The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-16
JAPAN'S LEADERS HOPE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
 WILL PROVE A SUCCESS
Nipponese Statesmen Here And At Home Hope To See Japan Cleared Before Powers And Bene- fitted By General Agreement To Reduce Arm amentS

been many misunderstanding regard ing Japanese armaments. There is
 no need for Japan to beb ackward or deferential to any nation. We must
 be straightforward, explaining our position in no uncertain terms. Ar | maments differ with each country. France has her special reason to be secure against Germany and Russia.
 England has her colonies to protect. America has her problem of arma- | merits in view of her relations with Mexico, South America and the South Sea Islands. It is impossible to dis cuSs all problems with uniformity. I feel that nations assembled at the conference should take an attitude of mutual concession if any agreement is to be reached"
 son I had for fighting for armaments in the forty-fourth session of the Im- peria1 Japanese Diet was because I felt that some other country, proba- bly America, would introduce such a motion. And I desired to cerate the proper atmosphere here. It is diff1- cult to say now with any degree of accuracy just what will be the out come at Washington. If an agree ment is no treached 1t is qui6e likely, though, that nations will take up their work for increased armaments with greater enthusiasm than exists at present, and the peoples of differ ont nations will suffer as O conse- quence."
 Calls China Selfish.
 Marquis -Okuma represents to some extent the prejudice of the Japanese for their own nation. He takes up the attitude of China toward Japan and the conference as follows: ''The selfish and impudent attitude of China toward Japan's moves for peace (meaning the Shantung concessions) must prove too much even for open hearted Americans. Japan is com ing to the Washington meeting with the best of intentions. If other na- lions will do likewise, as I hope and believe they will, there is nothing to prevent the achievement of the much desired international disarmament am especially glad that Japan is to have an opportunity to convince the world of her love. of peace"
 From the Counselor of the Foreign Office, Dr. Kiroku Hayashi. who is now in the United States awaiting the opening of the conference. comes this statement:
 How many Europeans and Ameri- cans understand China? How many of them realize in what position the Japanese people are placed In rela- tiona1 economic existence? How many possess perfect knowledge or the true state of China-Japanese re- lations? In general the European and American pu7blics are ignorant of actual conditions in this remote cor ner of the Orient. Their imperfect knowledge leads to various misunder- standings regarding the questions In this part of the world. I am hoping that the Washington meeting will af- ford a good opportunity to clear these matters in the eyes of the world
 Viscount Kentaro Kaneko, friend of the late Theodore Roosevelt, Mem Der of the Privy Council and Presi- dent of the America-Jatpan Society. says, in his opinion regarding the cosference, "It is the golden op'por- tunity for Japan to clear away the many m:sunderstandipgs regarding this cou~%ry and to state frankly and straightforwardly our national aims and aspiradions, thus making the for eign Powers understand them and
 Thus the Japanese leaders express a part of the feeling held here for the success of the conference And while the leaders set forth their view there is a sober thinking percentage of the national population of the Elm pire which sees in the forthcon1iT~ meeting better schools, better TO and better conditions, which raise the statue of the Japanese t.- morrow to a place of economic equal ity with that of lands in the West