Bisbee daily review., 1915-03-21
PLAIN TALK ON DUR STANDING
 WITH JAPAN
Prof. Mathews of Chicago and Baron Kato Exchange Views in Regard to Popular Feeling in Respective Countries.

ed as to the relations between the United States and Japan has been a notable feature Of Che past lew weeks This has been due directly Co the visit of Prof Smaller Ms.ucws Of the University of Chicago, part of whose speeches here in the interests of friendlier relations have been ca- bled Prof smaller bore instructions rom the Federal Council ol Churches )l Christ in America, which o.-au-za- ion sent him here, Co present Ameri
 an views, as he interpreted them with entire franlmess In the same pirit Baron Kato, Che minister of oreign affairs. replied, after hearing Prof Mathews speak before the Con | ordia Association
 Prof Mathews said tne 4.,a. oo-y 7as ready to be of service Go Japan its services were desrec. as 70 he American 'atutudc toward gapan, le said he thought some Americans ailed To understand Japan's foreign policy. and suspected thc Japanese of deliberately undertaking to Doe iu the asst what Germany Undertook to be n Europe
 'I have been reading literature on hat subject sufficiently Co see how | hat is," he saFf There are eNpres- ions in Japanese publications which 1 give the impressions similar to the i 'emarks of General Bernhardi rcla-
 i've to German kultur This feeling. tgain ] do not want to have empha- ized iu your minds as a domman, one pr in any sense active or general but | lcre Is no question Chat it ia ln the
 minds of some American citizens; and lt the risk of apearine discourteous ] | ant to mention one or two things n this connection
 | "I know you will not unaers,anc 1 ne as saying what think but simply l eportins what l have found iu Anne
 tea. There is a feeling on the part 1f certain Americans that the asita-
 ion over Che California incident s | m out of proportion to the import lnce of the incident, and that the real Joint that lies back of 70 au -s sus- licion that Japan fears that America will in some way mix up with China.
 The argumeutis to the effect that the
 roatment of Japanese by New Iea-
 and. Australia. Canada and other
 actions of the British Empire is ] ertainly as unjust as that u the case J 1f California and get nothing is said ! bout that. Whereas in the case of ! America. attention is centereo there | IS a diversion from drawing attention
 the Chinese policy
 Baron Kato thanked Prof Mauews
 or his frank and straightforward pre-
 .eutation Of the views. resarlme
 Japan and her policy
 On his part he wished 10 seize the l opportunity ol a few remaIEs com
 .ernine the sentiments some Japanese
 hold on the subject of Japanese
 American relationst
 He was happy Go say that speak
 ng generally. the relations between
 Japan and the United States were in
 innate and satisfactory lt was only
 recently that untowaru -nC--en,s ac
 gan to claim attention. cheilly Ion oc
 count of the California question. That
 question was not iuhis opinion o } any great importance so far GAS 'tbC material interests involved were con
 serned. neither did be believe that il
 would lead Co any really serious is sues between the two uatiOE- Never theless the question was a very Irri
 tatiuc one to Japan As a matter O
 fact there, was nodesira ou the par , Of Japan 10 dump any large numbe | of her people where they were no
 wanted Japan was prepared 10 e'
 a long way to avoid uIp-easautncs 2 with the United states as was show 1 by the voluntary restriction of emi
 grafton tU Che United States unde ' 1 "The Genuemen's Agreement Ira B arrangement had been housJy a1
 Vigorously carried out by Japan. an'
 Baron Kato was graUded 10 mow Una this was recognized by Americans. .- Baron Kato added. ''We rcgre n as very unple4saut about the Calilo'
 mia question lis the discnminauo - made against out people in distlnctio f- from some other nations We woul 5 not mind disabilities if they wer l equally applicable 10 al nations. " a are not vain enough to consider ou t selves at the very front Of enligh ment; we know that we have st
 much Co learn from the West Bu
 We thought ourselves ahead or am ( other Asiatic people and as good a
 some of the European nations The minister admitted ina; que | tious like this required time 20 se
 tle but he said. Japan would not b
 satisfied until the question was pro-
 erly settled as he thought it woul
 be.
 .s As to Japan's policy in China, Japa
 had not idea of attempting any wal ton encroachment upon the integrii lf of China or any other nation. Japa v was not without ambitions. Sne ha ambitions which were aitogeth' 'e laudable but he would most er -e phaucally declare that those amt |, uons did not include any desire
 monopolize interests in China. nor f'
 that matter in the pacIlc Her asI