
mittee that there was absolutely no
! situations or crisis facing this gov
eminent unless the Mexican situation
could be considered crisis, he meant
exactly what he said. He said there
had been no withholding. He said
the president met the committee in
order to discuss with them fully and
frankly every matter of interest in
the nations foreign policy before the
senate this session. He made it plain
that the coupling of these subjects
with an attempt to isolate them into
one formidable question, was unwar-
ranted.
The president said the story that
the Japanese government hat turned
over to Huerta arms and ammunition
used by it In the Russo-Japanese war
had been investigated by. Minister
Guthrie several months ago and
found to be absolutely without foun.
dalton.
1 So far as the entertainment Of jap
anese officers and sailors In Mexico
\ City was concerned tn y president said
they went to the Mexican capital TO
pay tn cir respects to the existing
government, following the example
set by the British and German ad-
mirals.
| The president said he had no
knowledge of the report that Japan
! had be5n notified Of the attitude OF
this government towards Huerta. He
felt very confident, however, he ex,
planned, that Japan was notified In
exactly the same mannar that the
other nations were
So far as the controversy growing
out of the California anti-alien land
owning law was concerned the presi
dent explained that he was still hope
full that a satisfactory conclusion viii
be reached. 1t is certain that he ex
poets Japan to suggest new treaty
!. The president told callers that tn:
Z Japanese government realized this
government cannot tell California
what it can OF can not do with its
own lands. The president told vtsi
tors that he had confid sntial advices
from Mexico City which showed con
clusively that Huerta is not uble tc
raise any money whatsoever outside
the country and that his entire
source of revenu IS are forced loans