Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-18
Jap Says Far East
Proposals Should
Have Come from u. S.

washington, NOV. ll-NDy "A. -
kotaro Mochizuki, the leader of the
opposition party in the Japanese
house of representatives on diploma
tic matters, who is now in Washing
ton as an observer for his party. in
an interview today asked the ques-
ton why the United States had not
herself submitted proposals to the
China. He believed that in view of
the fact that the United States had
invited the powers to assemble for
a discussion of Far Eastern ques-
tons the American government and
not the Chinese as a matter of for
mality, should have taken the initia-
tive in suggestion of plan for a
solution of the Chinese problem.
Mr.. Mochizuki expressed the opin-
ion that the Chinese delegation
either had a tacit understanding with
Secretary Hughes or that Secretary
Hughes had inspired the document.
If either were the case, he said, the
Chinese delegation by the presenting
of the proposals. had merely sought
to make themselves famous in China.
Mr.. Mochizuki is regarded as an
expert on Chinese affairs and al
though of the opposition party may
be expressing the views of a sub
stantial portion of the Japanese peo-
pie.
Speaking with reference to China S
proposal that the powers engage to
respect and observe the territorial
integrity and political and admins
tration independence of the Chinese
republic, Mr.. Mochizuki charged that
in the strict sense of the term this
had not been recognized by the Uni
ted States as witness, he said, her
extra territorial jurisdiction at
Shanghai and her maintenance of
soldiers at Picking and Tienstein.
Japan, he said, was ready to adhere
to the open door but China also must
| recognize it. lift the ban in the ex-
portation of rice SO necessary to the
Japanese people and allow freedom
of residence and business in the in
terror.
The Japanese opposition leader
asserted that the Chinese proposal
with respect to conclusion of agree
ment directly hit the Franco-Japan-
csc, Russo-Japancse and American
Japanese ententes as well as the An
glo-Japanese Alliance and insisted
that agreements like these were
made because China was not capable
Of maintaining her own integrity and
was unable to protect foreign life
and property.
Can China now give such a
PLEDGE" he asked.
Mr.. MochiZuki suggested that the
Canton government make clear what
| arrangements it had entered into
, with the Russian Bo1shevists and in
sisted that if the United States had
received unpublished consideration
in return for the lshii-Lansing ac-
cord that such be made public.
This conference he declared, lis
not a court of justice and it's decls-
ions cannot be enforced. Japan. for
instance, would not submit to any
unfavorable decision concerning the
leased territory in South Manchuria
or the South Manchuria railway"
The opposition leader declared that
| the ten Chinese points submitted to
the conference were rounded on the
presumption that China was In
state of order whereas. he said, the
contrary was true, making lntelll-
; gent discussion of the points possible
only when an orderly China came
into being. For that reason he pro-
| posed the appointment of an inter
national commission which would
thoroughly investigate the entire
Chinese situation and report later to
an adjourned conference.