New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-06-25
Japan Will Aid
II. S. ON Pacific,
Envoy Declares
Anglo-Nipponese Alliance Is
Only TO Keep Peace in
the Far East, Parliament
Member Tells Lawyers
Eight Delegates Here
Lamont Says Loan to China
Has the Cooperation of
Brokers i'm the Orient

The Japan Society of New York gave
luncheon at the Lawyers Club yes
terday to the eight members of the
Japanese parliament who are here to
return the visit of the Congressional
party which toured Japan last year
The delegation, which is headed by
Rokusaburo Nakanishi, ia made up Of
two members from each Of the four
leading Japanese political parties, Lib
eral, National, Progressive and hide
pendent.
Mr.. Nakanishi, spokesman for the
visiting delegation, touched in his adj
dress on the recently concluded Anglo
Japanese alliance and on the relations
between Japan and the United States.
Another speaker was Thomas W. La
mont, who was in Japan in the inter
ests of the China loan.
"We might as well frankly admit" Mr..
Nakanishi said, "that there are some un-
settled problems between America and
Japan, but it is not cur hope in the
least to solve these questions by dis
cussion or by legal interpretations. We
hope to solve them through a thorough
understanding between the people of
both countries. We have always felt
that such a possibility is within the
province of achievement"
War Out of Date
Since the war, Mr.. Nakanishi said,
the people of Japan had come to real
ize that an expansion of Japanese in
terests could no longer be attained
through force of arms. That method
he referred to as "out of date.s The
people would not again, he said, con-
sent to be sacrificed through the mach
nations of few politicians or mill
tary clique.
eve feel that peace on the Pacific"
he continued, "will be maintained by
good understanding between Japan and
America, which in turn will assure the
peace of the world. Japan will take
its share of this responsibility of keep
ing peace on the Pacific"
Referring to the new alliance with
Great Britain, Mr.. Nakanishi said that
the realization of peace in the Far
East could be accomplished, even
though there might be occasional con-
troversies over Far Eastern affairs.
"The only way in which our people
are interested in the Anglo-Japanese
alliance" the speaker said, sis to make
1T an instrument for keeping the peace
in the Far East. / assure you that on
the part of our people there is no
Interior motive"
Japan Aid in Loan
Speaking in behalf of the japan
Society, Mr.. Lamont said he wished to
deny that there had been any difficulty
over the arranging of the loan to
China, to which Japan is a party with
the United States. Japan, he said.
entered the partnership on equal terms.
1t is from China, Mr.. Lamont pointed
out, that japan must obtain most of the
raw materials needed for her in
dustries.
Certain people in America are con-
stantly insisting that there is a lack
Of harmony between the American and
Japanese banking groups as regards
affairs in China. l want to deny that
suggestion with all the power that
have, and / would like the press TO
take note of it. The Japanese are
playing fair and always will play fair.
Jest as much as the British, Americans
or French"
Union n. Bethel, former president of
the New York Telephone Company. pre-
sided. Alexander Tison, formerly pro-
lessor Of law in Toxic University. also
spoke.