The Washington herald., 1921-11-24
JAPANESE DENY
BREAK BETWEEN
CHIEF DELEGATES
Issue Statement Concern.
ing Illness of Baron
Shidehara.

The Japanese delegation is dis
that there has been a break be-
tween Baron Shidehsra, the Japa-
nese Ambassador to the UniTed
States, and Baron Ksto, minister OF
marine, and second on the list OF
delegates from Nippon, over mat
ters of conference policy AS a
result. a lengthy official bulletin
dealing with the Illness of the Am
bassador was issued last night At
the same time il was stated that
the assistant minister OF foreign
affairs, Mr.. Hanihara, who has been
here as chief adviser to the dele
cation, has been commissioned as
the fourth member of that body.
Mr. Hanihara was introduced to the
correspondents last night by Prince
Tokugawa. who explained that he
had been designated by the Tokyo
government and That his cabled
commission had been received only
yesterday.
Denies Any Differences.
In explaining that the Japanese
felt badly because of the report Of
dissensions in their delegation,
Prince Tokugawa said:
This is very stupid rumor.
Poor Shidehara is in bed very i'll.
The suggestion that he and Baron
Kato have had a difference is alb
surd. We never quarrel and we do
not intend to do So"
1t was explained by the japanese
delegation that the question OF
Shantung has not yet officially
been brought up here. Whether il
will be settled in Washington or in
Pekin was someKlng that the
Chinese government must decide, II
was stated.
The Japanese still are studying
the ratio Of the capital ships and
will not be ready to take a final po-
sition on the Hughes proposals un-
til all of the data has been very
carefully analyzed.
Leave Questions for Debate.
Efforts TO get the Japanese to say
whether in their opinion the Root
reservations concerning China i'm
piled the application of the con-
sortium and its Endorsement and the
pooling of Chinese railways under
international control met with the
statement that they believed this
was a subject for discussion In the
conference. The Japanese believe
that whether, under the Root agree
ment, past events are subjects for
discussion in the conference de-
pends entirely on the nation con-
cerned. Should any of the nations
desire to have matters Of conces-
sions brought to the front and de-
bated that would be entirely for the
nation affected to agree to, and IL It
was thought inadvisable, then the
conference should accept the wishes
of that nation.
So far as the Chinese proposals
for an increase in the customs du-
ties is concerned. the Japanese are
not prepared as yet to assume a
positive position. They believe that
extended debate Of this question
should be had.
Describes Baron's Illness.
The official statement regarding
the illness of Baron Shidehara was
as follows:
On Wednesday, November Is. the
japanese Ambassador, Baron Shide-
hara, was attending a dinner He
felt sudden pain in the left side
of the abdomen and left the dinner
early and returned to the embassy.
At that time IL was thought that he
was suffering from the gsstritis and
enteritis. The temperature was
$50 F. From that time until Satur-
day morning the temperature was
between $50 and 100 F.. pulse rate
between "a and IS, and the other
symptoms were improving grad
Coxti~seI on Pass Three.