New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Crisis in Japan
Ii ENJOYS f all,
Diet Chief SAYS
X. Mochizuki, Constitutional
Party Head, Here to Check
on Work Of Delegates
and Report at Home
Would End immigration
People Eager for a Complete
Disarmament and Pacific
as Great Lakes, He Asserts

Kotaro Mochizuki, leader of the Ken
seikai or Constitutional party in the
lower house of the Japanese Imperial
Diet. arrived here yesterday en- route
for Washington. where he will observe
the acts Of the Japanese delegation to
the Conference on Limitation Of Ar
mament. He did not hesitate to say
that q failure in this conference would
produce crisis in Japan. whose peo-
pie, he added, were determined to
bring about solution to all the out
standing international questions affect
ing the Pacific.
During his brief stay here Mr.. Mo-
chizuki discussed in minute detail what
he considered the most practical forms
of solution for the troublesome prob
lens that now threaten the peace of
the Orient, and ended by declaring
that in the event OF the Japanese del
egation failing to use every possible
means to bring about an understands
ing and reasonable measure of arma-
Ment limitation, he would Immediately
return to Japan and appeal to his
Would Like Complete Disarming
"The Japanese people would like to
see complete disarmament, but failing
that would like to see limitation ex-
tended as far as pcssiblc> We would
like to see the Pacific Ocean completely
aemobilized, just like the Great Lakes.
have preached this doctrine for four
years, and expressed it on my last visit
to tins country as q Japanese parlia-
mentary delegate. | am grateful that
the coming conference is giving us an
opportunity to settle for all time the
difficulties that now confront US.
"The Washington conference may
fail to achieve fully it's ends and be
third time. But Japan will be willing
to participate in every conference that
may be called, and endeavor to promote
the friendship of the two countries so
that the ocean between them may prove
itself to be pacific in name and in
fact"
Regarding the international cues
tons prominently discussed, Mr.. Mochi-
zuki did not hesitate to criticize the ac-
tlons OF his own government. In this
connection he said:
Indeed, the authorities of Japan and
the United States may be said to have
mlttlng these questions to become ex-
aggerated in Importance. What, then,
are the causes of diplomatic disputa-
tlon. and how can they be solved?
Puts Immigration First
"Thcy arc: First, the question Of
Japanese immigration in California:
second, the question of American pos
sessions in the South Seas; third, the
Chinese question, and, fourth, the ST.
beraan question.
First questionable solution of the
question of Japanese immigrants in
California;,
1T is proposed, according to the
spirit of the existing Japanese Amer
lean commercial treaty and the internal
condition of the United States. that
(a) The United States award the
Japanese subjects at present residing
In that country rights and treatment
equal to those accorded to other ma
tionals, and that (b) Japan auto
matlcally prohibit the future emigra-
ton of the Japanese to the United
States"
Regarding the American possessions
in the Pacific, Mr.. Mochzuki declared
that Japan would be ready to recog-
and would gladly give specific guar
antics at any time America withdrew
He stated that similar guarantees
would be given regarding the other
possessions. He pointed out that he
had made this same statement to the
late Colonel Roosevelt during his visit
here in 1917.
In connection with the Chinese ques-
tion he said: "The strict maintenance
of the territorial integrity and the SOW
ereign rights Of China has been and is
m uiS nf bov
been made manifest in the Anglo-Jap-
anese alliance and the Franco-Japanese
and Americo-Japanese agreements. Nor
has Japan been less earnest in recog
nizing and enforcing the principles of
the open door and equal opportunity
in China proposed by the United States
Japan has no other ambition toward
China"
Corea and Siberia
Concerning the Corean question, he
: pointed out that condition existed
between Japan and Corea similar to
the one existing between the United
States and the Philippines, and then
! added: Japan may grant sort of
autonomy to Corea in the future, in
proportion to the intellectual growth
Of the Coreans."
With regard to Siberia, he declared
that Japan harbors no territorial am
bition In Siberia or in any other part
of Russia, and then added: "But the
fact that Siberia is contiguous to
Corea, Manchuria and Mongolia, and
that chaos and confusion, due to the
non-existence of a proper government
in Manchuria and Mongolia, still reign
supreme is the reason why the Jap
anese government has not so far car
ried out the Japanese expeditions evac-
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