Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-22
ISLAND OF YAP
America Has Rights and WILL Main.
tain Them.
CLAIMS OF JAPAN NOT RECOGNIZED

The League of Nations Nor the Su-
preme Council Can Bind the United
States to ar Agreement to Which It
Was Not Party.
This government says the Wash
ington Herald, accounts us final tn"
word Of Woodrow Wilson and will en-
ter no further debate over the "qucS-
tion Of fact raised by Japan! in regard
to Wilson'S reservations 1T Paris on
the proposed award Of the. zap man.
date 10 Japan
Japan's injection of this question
constituted the most striking feature
in the exchange Of notes between the
state department and the imperial
Tokyo government Hncnt the mandate
issue, just made public.
And, il is learned, ii WIS to save
the new administration from becoming
embroiled that Wilson wrote formal
il only q fcw moments before he left
the White House on inauguration day.
setting forth his position on the point
in full.
v:JRcjoinder Rather Sharp.
Japan, it is revealed. replying in
it's note Of FEBRUARY ..G to former. Sec
rotary ColbyS. second note on the zap
manGnte issue, .contcnded th:rt il
would be necessary Tor; the United
States "to prove the fact that tho par
ticular limo Of views (Wilson's, resrr
vations on. Yap). WIS stated at the
meeting Of the supreme council"
Sensing the embarrassing potential
tiles Wilson wrote a: formal letter TO-
The department. in which he said:
First, that he had never consented
TO the assignment OF the Island Of zap
to Japan"
Second, that he had, ION several
occasions made specific reservations
regarding the Island Of YaD and had
taken the position that it should not
be assigned under mandate to any one
power but should be intelnationalizcd
for cable purposes
Third that he had "never ADAM
doned or modified this position in re-
spect TO the Island Of Yap."
Wilson's Letter Final.
So far rs the present administration
is concerned, it appears that Wilson's
letter ends the matter in regard to
the question OF fact The last re-
ply to Japan written by Secretary
Hughes declares that this government
finds itself unable to ngree" with
Japan's claim that To maintain her
position the United States must prove
tho fact" Of reservations attributed to
Wilson and also prove that the. su-
'prcf1c,- coi,nch ''declacd in: favor OF
those views"
Hughes reply to this, il may. he
stated authoritativcly was designed
not to make the question of fact Il de-
terminativc question but to confinc tho
discussion with Japan 10 the question
of principles.
The last Of the series Of exchange
is Mr.. Hughes trcnchnnt note. 1t de-
monStratcs that inasmuch as the
United States has not ,rItificd the Ver-
siillcs treaty it has not given its AS
sent to the ALLEGATION Of the North
Pacific Islands to Japan.
japan has not yet replied 10 tho
Hughes notc. Italy has taken Il stand
favorable to the contentious uf tl:r
United States and France has under
taken to obtain Il review OF the mat
Ter by the supreme cuuncil. Great
Britain has moi indicated its attitude.
praycrIul consideration OF the Ameri-
can demands. however. is not lacking
either in London Or Tokyo in view ri
the attitude Of the Harding aGminla-
tration that ii will take no steps to-