The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-08
RESERVATIONS ARE
 MADE KNOWN IN
 JAPANESE MANDATE
Says Citizens Should Not Be Subjected "To a DiScrimina- tory and DisadvantageouS Treatment In Other
 Territories
By Assoclated Pres.

By Associated Press
 Washington, March 7.--Japan ac~ cepted the mandate for former Ger man possessions in the Pacific north of the equator. including the island of Tap, with the reservation that Jap anese citizens should not be subjected "to discriminatory ana disadvantage. ous treatment in other mandated ter ritories
 This was disclosed -n the complete text on the mandate granted Japan by the league of nations, which was oD- tained today at the state department The reservation stipulated by Japan was similar to ole advanced by the American government in reference to Mesopotamia in it's recent note to the League of Nations in which exception also was taken to the decision in the preamble of the mandate that it was 'I conferred in accordance with an agreement between ''cne principal ai- lied and associated powers"
 The United States uas maintained that 1t was never party to the agree ment by which Tap was conferred upon Japan and it has also insisted upoa equal commercial opportunities for all nationals in the mandated territories. 4apans contention for equal opportuni- ties is understood to apply particularly to the mandated territories south O. the equator in the Pacific awarded Australia.
 Beside the grant of freedom only to nationals of states members or the League of Nations for the prosecution of their calling as missionaries in the mandated territory, the text of the mandate in the opinion of the officials Is of particular interest to the United States in that it spect-caIy provides | that the consent of the council of the League of Nations is required for any modification of it's term-'
 TAP NOT SETTLED <
 The council of the league in it's re- cent reply to the American note con corning the award of Yap to Japan stated that this question which would have to be sett.er between the principal allied and associated powers as the function of the league was only an administrative one,
 | Following the preamble and the def milton of the boundaries of the man date, the text is as follows:
 The mandatory shan nave full pow CT of administration and legislation over the territory subjee- to the pres ent mandate as an integral portion If the empire of Japan, anc may apply Che laws of the eFnpire of Japan to the l tfrrtory, subject to such local modt- \ ieations is circufnstances may reQuire The mandatory shall promote to the utmost the material ana moral we'll being and the social progress of the inhabitants of territory subject to the present mandate.
 The mandatory shall see that the slave trade is prohibited and that no Ia hnr io frt. essential public works and services. and then only for adequate remunera- ton. The mandatory shall also see that the traffic in arms and ammun- ton is controlled in accordance witt. principles analogous to those laid down in the convention relating to the control of the arms traffic, signed on September 10, 1919. or in any con lvention amending same. The supply of Intoxicating spirits ana beverages to the natives shalIsbe prohibited.
 The military training of the natives, otherwise than for purposes of internal police and the local defense of the ter ritcry shall be prohibited Furthermore. no military or naval bases shall be es- tablished or Qualifications erected in the territory.
 Subject to the provisions of any local law for maintenance of pubic order ana Jutlic morals the mandatory snail ln- sure in the territory freedom of con science and free exercise of all forms Of worship, and shall allow all missionaries. nationals of any state member of the League of Nations to enter into, travel and reside in the territory for the pur- pose of prosvcu4ing their calling. | The mandatory shall make to the council of the League of Nations an an- nuai rcrort tc the satisfaction of the council. containing the measures taken to carry cut he obligations assumed finder the fnreScf- 2 articles
 COUNCIL MUST CONSENT
 "The consert of the council of the League of Nal tns is required Tor any modification Of tic terms of he present | mandate The mandatory agrees, that, if any dispute wnaiever should arise be- tween the ira ruatory and ar otEei mem ber of the League of Nations relating to the interpretation or the application of the provisions of the mandate, such dis pute, if it cannot be settled by nego ! tiation, shall be submitted to the perra- nent court of international justice pro- vided for by article fl of the covenans Of the League of Nations
 The appended decision by the Japan ese government is as follows
 From the Fundamental spirit of the League of Nations and as the question of l interpretation of the covenant, his im- perial Japanese majesty's government have a firm conviction in the justice or the claim they have hitherto made for the inclusion of clause concerning the assurance of equal opportunities for trade au commerce in e mandates. But from 1 the spirit of conciliation and cooperation and their reluctance to see the question unsettled any longer, they have decided to agree to the issue of the mandate in l it's present form. That decision, how ever should not be considered as an ac- quiesceHce on the part of his Imperial Japanese majesty's government in the submission of Japanese subjects to dis criminatory and Instantaneous treat ment in the mandated territories; nor have they thereby discarded their claim tl.at the rights and interests enjoyed Dy l Japanese subjects in these territories in 1 the past should be fully respected. Iino PufS Q. k.