New-York tribune., 1920-01-28
y. 5. Business Men
Named to Attend
Parley in Toxic
Meeting Designed to Mini.
mize Friction in CONNER.
cial and Political Rela.
tions Of Two Countries

group Of ten to twelve important
American business men. who helieva
that the differences between the United
States and Japan can be settled in a
friendly spirit, will set out for the
Orient on February 2S They will sail
from San Francisco.
In the party will be Wallace NJ. Al
exander, of San Francisco, a man in
terested in manufacturing. shipping
and IN sugar productions; Frederick J
hoster, of San Francisco. manufacture
er, director of the Chamber of Com
merce Of the Unitd Stats; Doyall A.
Osborne, vice president of the Vest
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company; William T. Sesnom. former
president of the Chamber of Com
merce Of San Francisco: E. r. Behr-
end, head Of the Hammermil Paper
Company. Of Erie, Pa; r. B. Hale.
owner OF chain Of retail stores on
the Pacific Coast, and Walton NJ
Moore, we'll known retail drygoods
merchant of California. 1t is not vet
known who the other members OF the
informal mission will be. Several lore
most Eastern bankers have been in
"ited.
The object OF the expedition il to
bring TO Japan the ideas and the per-
sonality Of representative American
men of affairs on the assumption that
their mingling with Japanese leaders
will make for better Understanding
1t is proposed to discuss with all frank
ress and openness the sources Of rri-
lation in the relations between the two
10 4 e
ne unofficial conferences a better feel-
suit. sui "9''' '"S '"' ps'p'sS "'' re-
"We of the Pacific Coast" Mr.. Kost-
er. who is in New York, told The Trib-
une yesterday, "feel a special sense of
responsibility in regard to the japanese
question. We feel that we must deal
with the issue in broad spirit Of
sympathetic understanding. In Cali
fornia we are kind of buffer between
Japan and the r-st Of our country.
1--WE believe that this nation should
deal with the Oriental question in the
light Of q better understanding. which
can be developed only through wider
personal contact. This conference.
which is the result Of the initiative of
private citizens. who feel their rcspon-
sibility to the state, will probably be
the first Of series Of nterchanges OF
views.
"Many representative Japanese como
to this country continuously. but few
Americans who are leaders go to
Japan. 1t seems essential that they
go there with a sympathetic attitude
TO have the frankest discussion Of
questions that tend toward differences
and toward friction. We purpose
during our three-weeks' stay in Japan
to have free exchange of thought on
problems both Of commerce and of
those phases of international rela
tions that tend toward misunderstand-
ing so as to- clear them up.
Mr.. Roster asserted that America
has a special obligation to Japan. be-
cause we started her contact with the
outside modern world. Admiral Perry,
he said, practically forced Japan to
widen her horizon.
Asked about the California attitude
toward the Japanese migration, Mr..
koster denied that Californians were
unanimous in their hostility He said,
however, that the friends IN this coun-
cial antagonsms are a reality. de
thought that the time when the an
tagonsms between races would be re-
moved was somewhat distant, and that
approaches to it must be made slowly
and cautiously.
One Of the main objects Of the in
formal mission, which was initiated
by the Japanese Relations Committee
Of San Francisco, is to build up a sub
stantial public opinion in Japan in favor
Of friendly relations with the United
States. 1t is hoped too, by the spon-
sors of the movement, that American
public opinion will also be captivated
by the dynamic idea of removing causes
Of distrust.
The American section Of the Jap
anese Relations Committee was formed
in 1915 after Baron Shibusawa visited
in the United States, and Japanese
section WAS organized in Toxic. The
suggestion for the forthcoming con-
fercrre ORIGINATED in japan