New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-30
Armed Pacific a
w ar Peril, Says
Japanese Envoy
kochizuki, Publisher and
Party Leader, Advocates
Wiping Out of Fort !
cations in That Ocean
Conflict Otherwise Sure
Would Have II. $. Disarm i'm
Philippines and Guam
and Japan in Formosa

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2a---For the
sake of peace and harmony both Japan
and the United States should refuse
to spend another cent in fortifying
the south Pacific. Kotaro Kochizuki, a
leader of the Kensei-Kai party in jap
an declared on his arrival here to-day
on the Shinyo Maru, which brought
several Japanese groups bound for the
Washington conference. Unless the
United States and Japan stop fortify-
ing the south Pacific, Mr.. Kochizuki
said, conflict between the two coun-
tries is inevitable.
The Japanese delegation of advisers
to the disarmament conference, the
second to be greeted here within two
weeks, is headed by e. Kmunra, q
secretary Of the Department of For
eign Affairs; T. Komuchi, secretary
of the Treasury; T. Negishi, pro-
fessor in the TOXIC University of Com
merce, and a number of educators and
bankers, besides Mr. Mochizuki, d pub
Usher.
Repay tanderl1pS visit
A. trade delegation, headed by Wis
count E. Shibusawa, prominent
banker, also arrived on the Shinyo to
repay the visit to Japan of the party
headed by Frank A. Vanderlip last
year.
The advisory delegation will depart
tomorrow for Washington. The
Shibusawa party will SO Monday to
New York.
you should destroy your fortifca-
lions in Hawai-, the Philippines and
Guam, while we in turn should rae
ours in Formosa and other island ap-
proaches to Japan" Mr.. Mochizuki said.
"If that is impossible let us at least
stop where we are. God did not make
the Pacific to be disturbed by conflict,
but to be holy W. ter"
The call for tn, Washington confer
ence has made lIa-itation of ornaments
probable and even practicable. accord
ing to Mr.. Kimura. Cooperation such
as has been effected in the Chinese
consortium is the master key TO all the
problems of the Far East, he said.
VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 90 (By The
Associated Press. - Desirabilty of
peaceful cooperation with the United
States was the fundamental point made
by Prince Tokugawa, q member of the
Japanese delegation to the Conference
on the Limitation of Armament, in an
interview with The Associated Press
during the voyage from Japan.
The steamship Kashima Maru, with
the prince and other Japanese delegates
to the conference aboard, was fog
bound to-day off Swiftsure Light, ten
miles from Cape Flattery, where she
cast anchor last night.
Peril in misunderstanding
The prince dwelt on the urgency of
the removal of all Observation-Disclosures
and causes of misunderstanding be-
tween nations, because he believed that
if such misunderstanding were per-
mitted to continue they might lead to
unfortunate circumstances, even to
war. He added;
But, personally, have never
dreamed of war with the United
States"
Prince Tokugawa said he looked for
ward to his work at Washington as be-
ing of ahe highest Importance in CON
nection with the future happy concord
among the nations, moro particularly
between the United States and Japan.
Generally spc@A:=7s,," said the
prince, personally | hope the question
"0e" ~ Cli' Id anu Japan Will be Kept
out of the Washington conference, be-
cause it is better to solve these ques-
tons directly between The countries
concerned"
What about militarism ."
The prince replied:
~ T. ink that everybody who knows
my york IN Japan realizes that [ am
opposed to militarism as the world
popularity conceives the term militar-
ism. My country is not in need Of
ornaments for offense. All that is
necessary for Japan to have is an army
and navy adequate for her defense. If
as hope, the conference is conducted
IN a spirit of candor and frankness. I
have no doubt about its ultimate sur
cess. Az all events candor and frank
ness VII be the keynote of the Japan
csc attitude