Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-07-29
Japan, Reassured, Is Expected to
Enter the Conference at
Washington.
MAY BAR SOME QUESTIONS
Britain Offers Southern ireland Do
mInion Rule Within Empire--New
Crisis Over Upper Silesia--Gover.
nor Of Illinois Indicted for Al.
legged Embezzlement.
BY EDWARD w. PickARD.

Japan, Self-cOnScl0uS, rutner SuS-
plcious and knowing both the strength
and the weakness Of her position In
the Orient, has been Withholding her
acceptance of President Hardlng's in
vitatlon to the Washington conference
In so far as the discussion of Pacific
problems Is concerned. But repeated
conversations between Secretary
Hughes and Ambassador Shldehara
are serving to disspate her vague OBJ
jectiOns and 1t is believed her COM
plete acceptance will not be much long
er delayed. Mr.. Hughes made II clear
to the ambassador that the sovereign
ty Of Japan can assert itself at the
conference as freely as that Of any
other power, that the United States
has no disposition TO draw hard and
fast lines with regard to the subjects
that shall be discussed and that 1t
would be most unfortunate If hostile
or suspicious attitude should develop
before the conference begins. 1t Is
understood, at this writing, that the
mikado's cabinet has virtually agreed
that Japan shall enter the conference
without restrictions, having faith in
| the good intentions of the other par
Elephants.
The japanese people, however, and
their prominent leaders, are not
unanimous In approval OF that course,
many fearing the conference will be
dominated by the Anglo-Saxons and
will result In the strangllng of Japan's
economic and political development In
| Asia. There Is also tendency, not
confined to unofficial circles, to Insist
that the matter of race equality be
made an issue at Washington and that
the emigration rights of the japanese
be definitely fixed. 1t Is reported, too,
that the cabinet has decided the Japa-
nese representatives shall not enter In
to discussion of questions affecting
the sovereign rights of participating
nations or of the Shantung and zap
questions, which 1t holds were settled
by the Paris peace conference. So fur
as Yap Is concerned. 1t Is believed the
negotiations between the United States
and Japan will have been concluded
and friendly settlement of the dis
pute reached long before the confer
| ence assemblies.
The invitation TO China TO partici-
pate In the discussions Of Pacific
questions has brought on some com
plicatlons. In the first place 1t Is re-
sponsible for much of Japan's sus-
picion. Then, too, 1t was directed Of
course to the Picking government and
now Dr. Sun Vat Sens constitutional
government of South China protests,
through its representative In Washing
ton that the Picking government Is not
uunlified TO represent the whole OF
China and the Canton government also
should be asked to participate.
Premier Lloyd George, 1t Is an
nounced In London, will attend the
conference unless the unforeseen hap
pens. With him, presumably, will be
Foreign Secretary Curzon; and 1t Is
likely the dominion premlers will be
there too, though the British empire
will be represented as unit. Great
Britain has abandoned its tentative
plan to have preliminary conference
| In London on Far Eastern matters.