Evening star., 1921-03-07
JAPANESE TO SEND
APPEAL TO HARDING
Business Men Expect Borah
Also to Assist Efforts for
- Armament Cut.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
l. TOXIC. March o.-At meetings here
OF business men. similar to those held
in other places, it was decided today
to send a cable dispatch to President
Harding and United States Senator
Borah urging them to use their in
and also to request the Japanese diet
ito apply part of the appropriation
Ter armament TO educational and So
!, cial improvement.
+ Banji Muto. chairman of the prn-
I eipai meeting here today. said he
feared that the adoption of the bud
sgetf by the Japanese house of repre-
I sentatives without modification would
/ cause a reaction in the United States
in favor of armament. despite the fact
/ {that that country previously was hos
ftile to an increase
| "At a time when all business is Sc
riousiy depressed, it would be the
! height OF imprudence to advocate an
armed peace and put the nation under
| ithe screw of useless competition
sa id MIR. Muto
! OF seven thousand postal cards dis
| tributed in Osaka. Kyoto and Kobe.
| following lectures by Yukio OZaki,
/ leader of the constitutionalist party.
| in favor of disarmament, 1850 were
returned. OF these 1000 indorsed Mr.
! Ozaki's view on curtailment in arma-
| ment and SO were against them.
Japan rnyielding on Zap.
TOXIC. March 4.-Japan will not
yield an inch on the question of her
/ mandatorial rights on the Island of
zap, an official OF the Japanese for
eign office told the Associated Press
today, when asked for a statement
concerning the present status of the
controversy. She may. however. make
some concessions concerning DISPOSE
tion of the zap cable station. he
added
The recent declaration of Viscount
| Ishh. this official continued. was
made upon his own initiative. but rep
resents. on the whole. the attitude
which the Japanese government final-
ly will take with regard to the en-
tire Zap question.
The disposition of the cables. he ss-
serted. is a matter for settlement by
the international conference on com
munications. but Japan may make
concessions concerning the Guam line
10 the extent of handing over TO
America the Guam end. Japan, how
ever. would continue to hold the zap
end by virtue Of her sovereignty over
the island, granted by the allied su-
preme council and ratified by the
league Of nations.
Title ObtaiBed In War.
Prima facie title to the cable was
obtained by Japan during the war
he maintained. when Japan cut the
Yap-Guam cable.
Asked. concerning Japan's attitude
toward the conference between the
United States. Great Britain and
Japan on disarmament, which. 1T IS
reported. the United States senate
has asked President Harding to call,
the Official replied that Japan was
not in a position to speak dehniteiy
until such an invitation actually had
been received.
Japan's frame of mind might be
surrnised, however he ADDED, IRON!
previous utterances of Nlscouht
Uchtda, the foreign minister agree
ing in principle to joining in an IN.
ternational discussion OF armament
limitation. c.,
"Or course, IL America and Great
Britain agree to confer, the japanese
government naturally would attehd
such q conference as has oeeh sus
gested," he said.