The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-04-18
TENS|TY OF
SITUATION
IS GROWING
U. S. Today Gives Out Entire
Correspondence With
Japan.
- GroRGE r. HoLMEs

IsIAggtEy eSISGS7T99SS April ls-The tens'-
- situation existing betweer
-. T-nited states and Japan over n
ts,ard ~ Yap was revealed oftlclS'lS
tna Arst time today when the stat
6eDartment made public the
corresnondence between the two soN
arents consisting OF three Amer
cap and two Japanese notes eAehans
"a during the last six months
This correspondence. when =
ttrctlv curt IN toae. reveals thAt
povernment has stood solldly On
o~,gipaI position and that each has 50
far fatty refused to give way -
slivhtest to the contentious OF the
other.
II. g. STANDS PAT
rA waited states is adamant in its
-.fusai 10 concede that Japan Is en-
,Itled 20 exclusive possession OF me
nall but highly important island. ana
1..ar mas chung stubbornly to the po-
teton that Yap was awarded her by
- allied supreme council and that
tho matter Is thus closed chepter -
far as America IS concerned
Tho lsst communication from japan
,,rbar date OF Feb. IS. just on the eve
~ Tho retirement OF the Wilson ad-
ninistration-is rather sharp IN te~or
and In spots inciines to be somewhat
ironical.
.TrwREAs0xABLF." SAYS JAPAN.
certain az the theories advanced In
+be American note of December last
arc referred to in the japanese reply
~ FEB rs as extraordinary. even un-
reasonable. in which no one would De
likely to concur" Another line OF
srvument pursued la the same Ameri-
can note leads to conclusion which
the Japanese government character
izcs as wholly at variance with the
facts and cannot be thought BY any
one to be convincing"
TO this. Secretary OF state Hughes
replied on April 5. rejecting the
Japanese contentious IN their entirety
and setting forth that the treaty Of
versailles specifically states that Ger
many surrendered her possessions In
the Pacific to the allied and associat-
ed powers"
CAN'T SPEAK FOR Z. s.
TT will not be questioned" said the
note, that ono of the principal allied
and associated powers IN whose favor
Germany renounces her rights and
titles. IS the United States"
Neither the supreme council nor the
league OF nations, Secretary Hughes
stated, has any right whatsoever to
speak for the United States with re
spect to Yap or any other matter.
REFERS TO WILSON'S ACTION.
The correspondence began on Nov.
2 last, with the despatch by the state
department OF q brief cablegram set
ting forth that Il vas the understand
INK OF this government that President
wilson had made reservations at the
peace conference concerning the island
OF Yap. looking to its internationaliza-
tion for cable purposes
This was followed on Nov. Is ten
days later, by a brief reply from
Toxic. stating that the matter already
had been definitely decided by tho al
lied supreme council and the Japanse
government would not be able to con-
sent to any proposition. which. re-
versinF the decision OF the supreme
council. would exclude the island Of
Yap from the territory committed 10
their charge"
q. 8. POSITION AS TO ISLE.
Both OF these communications were
very brief
A few weeks later on December s. |
the American state department replied
to the japanese message with 1900 |
word note, setting forth in detail this
governments understanding OF the
Yap affair. 1t stated at length that
President Wilson at the peace confer
ence had made repeated objections 70
the award Of Yap 10 Japan and that
II was his understanding, as well as
the understanding Of the United states
that the matter was left open for fu
ture negotiation.
1t was further pointed out that a
result OF President Wilson's reserva-
tIons the Anal memorandum on man
dates drawn up by the council on May
Z, 1912 awarded Japan certain" and
not "all'' of the German possessions
north Of the equator. This note Of
Dec. s concluded with this passage:
JAPAN WAITS TWO MONTHS.
Il am directed BY the president to
Inform you that the government OF the
United States cannot agree that the
island OF Yap was included in the de-
cision OF May I. or in any other agree |
ment OF the supreme council" The |
hope was expressed that Japan would |
see and concur in the American view |
that even II Zap should be assigned /
under mandate to Japan all other |
powers should have free and unhamp /
cred access to the Island FOR the land /
ing and operation Of cables
Japan allowed more than two /
months to go by before making any !
reply to this note. Then on Feb &C. I
she replied in a $500 word note. curt I
in tone. which stated that the Toxic /
government was unable to follow
the American contentious. 1t wns
plainly intimated If President Wilson I
had arrived at such an understanding
regarding Zap he differed in that re-
Bpect from all the other powers pres
ent,
JAPAN RESERVES RIGHT
This communication also asserted