Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-09-30
SOVEREIGNTY
Of CHINA THE
PLEDGE GIVEN.
BY JAP ENVOY.
Viscount Ishii, Head of Japan
ese Mission to Unite d
States, Pledges Japan's
Friendship for this Country.
tBy Review Leased Wire.)

NEW YORK, Sept 29-Japan not
only will seek not to assail the in
tegrity or the sovereignty of China
but eventually will be prepared to de-
fend Chinese independence against
any aggressor, Viscount Ishii, head of
the Japanese imperial mission to the
United States, tonight declared in pro-
east in an address at a banquet in
honor of the ENJOYS as a eliminating
event of their visit to New York.
Viscount Ishii's address was regard
ed as the most important he has de-
hvered since the arrival of the mission
in the United States. He discussed
frankly his country's aspirations and
desires as they relate to China and
denounced as propaganda of ill-will,
''the persistent cry of the closed door"
He did not hesitate to assert that in
seeking the trade of China his coun-
try possessed natural advantages in
trade by means of which it was bound
to succeed in china, unless we are
very stupid or very inactive" In
leading up to the discussion of the
open door, he said:
Thanks New York.
at is with no light appreciation of
the honor you have done us and the
nation / represent-no lack of know
ledge of my own shortcomings that
l acknowledge your courtesy and hos
pitality throughout our visit to the city
of New York. l cannot hope to meet
the obligation or to find words fitting
the occasion. l can olny hope that
as time goes on other opportunities
may come to me and to my country
men to demonstrate our appreciation
in some small degree. Let me. assure
you that our door is open and while
We cannot offer you an opportunity
equal to this, the latch string hangs
York and the man from America.
Door Always Open.
"The door is always open. 1t has
been always opened; it always must
remain open, not only to the guest
who comes to trot around our little is
land for a round of pleasure but to the
representatives of these vast CONNER
cial interests represented so well in
this great commonwealth.
A Natural Advantage.
'In spite of all the effort to make
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stronger, was always trying to close
the doors, | tell you that there never
has been an hour when our common
sense or our sense of our own respon-
sibility failed us. Why close our door
in vain of our pledges or endeavor
to close our neighbor's doors, when
we are in honor bound to protect it?
The opportunity for you to trade in
Japan or China has never been an
. equal opportunity in its literal sense.
AS you went far afield and brought
us knowledge of the west, taught US
how to grow and how to trade, so we,
as we gained wisdom. knowledge and
strength went into other fields to
lTdut dlu itdln. VIC NChl W Nhihd
where the door was open to us as to
you and we have always realized that
there nature gave us an advantage.
There was no need-there is no need
to close that door on you because
we welcome your fair and honest
competition in the markets every
where. We are trading there where
we have a natural advantage and
where, unless We are very stupid or
very inactive. we are bound to succeed
and we are trading here where your
advantage is equally and naturally as
great.
No Closed Door.
'T am persuaded that the grumb-
lings and the whisperings about a
door closed in China by the Japanese
against America did not come from
the broad and generous heart Of the
enterprising American in New York
or elsewhere but is the result of 10
years of an enemy's effort to create
prejudice and distrust. Gentlemen, |
assure you that closed door in China
has never been and never will be the
policy of my government. The door
is open, the field is there. We vel
come cooperation and competition all
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