The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-08-23
JAPAN SEES NO
BAR TO ACCORD
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF HEE
PRELIMINARY POSITION ON
IMPORTANT NATTER.
WOULD AVOID ALL CONFLICT
Ready to Restore Kiaochau 70 Chin,
and TO Evacuate Troops From East
efn; siBeria as Soon as satisfactor,
Arrangefnents Are Made.
~ EDWARD q, CLARK.

WashingtOn.-Was interest,"
= In the forthcoming disarnlament canG
Far East conference is sharper con
corning the attitude that Japan is like
ly to take than it is in the positions
which any of the other comforting ma
tons may assume.
1t has been possible to obtain an au
thoritatiye specific statement of ia
pans position as related to certain OF
the most perplexing problems that are
to be discussed at the Forthcoming
meeting.
1t probably may be well to know in
advance how the Japanese feel on GER
tain matters. What is here set down
on the affairs touched upon is official
and it was secured by, your correspond:
ent exclusively. The quotations fol-
low: 81,
'"Fhe Japanese desire to avoid unfor
tunate situations, such as developed
at the peace conference in Paris
where for one reason and another II
was made to appear that the United
States was pitted in diplomatic conflict
with first one great power and then
another, till. by the time the Versailles
treaty was finally agreed upon, lpracti.
cally all the powers were discredited
in America.
"The Tokyo government now seeks to
avoid, if possible, even the appearance
of conflict between American interests
and policies and Japanese interests
and policies. In the opinion of most
Japanese statesmen there is no issue
that should not and could not be set.
tied, both amicably and speedily, and
they on their part are willing to go
more than half way to reach any
compromise and agreement.
Japan's Position on shantung.
"The three most important matters
are the status of zap, the concessions
In Shantung, and the presence of Jap
anese troops in eastern Siberia. The
most difficult of these problems seems
to be that of the concessions in Shan
tulIg. The present situation in Shan.
tung was fixed by the Versailles treaty.
BY that treaty Germany renolnces in
favor of Japan the lease Of Kiaochau
and those of her rights that respect
the railway from the port Of Tsingtao,
in Kioochau bay to Tsnanfu:, .....,
ITO maintain order and security in
KiaOchau and also to protect the
Tsingtao-Tsinanfu railway from law
less elements that infest the regions
the japanese have maintained up to
the present military guards Of not
more than 1000 men in TsingtaO and
along the railway.
Japan has, however. repeatedly de-
clared her readiness, to return Kiao-
chau In full sovereignty to China, to
withdraw allsher troops now stationed
ms Tsingtao and in the railway zone,
and to make that railway an effective
Joint >Chino-Japanese undertaking. It
Is obviously impossible for Japan to
give effect to that declaration until
arrangements shall have been made
between Japan and China"
Then this official statement which
have secured goes on to say that
China's attitude has been hesitant, al
though Japan has more than once in
vited China to enter into the negotia-
tons.
Why They Keep Troops in Siberia.
The official prOnouncement then
takes up the Eastern Siberia question
''lij - y
rs follows: .-,,..,
"With regard to- Eastern Siberia,
japanese interests and Japanese sub
iects, established in that sparsely set
tied region as result Of treaty rights
accorded by the former Russian gov
eminent, have been given little or no
protection since the rise Of the Boil