New Britain herald., 1917-06-19
JAPANESE DISPUTE
 CLOSED INCIDENT
Tokio Admits Trouble Was Due
 to Misunderstanding

Wa9nln8COn, June 1S."1He Au.
 thoritative statement is made that the Japanese government had in- formed the United States that the dif-l ferences over the action of the Wash iuEton Government in sending a note asking the Chinese factions to compose their political troubles has been due ton of this statement was made. Secretary Lansing declined tp furnish to the press the full text of the Brit ish note indicating a belief that 1t
 would not be wise at this time to fol-
 low the courses of the United States in. addressing China. At the same time MT. Lansing made known that he re-. garded the incident as closed It was indicated that the state department could see no reason why the discus
 sion of Americas alleged meddling in the internal affairs of China should
 continue and that the whole affair
 was . tempest in a teapot. <,
 It became known that the Japanese government had informed the United
 StAt1s that its own position was that
 1t would not be justified In taking
 steps that might be construed as in
 terfererlce in the domestic affairs of
 China, and 1t hoped the Chinese
 would find means to compose their
 differences without urging by foreign governm e11ts. According. to the JAp-
 anese position. there are signs of inn
 proved conditions to take action at,
 this time. Japan holds that the note
 of. the United States inviting Japan
 to take action similar to that Of tho
 United States in asking the Chinese factions to arrange their troubles was
 misleading in that 1t created the im-
 pressi0n that tho United StateS had
 not acted when the note was sent.
 whom As a, matter of fact, the state department had already transmitted It's communication to the Peking gov- efnment.
 The assertion is made that Great
 Britain and Russia have formally
 and France has virtually recognized
 Japan's special and paramount inter- est in China. This interest. 1t was explained, differed from the interest
 of other powers in China on account Of the history of the Japanese and Chinese nations and graphical considerations. The United States. 1t was contended, claimed tho same in terest in Mexico and Central America that Japan claimed in China.
 Expectation exists in informed quarters in Washington that a decla- ration of war against Germany will be made by the new Chinese dictator ship in process of formation by Gen. Chang -fIsun. The dictatorship is be-
 lieved to favor Japanese in prefer
 ence to American diplomatic counsel.
 and there is serious suggestion that .
 Japanese-C Chinese alliance may bs
 l~v .@fa Ava$ is believed. would give largely to Japan the direction of China's part in the war.
 It was learned authoritatively that | the Russo Japanese alliance has not been affected by the change of gov- ernment in Rusgh. Japan withheld recognition of the provisional govern met after the overthrow of the czas until 1t had transmitted q declara- ton that 1t would respect all foreign engagements entered into by the pre- vious regime.
 Tho Japanese War Mission to tho l United States will arrive here within seven weeks. It will Congratulate the United States upon entering the war l and will then declare it's readiness to discuss any questions pertaining to 1 the conflict. One of these questions will be the patrol of the far eastern seas by Japan. permitting the with. ] drawal of American naval vassels foI us in Atlantic and European waters The Chinese situation will be dis cussed by the mission and the state ! department, but neither the depart. ] ment nor the Japanese embassy hal ] given any specific information upon
 the character of the discussions con- i temp1ated.