Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-14
Ambassador ShidehQra Tells
Of Japan's Policy Regarding
ArmamentS and the Far East
Other Countries Profit.

Likewise do foreign countries, ins
Guiding Great Britain and this United
States, profit by the development. no
matter who undertakes 1t. Americas
trade with Japan today. both export
and import. Is far greater than that
with China, in spite of the %latter's gi-
gantic size and natural wealth. Parl
of t~l,cEtrade in cotton goods may have
passed from the United States and
Great Britain to Japan. but the tnsi
crease In the sales OF machinery has
much more than compensated. Wher-Ha
ever their labor and resources are!a
.made2ayailable the benefits extend 10
allsthe world. s#Js
Tn this connection let ME state
some facts with regard 10 shanturs.si
which Japan has been chargedL1
With taking from China. When 1t be-
came part Of Japan's obligation in thess
late war TO drive Germany out of tl1aAN
area. she assumed only part of tho
Flights which that country held IN
sshantu,g. The leased territory OF
EKiapchow, which the Japanese cap5.1
from the German garrison, cof,1
tanned no: forty million people (whish
fiss tift, estimated population of The
nrovinee) but fifty orLsixty thousand
most of8whom had gathered the, e To-
tradeSwith the Germans and continuEs
ed 'lto%rcside there and trade with the
EJapanese. The leased territory OF
Kiaochow covers about 200 square;
miles, less than half OF ono per cent
of the area of the province.
."Japan promised China that she,
would Withdraw her forces and return
the 5xkiaochow territory 10 her; and
Eshc also offered to share with China,
son an absolutely fair and equal foot
ling in& substance as well as in name
that section Of the German railway
which has como to her hands IN con-
sequence Of the a China has not
agreed to accept this arrangement,
contending that alone by her action
in entering the Wharf.-The German rights
naturally reverted to her. But Cf1ina's
entry into gthe war was three years
after the German fortress had been
reduced by a Japanese army.
Tsingtao Evacuated.
"rhe Japanese soldiers that took
Ts4ngtao nave long ago evacuated the
: province with the exception, of two
thousand men, who remain to guard
the railway line and the port. This
is a force less in size. than onc-half OF
that which the great powers. lnclud-
ing the United States, maintain in the
province of Chilli to protect the rail-
way line from Picking to the, coast
and to guard the legatins at the cap
ital Moreover, the several conces-
sions obtained by the Germans for
future railway construction in Shan
tung are to be transferred to the IN
ternational C%onsortium composed OF
American. British and French. Japan
csc and Belgian financial groups, sup
ported by their governments.
tVTAu~ - will IN <corr vat ls6
charge OF "aEgressions'' on the part
of Japan in S%llantunE has been pre-
!, sented in a conspicuously unfair light.
ut. is tho hope of Japan that the
Washington Conference will give her
1.-THE opportunity to dIspcl whatever
distrust and suspicion ma exist in
America against her. She hopes tc
demonstrate c~onclusively the necessi-
ties of her position and the Justice OF
her policies. in order that false
charges against her may find no hon
est response n the future. Where she
: may be wrong she will strive to mend
her ways. Consideration instead OF
condemnation, cooperation instead Of
confict,-could. profitably as well al
;. rishteously be the slogans OF the ma
tons hereafter.
, There is zone point of Warming ]
should like to make in conclusion
Naval limitation means not only ar
agreement among the Great Power.
but also a tremendous example tt
others and an influence in favor o.
: the settlement OF all controversies b!
peaceful processes in the future. Nei'
Their by failure to keep this objective
| constantly in view nor by letting crit.
: les and opponents subtly befog anc
5 | obscure the main issues OF the con
ference should the chief delegates
permit their noble-and attainable-,
purpose to be defeated. I