The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-25
ENVOY PUTS
COUNTRY IN
NEW LIGHTS
ON OLD FACT
Japanese Special Envoy Says
Japan Brought About Revision
In Alliance With Britain To
Make Arbitration Possible
NATIONS CONTRIBUTION
TO WORLD PEACE CAUSE
Conflict With the United States
Unthinkable To His People and
He Gives Signal Proof OF Evil
dence OF Assertion

dence Of Assertion
Wy ASHINGToN, September
w u ~ ASSOCIATED Press
Important facts that have hereto
fore been secret history were dis
closed by Viscount Ishii, special
envoy from Japan to the United
States, in an address which he
delivered last night before the Ma
tional Press Club. His secret his
tory was surprise even to the
gathering of newspapermen, thor
oughly familiar with national and
international affairs who heard
him.
Japan, Ishii asserted, brought
about the revision of the Japa-
nese- British offensive and defen-
sive alliance so as to make it pos
sible for Great Britain to enter
with the United States into the
arbitration treaty which was per-
fected by those two nations
This" he said, SIS Japan's con-
tribution to the cause Of universal
peace" So. .....'E. -. 3d..
l@ REVERSES BELIEF .~I
1t has heretofore been general
ly supposed that the revision Of
the offensive and defensive ,alli-
ance Of Great Britain and Japan
was brought about solely through
British effort and was secured
only after serious endeavor and
persuasion, but the assertion o.
Ishii puts this in an entirely diff
ferent light. q, ..
Under the terms of the former
alliance Great Britain and Japar
were bound to come to the as
sistance the one Of the other in
case of aggression against either
but other nations in the Orient
Strictly interpreted this would
have compelled Britain, in the
event of war between Japan ant
the United States, to become the
active ally Of Japan, no matte
what sentiments might attach to
the United States and its cause
In this way Ishii answered tho
often repeated charge that fol
many years past Japan has beer
actively preparing for hostilities
with the United States, .
ASSERTION STARTLES
II am going to disclose to you
a piece of secret history" Ishii
said, and then he continued in q
quiet tone to make the assertions
that upset the preconceived opin.
ions of his hearers in a startling
manner. This is a signal proof
that to Japan conflict with the
United States is impossible, is not
even to be thought of or con.
ceived." b ...s+ ...r.
Earlier in his address Ishii said that
German intrigue and propaganda had
long served 60 keep apart the United
States and Japan. Il had been con
tinned for the past ten years through
cut the world with the ''sole purpos,
OF Keeping our two nations as far apar'
as possible, to create Suspicion in ordel
that Germany might take advantage Of
tho ensuing confusion. - f.a'
German agents would whisper frs
IN your ear and then in mine They
would tell me stories Of your duplicitN
snd tell you stories Of mine, all has,
nhd wicked fabrications. :" -.
Tho Zimmermann thunder gave 9
temporary check 70 the activity Of tn,
German agents, he said. But once more
those agents are busying themselves
with renewal Of their long continued
effort. But it is now too late.
JAPAN ASKS NO PEACE
Ishii denied that the Japanese mis-
zion had come to America to. trade
its rid for commercial rights and priv.
leFes or that there Is any price at,
t1crod TO the assistance which Japan
u ready and willing to give In the
irotccution OF the war against Prus-
Eian aggression II was following
this. that he made his disclosure OF the