Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-30
JAP STATESMAN
VIEWS CALMLY
u. S. RELATIONS
Government Envoy Sees Ami
cable Adjustment of All
Problems.
YAP KNOT TO BE UNITED

| Copyright, 1921, by International News
Service.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-"The ques-
ton of the Island of zap is most deli
cate, but there is every reason to believe
diplomacy will find a satisfactory sOlu
ton Of the problem" according to Baron
Megata, member of the Japanese House
of Lords and Japanese delegate to the
| League OF Nations, who is passing
through Washington on his way back to
Japan from the recent meeting Of the
league at Geneva.
The baron, who asa young man at
| tended seminary at West Newton, Mass.
viii leave today for San Francisco, where
he will remain for a few days before
sailing for Toxic.
Being technically still on a mission
which includes the question of mandates
over the islands of the Pacific, the baron
declined to enter into a detailed discus
sion of the zap situation, although he
expressed the belief that the controversy
over the disposition of the former Ger
man cables would be cleared up satisfac-
| torily in the communications conference
now in session here.
Japan's position with regard to the
Island Of zap, he intimated, is that the
island was awarded to her under agree
ments approved by powers which presum-
ably had authority to make such awards,
and until that decision is changed, japan
cannot do otherwise than claim the terri
| tory awarded her.
| TO MAKE STUDY
IN CALIFORNIA.
| ST am somewhat out of touch with the
situation in California" said Baron Me-
gaia, "and I wish to spend a few days
on the coast in order to get frst-hand
| fpforuno tfnu Of conditions there
While the baron does not attempt to
deny that many serious matters remain
10 be adjusted between Japan and the
United States, he is convinced there is
no question so serious as to menace the
good relations of the two countries He
believes the two nations are well on the
way toward a satisfactory settlement Of
both the immigration question and the
question of land tenure.
Il have not seen the official report Of
the conversations conducted between
Ambassador Morris and Baron Shide-
hara," he said but / am confident that
those interchanges have greatly clari-
fed the situation"
Baron Megata said he understood the
negotiations thus far have been entirely
satisfactory to the Toxic government.
1T is perfectly natural" he said, that
Japanese who have lived in California
for a long time. and by their industry
and intelligence cultivated and improved
the land, should feel some concern at sug-
gestion that they are to be deprived per-
manently of the privileges they have en-
joyed. I am sure. however, that the
japanese, both here and In Japan, are
viewing the situation calmly and will
) cheerfully abide by any decision which
the two nations may reach"
ha Ior f- tn h, uEre fFna
Of suggestions that universal abolition
Of ornaments is a possibility Of the i'm
mediate future
JAPAN's PROBLEM
Is ISOLATED.
The situation in Japan is unlike that
in any Of the other great nations Of
the world" he continued "Japan's prob
lem is complicated by unusual conditions
as regards both skilled labor aud ma
terials. The time ordinarily required for
building a battleship is approximately
three years, but in Japan 1t is much
longer. l have been away from Japan
for five months and l hesitate to speak
! the minds of leaders there, but person
ally l am inclined, because OF these I'M
usual conditions to doubt whether Japan
would Join in a so-called naval holiday.
"Much has been said about Japan s
naval plans" he said. II am IN a posi-
ton definitely to assert that there has
been no unusual augmentation OF the
Japanese naval strength and that none
is contemplated"
THE program now being carried out
was determined upon more than five years
ago. 1t contemplates the construction of
the minimum number Of warships neces-
sary for the protection OF Japan. 1t con-
tains no suggestion of a threat and Is
entirely foreign to any idea Of aggres-
| sion"
"SIIANTUNG POLICY
is UNCHANGED"
Asked about Shantung. the Baron said
Japan formally made the statement
nearly two years ago that Shantung
would be returned to China just as soon
as conditions warranted. There has been
no change in that policy. Whenever a
stable government replaces the facti0nal
governments now functioning N China
the japanese will withdraw"
With hegard to Saghallen, the situation
is quite similar, the baron said Dis
ordered conditions prevail in Russia and
Siberia, making it the part Of wisdom for
japan to keep an eye upon conditions in
territory SO close to her own dominions.
"As soon as there Is m effective ma
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