Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-06
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nevertheless remains unimpaired and
the government Of the United States
has every confidence in the repeated
assurances Of the Imperial Japanese
government that while geographical
| position gives Japan special interests
they have no desire to discriminate
against the trade of other nations, or
to disregard the commercial rights
heretofore granted by China in treaties
with other powers.
1.-THE government Of the United
States deny that they have any pur-
pose to infringe In any way the inde-
pendence or territorial integrity of
China and they declare, furthermore.
that they always adhere to the prin-
ciple of the so-called open door of
equal opportunity for commerce and in
dustry in China
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.
Moreover, they mutually declare
that they are opposed to the acquisi-
ton by any government Of any spe-
cial rights or privileges that would
affect the independence or territorial
integrity of China or that would deny
to the subjects or citizens of any coun-
try the full enjoyment of equal oppor-
tunity in the commerce and industry
of China.
II shall be glad to have your excel
! lency confirm this understanding of
> this agreement reached by us.
Accept. excellency, the renewed as
J surance Of my highest consideration.
(signed) ROBERT LANSING"
JAPANESE REPLY.
Ishii replying at once, stated:
Sir: have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your note of to-
day, communicating to me your I'M
Outstanding Of the agreement reached
by US in our recent conversations
touching the questions Of mutual in
terests to our governments relating
to the republic of China
II am happy to be able to confirm to
you, under authorization Of my gov
eminent the understanding in Ques-
ton"
He then repeated verbatim Secretary
Lansing's outline Of the understand
ing.
SUSPICION CHECKED.
Secretary Lansing. discussing thu
service" performed by Ishii and othel
Japanese commissioners said:
There had unquestionably beer
growing UP between the people of thu
two countries a feeling Of suspicion a:
to the motives inducing the activities
,, of the other in the far east--a feelinf
: which II unchecked promised to de
: velop a serious situation.
e "Rumors and reports Of imprope
intentions were increasing and wer
more and more believed" he said
e Legitimate commercial and industrial
y enterprises without Interior. motiv
e were presumed to have political sig
d nificance with the result that opposi
ton to those enterprises were arouse'
n in the other country.
h GERMANY THWARTED.
IS 1.-THE attitude of constraint an
% doubt thus created was fostered an
8. encouraged by the campaign of false
& hood which for long time had bee
J. adroitly and secretly carried on b
D Germans, whose government as par
of It's foreign policy desired especial
to SO ALLEVIATE this country and Japa
that it would be at the chosen tim
no difficult task to cause a rupture {
their good relations. Unfortunate
A there were people in both countrie
- many of whom were entirely honest
~ their beliefs, who accepted every falls
err rumor as true and aided the Germa
al propaganda by declaring that the
W own government should prepare II
e. the conflict, which they asserted we
ed inevitable, that the interests of the tw
ne nations in the far east were hosti
b. and that every activity of the oth'
country in the Pacific had a sinist'
r purpose.
or 81. RELATIONS FRIENDLY.
FORTUNATELY this distrust was n
b. SO general in either the United Stat
ne or japan as to effect the friendly r.
on lations of the two governments b
A. there is no doubt that the feeling
lv suspicion was icreasing and the untr'
a. reports were receiving more and mo
credence in spite of the earnest effor
o. which were made on both sides Of t
n. Pacific to counteract a moveme
~ which would jeopardize the ancie
y. friendship of the two nations.
THE visit Of viscount Ishii and /
- colleagues has accomplished gre
al change of opinion in this counti
They have cleared the diplomatic a
mosphere Of the suspicion which h
been SO carefully spread by o
n enemies and by misguided or owe
~ Jealous people in both countries In
H. few days the propaganda Of years h
ar been undone and both nations are NJ
of able to see how near they came to b
NJ ing led into the trap which had be
Iht skillfully set for them. The princiy
result Of the negotiations was
'ry mutual understanding which "
rly reached as to the principles governi
lcil the policies Of the two governments
He relation to China.
ion ALL DOUBTS REMOVED.
the The removal OF doubts and 8,