Arizona republican., 1917-09-30
JAPAN T0 DEFEND CHINESE LIBERTY
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IRepubiican A.P. Leased wirel


 NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Japan not only will not seek to assail the integ- rity or the sovereignty of China but eventually will be prepared to defend Chinese independence against any az s. essor, Niscount Ishii, head of the Japanese imperial mission to the United States, tonight declared in prcclaiming a Monroe doctrine of the far east in an address at an ban quet given in honor of the enyoys as the eliminating event of their visit to New York.
 Niscount Ishii's address was re- saided as the most important he has delivered since the arrival of the mis- sion in the United States. He dis cussed frankly his countrys aspira- tiCns and desires as they relate Io China and denounced as propaganda the illwiil the persistent cry Of the closed eoor.'' He did not hesitate to assert that in seeking the trade of China his country 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:
 Tt is with no light appreciation of the honor you have done us and She nation l repI esent-no lack of llnowi- edge of my own shoTtcomings-th I acknowledge your courtesy and hos pitality throughout our visit t) the city Of New York. can not hope to , meet the obligation or to find words fitting the occasion. | can only hope that as time goes Gn other opportunity may come to me and to my country men to demonstrate our appreciation in some small degree Let me as sure you that ouI door is open and while we cannot offer you oDpor- tunity equal to this. the latch string hangs outside always for the man from New York and the man from America.
 The door is always open. Il has always been open; il always must re
 main open, not only to the guest
 who comes to trot around OUT little island for a round of pleasure, but to J the representative of these vast com lncicial interests representing so well i in this gatherings Of kings of com nierce.
 Tn spite of all the effort you make ! you believe that Japan as she grew stronger, was always trying to close | the door. I tell you that there never l has been an hour when our common 1 sense or our Sense of our own re- | sponsilibity failed us. Why close our l door in violation of our pledges or endeavor to close our neighbours door. i when we are in honor bound to protect | it? The opportunity for you to trade ! in Japan or China has never been an i equal opportunity in it's literal sense. l As you went far afield and brought us knowledge of the west, taught US | how to grow and how to trade, so 1 we, as we gained wisdom, knowledge 1 and strength, went into other fields 1 to trade and to learn. We went to 1 China where the door was open to us
 as to you and we have always real ized that there nature gave us an ad- 1 vantage. There was no need-there ] $ no need-to close that door on you 1 because we welcome your fair and ! honest competition in the markets 1 everywhere. We are trading there ] where we have a natural advantage and where, unless we are very stupid or very inactive, we are bound to sue i ceed and we are trading here where 1 your advantage is equally and natur- ally as great.
 T am persuaded that the grumb-
 lings and the whisperings about a
 door closed in China by the Japanese <AllltiiCd ulu ilOl COUle lIOll
 the broad and generous heart of the
 enterprising American in New York
 or elsewhere but is the result of ten i years of an enemy's effort to create 1 prejudice and district. Gentlemen, l
 assure you that closed door in 1 China had never been and never will :, be the policy of my government. The door is open, the field is there. We | welcome cooperation and competition all tending to the betterment of the equal opportunity.
 | But this propaganda of ill-will has l by no means stopped with the persis- i tent cry of closed door Much has l been written about Japan's policy to-
 ward China as being one that sought
 only the aggrandizement of Japan and the confusion. disruption or oppression 1 of our neighbor. Here again let me assure you. The policy of Japan with l regard to China has always been the same. We want good government. which means peace, security and de- velopmeEt of opportunity, in China. ] The slightest disturbance in China 1 immediately reacts upon Japan. Our l trade there is large and increasing ; lt is valuable to us and China is our