Evening journal., 1921-07-15
JAPAN ASKS
HARDING TO
AMPLIFY HIS
PEACE MOVE
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realizes. II was stated on high auth
ority, that Japan or any other pow
er is perfectly within its sovereign
rights to reject the idea for the dis
armament conference or any phase
OF it, Whether the disarmament
conference restricted ITO a discussion
OF armaments will be called, II Japan
refuses TO take up the Pacific situa-
ton. is not yet decided.
There is understood TO be one
faction in Japan which holds that
II the nation enters the discussion
she will be stripped of all she has
gained in the far east and be threat
ened with the loss OF her position as
one of the principal world powers.
There is another faction which
holds that only by entering the con-
ference can Japan relieve the sus-
piclon of other nations which have
been aroused by her maneuvers in
the Pacific.
Japanese statesmen already fore
seeing the final loss OF the Anglo
japanese pact whether they accept
or reject the proposals, are trying 10
decide what they will do next, it is
believed here.
NEW YORK. July Is Omitted
Press) Japan seeks no dominating
position in the Far East and wishes
only to walk hand in hand with the
leading western powers"
This is the fixed policy of Japan,
Hoshio Mltsunaga, founder and pres
ident OF Nippon Dempo Tshunin Sha
the foremost news agency of Japan
declared in an interview today.
I'VE do not even dream for mo.
ment OF being an absolute power il
the Far East, but on the contrar,
would like to walk hand in hanC
with the leading western powers" h'
said THAT is the fixed policy oI
Japan.
AT the same time Japan's specia
position with relation to China anS
Siberia, not TO mention Korea. SHOULD
be recognized by the powers, just thu
same as the position the United
states occupies with regard to Mex
leo.
IF any single nation or other ma
tlons combined intend to disregar,
such position Of Japan, the responsi
/ bility of breaking the harmon.
among the leading nations will b.
theirs"
Mitsunaga declared the Japanes'
people undoubtedly would give thei
undivided support to the Harding
disarmament conference. He ex
pressed the belief that complete dis
armament would be more effectiv
than mere limitation and suggeste
league of newspapers as an al
to better understanding between ma
tons.
In my opinion the object of tn
diplomacy OF all nations should b
peace not war" he said.
international relations do nc
permit any single nation to be a
absolute power. It was easily see
by Germany's defeat in the worl
war that such absolute power canno
be allowed to exist.
president Harding's propose
came at a time when it represente
the minds Of Americans and tn
people OF Japan as a whole un
doubtedly will give it undivided SUP
port
THE principle OF curtailing arme
ments certainly Is a fundament'
factor in maintaining peace betwee
nations. I believe, furthermore. tn;
II cNditions allow it will be bette
for the world to adopt complei
disarmament in order to kill the oil
idea OF armed peace. There is n
reason why leading nations like Il
United States Great Britain, Franc
Italy and Japan combined canni
materialize this ideal.
But 1 would like to point out tina
II the negotiations for disarmamei
are conducted according to old sty
! diplomacy which lacks sincerity ar
r thoroughness they will yield disal
p pointment to all concerned"
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