Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-16
JAPAN S MOVE
] CAUSES STIR
Return of Ishii to Toxic
Cause of Uneasy
Speculation.
Says Relations Between Two Nations
Are in Nowise Strainsd-ishii Ad.
mits He Is Going Home to Talk Over
Relations Between America and
Japan - Apprehension Of Long
Standing.

| Washington, April 16.-Conflictins
versions of the impending return Of
VisCount lshii. the japanese ambassa :
dor to Toxic, announced by the Japa-
nese embassy yesterday, are the sub
! ject of animated speculation in Am
! erlcan official and diplomatic circles
According to the embassy, the am
baSsador is going home on leave to
; consult with his government on va
| rious questions relating to the rela-
tions of the United States and Japan,
and after the conference is expected
to return to Washington to resume
his duties.
| Insist There Is No Friction.
| 1t was explained atithe embassy that
| the return of the ambassador was
| initiated neither by himself nor his
Government, that the Viscount Ishii
land the Toxic foreign office became
mutually convinced from the inter-
change Of cabled views daily that a
personal conference on number Of
matters is advisable. The embassy
was at pains to emphasize. however
! that there is no friction between the
American and Japanese governments
which might account for the move.
Relations between America and ia
pan are as the blue sky" said an en-
bassy official.
| Other Version Is Serious.
The other version of the incident
is that the ambassador has been re-
| called by his government. is taking his
| family with him. and will not return
Ito Washington
| Viscount Ishii was sent to Wash
! ington by the Terauchi government.
an imperialistic and militaristic, minis
try, which was driven from power a
Ifew months ago by popular disap-
proval of the Siberian adventure. AL
1 tho Vis6ount Ishi successfully nego
tiated the Lansing-Ishii agreement in
which the United States recognized
| the special interest of Japan in China,
he is said to be out of favor with the
present Hara ministry, controlled by
his political opponents.
Approximations Of Long Standing.
For some time there has been a
growing apprehension here of eventual
difficulties with Japan. Among the
causes of this apprehension are the
following incidents:
Friction between the American and
Japanese governments ard armies en-
gagged in the Siberian expedition. the
most conspicuous illustration Of which
was the refusal Of General Graves to
support the japanese in fighting Rus
sian forces deemed friendly by the
! Americans. The unsupported Japan
ese were annihilated.
The affray in which Japanese SOL
diers and American marines were in
volved at Tientsin, each side blaming
| the other for the trouble.
Japanese suspicious that American
| missionaries ars fomenting the Corean
revolt: several missionaries have been
arrested.
Hostility in California.
Move by the California legislature to
prohibit leasing Of lands by Japanese
and to stop tho immigration Of pic
ture brides apparently halted for tho
time being by President Wilson.
| Reports Of the requirement OF a
large tract Of land by Japanese inter-
ests in Mexico on the American border
in defiance Of the Lodge resolution.
such. reports, however, not having
been confirmed up to data.