New Britain herald., 1917-03-02


 Chat both material and political in. \ tefests will tend to draw the three groups still nearer together in the 6Hture. The embassy issued an ofd-
 cial statement yesterday designed to
 heap set at rest any uneasiness about
 Japanese relations which might have
 been aroused by the publication o1 tho attempted German intrigue. Il read:
 ssWith regard to the alleged German attempt at inducing Japan and Mexico t0E make war upon the United States, mkde public in the press the Japanese embassy, while lacking information .ae to whether such invitation ever reAched Tokio, desires to state most e1ephatically that any invitation of thps sort would in no circumstances be e1tertained by the Japanese govern. ua!nt. which is in entire accord and lnaclose relations with the Allied Pow. se1S on account of formal agreements md of common causes, and, more. over, whose friendship with the Unit- eds States Is every day growing in sim cerity and cordiality." as
 Run Down Alarmist Reports.
 Among the other effects of the pulp noation of the German scheme to ! altenate Mexico and Japan from the R United States, there is a general belief here that it will help to clear up and Strace to their proper source many of the vague, alarming rumors about $ a1apAnese activities in Mexico. There now 2 decided disposition in many sxuarters to believe that the rumorsi and insinuations that Japanese sactivi-, 9t1ss In Mexico have been inspired xfrom the same source as the German SAttelnpt to drag Mexico and Japan flpt0 an alliance against the United 2 States; in other words, that much of the Japanese-M Mexican alarmist talk which has circulated through this scountry from time to sxfne r 7tuffnk tho war has been deliberately in- z:tpfred. by German agents, that 1t has 6fsthe far-reaching propaganda which Has sought to embarrass the Ameri-
 am government on every hand, dur 5hg the trying negotiations over the
 ubmarine controversy.
 There Is not the slightest disposition here to feel that in any of this ktrouble, whether in Mexico or else &where. the Japanese government or s people have been at all responsible. The belief Is rather that whatever in- trigues have been going on in Mexi- co. 1t has been German and not Jap aneses influences which have been at work. It Is pointed out that in their deliberate attempt to stir up interna- ti0nal strife for the United States German propagandists would not he's itate for a moment to play the game It both ends. and at the same time they were seeking to persuade Ja- pan to- be faithless to her interna- sliohal obligations and attack the United States they might also be in- duatriously injecting into American public opinion the belief that the elofs that they themselves were con- Hnuahy attempting to hatch across The Mexican border were the work oe tie Japanese.
 Omcials at the Japanese embassy today laid particular emphasis on the eare with which Japan had sought to avoid any move in or toward Mexico witch would be liable to suspicion in 5 ttis country. Japan had not been slow to realize, they said. in what deli- { cate state Mexican politics stood, and sAe had therefore gone to great lAngths to use caution in her dealings with that country, aside from any other. reason to convince the. United States of her great desire to bring about the most cordial relations be- ; tween the United States and Japan.
 Friendship shown.
 There are many reasons for the view taken by both American and Ja- re4ese officials here that the relations tetween the United States and Japan Nave not been so cordial in years as Euring the last few months. One of Be recent incidents which have Helped to promote the friendship be- Tween the two countries was the suc- xessfuI effort made by the state de- partment to check anti-Japanese land legislation in Idaho and Oregon. The ulOve was made at the suggestion fFQm the Japanese embassy that the E 14ssage of the bills might create a Misunderstanding at Tokio, and the ompt action taken by the depart 1Aat has tended greatly to increase confidence of the Japanese gov &enent that the United States was 8cere In it's desire to remain on the Tt Of terms with Japan.
 It was said at the embassy that e Japanese authorities are making kery effort on their part to avoid es fiction between the two countries on re Pacific Coast land and labor Ques- Xon in response to the efforts of the merican government to prevent dcan agitation on this question. 1apanese government is keeping &he letter it's ''gentIemanss agree 6f" to prevent further em1gration
 yapanese laborers to this country,