Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-17
Washington.
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Eve Of League Of Nations Meet
ings Finds All Nations
Seeking Best of Inter-
national Game.
Japan Seeks Alliance

Chicago Tribune Omaha Bee. Leased Wire,
Washington, June l6.-On the eve
of the meeting of the league OF ma
tons council to discuss the mandate
issue raised by the United States and
the meeting Of the British imperial
conference, which will discuss re-
newal of the Anglo-Japanese all
lance, Washington has become the
center OF a great international game
of diplomatic chess.
The British self-governing do
minions, fearful of the further ag-
grandizement of Japan, are far from
enthusiastic over renewal of the
alliance. Some of them have ques-
toned to what extent they should
commit themselves to British ZEN
tangling alliances" and all of them
insist that the alliance, if renewed,
shall not be inimical to the interests
of the United States.
Japan is anxious to renew the
alliance and is maneuvering to allay
the apprehensions of the British
dominions. Toxic has instructed
Baron Shidehara, the Japanese am
bassador here, to open negotiations
with Secretary Of State Hughes for
an immediate settlement of all issues
between the United States and
Japan.
Proposals Not Satisfactory.
Japanese propaganda is directed
toward convincing the British do
minions that the relations between
the United States and Japan furnish
no sound impeachment to renewal
of the alliance, because the contro-
versies between the two countries
are in process of settlement.
This. however, is not the fact.
BaronShidehara has had several
talks with Mr.. Hughes and has dis
closed Japan's ardent desire to
throw all the controversies into the
hopper and settle them by the give
and take compromise method. But
he has struck a snag. Mr.. Hughes
not only is averse to this sort of
bargaining. but he is reported to be
far from favorably impressed with
the proposals of settlement made by
Japan on any single issue.
The Japanese would like to salts
fy the United States on the Yap
Island question merely by interna-
tionalizing the cable and radio sta
tions and possibly giving America
the Yap-Guam cable. Mr.. Hughes
refuses to take the bait. He insists
that Japan alone cannot settle the
Yap question. That can be done only
by all the allied powers resembling
the disposition which was made
without consulting the United States
of Yap and the other Pacific Islands.
League Not Considered.
Not even the league of nations
can settle this question, Mr.. Hughes
holds, and he will send no representa-
tive to discuss the matter with the
league council despite the urging of
that body. Although the league
council passes on the mandates, Mr..
Hughes has carried his protest to
headquarters-the powers in the su-
preme council which formulate the
mandates.
France and Italy have evinced
disposition to yield to the conten-
tions OF the United States in the
mandate dispute. Great Britain
wants the United States and Japan
to settle the dispute without dis
turbing the fundamental principle
of the mandate, which in the case
of the Pacific islands permits the
extension thereto of the laws of the
mandatory.
By virtue of this arrangement.
Japan can keep the United States
out of the north Pacific islands, but
Australia and New Zealand likewise
can keep Japan out of the former
German islands in the south Pacific.
Britain is wary OF yielding any
thing to the United States in the
north Pacific which would impair the
bars raised by the British dominions
against Japan in the south Pacific.