Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-08-26
JAPAN SEES No
BAR To ACCORD
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF HER
PRELIMINARY POSITION ON
IMPORTANT MATTER.
WOULD AVOID ALL CONFLICT
Ready to Restore Kiaochau to China
and to Evacuate Troops From East
ern Siberia as Soon as Satisfactory
Arrangements Are Made.
Rx EDWARD 8. CLARK.

Far East conference is sharper con-
corning the attitude that Japan is like
ly to take than it is in the positions
which any Of the other comforting ma
tions may assume.
1t has been possible to obtain an au-
thoritative specific statement of ia
pans position as related to certain OF
the most perplexing problems that are
to be discussed at the forthcoming
meeting.
1t probably may be well to know in
advance how the japanese feel on GER
tain matters. What is here set down
on the affairs touched upon is official,
and it was secured by your correspond
ent exclusively. The quotations fol-
low:
The Japanese desire to avoid unfor-
tunate situations, such as developed
at the peace conference in Paris,
where for one reason and another it
was made to appear that the United
Estates was pitted in diplomatic conflict
with first one great power and then
another, till, by the time the Versailles
treaty was finally agreed upon, practi-
cally all the powers were discredited
In America.
1.-THE Tokyo government now seeks to
avoid, if possible, even the appearance
of conflict between American interests
and policies and Japanese interests
and policies. In the opinion Of most
Japanese statesmen there is no issue
that should not and could not be set
tied, both amicably and speedily, and
they on their part are willing to go
more than half way to reach any
compromise and agreement.
Japan's Position on Shantung.
1.-THE three most important matters
are the status of zap. the concessions
in Shantung, and the presence Of jap
anese troops in eastern Siberia. The
most difficult of these problems seems
to be that of the concessions in Shan
tung The present situation in Shan
tung was fixed by the Versailles treaty.
BY that treaty Germany renounces in
favor Of Japan the lease of Kiaochau
and those Of her rights that respect
the railway from the port of Tsingtao,
in Kiaochau bay to Tsinanfu.
ITO maintain order and security in
Kiaochau and also to protect the
Tsingtao-Tsinanfu railway from law
less elements that infest the regions
the Japanese have maintained up to
the present military guards of not
more than 1000 men in Tsingtao and
along the railway.
Japan has, however, repeatedly de-
clared her readiness to return Kiao-
chan in full sovereignty to China, to
withdraw all her troops now stationed
i'll Tsingtao and In the railway zone
and to make that railway an effective
joint Chino-Japanese undertaking. It
is obviously impossible for Japan to
give effect to that declaration until
arrangements shall have been made
between Japan and China"
Then this official statement which l
have secured goes on to say that
China's attitude has been hesitant, al
though Japan has more than once In
yited China to enter into the negotis-
tons.
Why They Keep Troops in Siberia.
The official pronouncement then
takes up the Eastern Siberia question
as follows:
''With regard to Eastern Siberia,
japanese interests and Japanese SUBJ
jects, established in that sparsely set
tied region as a result of treaty rights
accorded by the former Russian gov
eminent, have been given little or no
protection since the rise Of the Boil
shevik regime. Many Japanese have
suffered not only personal hardship
and pecuniary losses, but actual as
sault and even massacre. Neverthe-
less, out of the three provinces of
Eastern Siberia, where Japanese
troops originally were stationed. two
provinces already have been complete
ly evacuated.
SIT is only in the southern frontier
region of the maritime province, in
GLIDING Yladivostok, that these troops
still are maintained. Yet it is the in
tention of Japan to withdraw her
troops from this region also as soon
as adequate provision is made for the
protection of lives and property of
japanese residents and for the defense
of the border Of Korea"
Then the official statement takes up
zap as follows:
'As to zap, the question is actually
under discussion between the Ameri-
can and Japanese governments, and
there is every indication of an early
settlement of the controversy satisfac-
tory to all parties alike.
Japan has nothing to lose by
policy of Cancellation toward China,
and is anxious, therefore, to reach
with the United States, Great Britain
and other interested powers the full
est and quickest accord that will de-
termine and settle the status Of the
various foreign nations which have in
terests in that troubled country"
Printing Bill to Be Reduced.
Members of congress have heard
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