Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-16
Jap AMBASSADOR
RETURNS TO TOKYO
Will Hold Conference With His
Government on Various
Matters.
DIPLOMATS ARE COMMENTING
Believed Movement Is Connected
With Action at Paris Peace
Meeting.
0iPLOMATS ARE COMMENTING
BY JUSTIN Mr.nAI,II

AsiilNGTON. April 11.--Viscount
fsh!i Japanese ambassador to the
United states is to return 10 Tokyo
'oF conference on various matters
before the japanese government"
official announcement OF the am
oassador's proposed visi, 10 his home
country was made today at the Japa-
ncse embassy.
The announcement caused A great
deal Oh comment in diplomatic and Of
t!cial circles, coming as i, did on the
neeis OF the report from pIris that the
japanese delegation TO the peace con-
tcrcrsc had been Instructed b, their
government 70 withdraw from tho con
iSrenco II The delegates persisted in
,,renoa:, ineir retuSa. to ADOPT the Japanese
~ Was the generally accepted view
nerc ihat the chief or the matters be-
fore the japanese government about
which the views Of Ambassador Jshii
is desired il the firmness of tho in.
scnt;on d OF tne American government
down the bars 10 Japanese immigra
iion into thee Unitcd States
Knows Feeling of Americans.
Amhassa IS: dor lshi has been lons
thoroughly the attitude Of the Ameri- o
car people on this question He mos,
probably will advise his countryinen
"lSeiS. because ne is very able and
lie knows perfectly we'll that there
IS no issue OF equality involved In the
states. Furthermore he knows that
neither the people OF the United States
nor the people OF any, OF the leading
nations of Europe can be deceived into
thinking that there is a question OF
racial inequality.
With Japan recognized in the pcacc
conference and to be recognized In the
proposed league OF nations as one OF
The tive dominant powers of the world
,hc recognition OF Japan's equality is
AS Senator Chamberlain has pointed
out the issue over Japanese immigra-
ton is not racial. but purely economic
Other Powers Raise Issue.
The issue has been raised even more
insisisnt!y BY Austraiia. Canada and
United States. .
Nj, All 'hree Of Of these countries have
industrial menace to their own peo-
pie, and opened up a political prospect
that a,b. justified ed ssa, alarm; -
tas to can a halt Great Britain has
found fH, that that they arc not to he shaken
sG% traak,g fss S'sss sas
very We opeiniy nei,, in Paris on the subtce..
The Japanese in their countries.
They a,vowed that they would never
i'tEtllI H. I mere was even current
gossip in Paris that Premier Hughes
had gone SO far as to- tell LLOYD
George that unless Australia were per
nit,cd TO handle the Japanese i'm
migration menace in its own way its
allegiance TO Great Britain might be
Withdrawn.
Racial Equalit, Provision.
sTe1er r. This his GoSy mzy be- the deter.
demonstrated by ;hc. fact that Great
Britains delegates felt II incumbent t
upon them to cast the deciding votes
against Baron Makinos proposal 10
include the racial equality provision in
the league of nations covenant.
So the people of Great Britain can
not he persuaded that Japan's sole
purpose in pressing this issue is to
secure recognition Of equality of the
Japanese with the white races.
The, people OF Great Britain and the
United States have Just learned through
terrible experience what it means to
admit freely into their. countries per-
sons who, in large nnmb bers, main
tain their allegiance to the land from
which they came, even after taking up
the duties and obligations Of citizen
ship.