The sun., 1919-01-01
JAPAN BACKS OPEN
DOOR, MAKING SAYS
One of Peace Delegates. Ar
rives Here With Party on
Way to Paris.
IN ACCORD WITH ALLIES
Nipponese Eager to Assist Re-
construction Programme
as Planned.

Barbn Nobuaki Maxine, one Of Tho
three Japanese delegates OF nfnbassa-
dorial rank to the peace conference. ar
rived in New York yesterday at the
head Of \ party Of twenty-three mem-
bers. The mission travelled on n spe-
cial train provided by the Government
from San Francisco. II VIII sail on the
Carmania for England on January 4. In
Paris BACON Maxine will join Marquis
Saionji. Japans senior delegate, and
Baron Chinda. Ambassador to England
and the third peace delegate. Marquis
Saionti chose tho Suez Canal route.
Baron Maxine said that ne could not
talk irtelligently on tho attitude that
will be taken by tho Japanese delega-
ton toward tho problems OF the peace
conference until he had talked with his
colleagues. lie added
japan Ii In full and hearty agreement
with the allied Governments, Japan WAS
able to clear Germany from her bases
and from the seas OF the Far East and
to keep tho door open for commerce on
the Pacific. Wa havo insured peace In
tho Orient and peace and the open door
II our fHed policy. In the maintenance
OF this policy we Will welcome the CO.
oueration of our friends I bear the as
sursnce that Japan in her future deal
tngs with other countries will follow
such course In her foreign relations
AS will insure the most effective partner
ship in the great work Of reconstruction,
which can bs Garfield out only by the
participation Of ALL
Member Of House Of Peers.
Baron NaA!no''iS a member OF the
japanese HOunr' al Peers and the adj
Nisory ',outscl on diplomatic affairs. He
has been in the service of his Govern
ment for th!:ty-!ive years He was the
Minister OF Education Affairs in the first
Cabinet OF Marquis Saionji and Minis
ter Of Foreign Affairs In the Yamamoto
Cabinet. He serTed as attache at Rome
ard Vienna
He attended school in Philadelphia In
the early '70a While he was in this coun.
try'his father. ToshlmIchi Okuro. came
here as a member of the Iwakura mis-
sion to announce the restoration OF the
throne OF Japan and the determination
OF the new Government to pursue the
policy which afterward came to be known
Rs that OF the open door" in foreign
intercourse
Baron Maxine said yesterday that ike
mis- father MS errand Ia TO announce 10
the world that Japan stands for peace
cooperation among xnations and the
open door" in the Far East. He added
that he had been deeply touched by the
honor paid To the visiting mission from
It's arrival in san Francisco.
Good Sign for Future.
"Our reception here and the kindly
attentions we have received constitute
an augury of The future relations be.
tween the two Countries, which have
never lived in better understanding and
good neigh borhood than they do at pres
ent. Everything | have seen and every
thing have heard from my countryner
here has tended 10 indicate even closer
and more sympathetic relations in the
future
Baron Maxine said that many things
have happened in the Far East since
ne left Japan ana the information he
had received relating TO these had beer
vague. For six months before he left
there had been uneasiness. he said. but
this has been largely diss!patei by the
surrender OF Germany. He ascribed tbs
disturbed state Of the public mind &c
conditions In Russia and Siberia and tC
the activities of enemy agents. Ever
In Japan. he said. II had been found
Impossible to altogether eliminate Ger
man spies and pro1agandists during the
war.
The peace delegate said that ne haC
been compelled to decline an invitation
Of the New York Chamber Of Commerce
to luncheon with regret.