Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-25
HUNS DROVE JAPAN
into RUSSIAN WAR
Visoount Kato Barcs Treachery OF
Kaiser, in Driving His Country
to Fight Gar.

Paris Ian. 25.-Le Matin prints the
so,Iowing story from Tokyo: Viscount
Kato. the veteran Japanese diplomat, who
voc forc;cn minister when the war broke
ont made some interesting disclosures OF
German trrachery and duphcity at an
informal dinner attended by influential
Japsnese statesmen. Referring to the
tripIc interference at the end OF the Ch,no-
.Japanese war. which he had no doubt was
Of German origin, Niscount kato SAID
that nj the time he was the Mikados S
ambassador atLondon and saw the cartoon
of the Yellow Peril which the Kaiser
had drawn to destroy Japan's honor in
the ewes Of the world. Had it not been
for Germar'-'s arrogant interference, he
said. the us Japanese war would never
have occ re-
"A shor, time before the triple inter
ference WAS announced" continued the
.Jsnanesc statesman, 'the German am
bassador in London asked me for an
interview, and ! called to see him. He
made some lame attempt to Justify Ger
manv's heinous conduct He said Ger
| many was interfering in the interest OF
Japan; for, if she stood aloof, Russia and
| France would frame more exorbltant de
mands He asked me to convey that
message to my home government.
Il was then young, being only 3S,
but | could not repress my Indignation
at his contcmptuous proposition, ana
| said that would do nothing of the kind,
| reminding him that, if the German gov
crnment had any communications TO
make to ,IaDan on the matter, IT should
| hc made through the japanese minister
| nj Berlin or the German minister IN
! Tokyo.
''He had the impudence to reply: You
| arc a Young man yet, and ought to read
| the history OF European diplomacy.
rctnrted that whether had read the book
| ar not was nv own affair, that it did not
REQUIRE old age to see that Germany $
! conduct in the case was an uncailed-
1 for and unwarrantable interference. and
/ that should not convey 10 my govern
/ mcnt a message which was made IN such
| An irregular manner
Later on, when the Kaiser paid q
| visit Ia the Court Of St James, banquet
was given in the Royal Palace, 70 which
all representatives OF foreign nations We're
| invited There were cordial greetings all
around but the Kaiser while courteous
IA iii Others. gave me tho cold shoulder
and loft the chamber without taking
any notice Of me
Ii Is quite fresh in our memory, add
| cd Nlscount Kate that upon his departure
| from Yokohama. after the commence,
mcnt Of hostllltics between Japan and
Germany. Count Rex, the German am
hassador in Tokyo. refused to shake hands
with Secretary Yoshido, who had gone
~ the pier - see him of: hut had tht
rudcness 20 say Germany will NJ ter Tor
give Japan,
All this concluded the statesman. typihe'
the proverhial German taascness and treach
erv and We may congratulate ourselves
not only for Japan. but for the whole
world that fate has recolled upon Ser
msnvs own head the curses and mtrlguc'
phich she had 50 heinously throWi
broadcast upon the rest Of the world
Marquis Okuma, who lso spoke At tn
dinner. SAID that Japan's declaration
var on Germany in August, 1914: wa
made upon the advice Of Nlscount katc
The destruction Of German mllltarylsr
he added, would place the Anglo-Jap
sncse alliance on firner basis tina
ever. and the relations between Japa
and foreign countries would beoom
closer