New-York tribune., 1921-02-25
Rival Japanese
Leaders Define
Attitude ON U. S.
toondnusd from paus one,

the relations between the two countries
would not be affected and the two gov
ernments would come to an am;cab,a
understanding.
1t is naturally our desire" he said
that the Japanese people already law
fully IN America be treated without
discrimination and on basis of equal
lty with other immigrants, although at
the same time we shall restrict further
entrance of Japanese into the United
States.
I'VE are naturally in favor of arma-
ment reduction in principle" said the
Premier concerning the naval holiday.
such proposal would find sentiment
IN this country greatly in it's favor,
The actual procedure and the basis Of
reduction necessarily raise difficult
questions to deal with, and these would
have to be examined with great care.
There seems to be great misunder
standing as to Japan's so-called naval
expansion. There is no naval expan-
sion contemplated by us. We are now
constructing on naval program laid
down years ago and delayed bv finan-
cial difficulties and other questions
arising out of the late war It is
not new program. Certainly we
should favor plan to limit any future
expansion"
Declares United State Not Concerned
! brought up the Anglo-Japanese al
lance and asked the Premier how thai
would affect the United States.
The Anglo-Japanes alliance does
not concern the United States in any
way" he said emphatically. Discus
slons are now proceeding with regard
to the. modification Of certain clauses
necessltated by the forma ton of the
League OF Nations, but these will not
affect America and are not intended
TO-"
I took up then problems affecting
the Far East and specified shantung
and Siberia.
"As for Siberia" said the Premier
I'VE have already withdrawn. We
have our troops now only in Vladivos-
tok and west of Vladivostok. That
territory is adjacent to Corea and we
have to guard against the spread of
disorder into Corea. AS soon as there
is government capable of guarantee
ing the preservation of order and Sc
curity for our territory we shall with
draw. We demand no other condi-
tons, but we cannot withdraw until
then"
On Shantung Premier Hara repeated
the governments past declarations
that 1t had offered to negotiate with
China over the retrocession of the
leased territory and the withdrawal of
the troops from the Shantune Railway
which is outside the leased territory
AS for the latter, Japan was willing to
withdraw them as soon as negotiations
began and China was able to provide
autflcient guards to take their place
by refusing to negotiate China has
placed US in an embarrassing predica-
ment,' Mr.. Hara said. 1--WE desire to
abide by our obligations but cannot
because of China's attitude. We can
not even withdraw our troops. We
wish to end the deadlock as soon as il
is at all possible"
The Premier made it clear, how
ever, that negotiation must precede
any action by Japan, and the deadlocI X
must continue until there is negotia-
ton.
I pointed out to the Premier that
Far Eastern questions, more particu.
larly Japan's policy in China, had oc-
casloned greater discussion in Amer.
lca than any other issue, and I asked
him for statement of Japan's policy
IN the Far East as he sees it.
Near East Policy Defined
81 myself and the Seiyukai, my party
have always been for a policy OF
friendliness to China" he said %
championed such policy before I was
Premier and | have championed It as
the head of my Cabinet. And be.
lieve we have put it into practice. We
| believed that unifcation was for thf
| best interests of China W. b,ua