The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-07-16
Japan Is
Hesiitant
Not Willing to Open Up
Far Eastern Questions
In Disarmament Confer
enCe
BY DAVID LAwRnNcE.
Copyright by The lntciiIgcncer)

Washington. July 15.--Iapsnx het-
fancy 20 ACCEPT unr~>cr, cdly Americas
invitation I" di>cusS Ear Eastern prob
lens iS thoroughly understood mere.
'h"usn. - 'ou->". officially nothing IS
said about t.
Briefly. Japar i,", NJ. wish - -~'rH1
questions vhirA she Considers closed.
ETentuauv Jantr will rouS"ni /" = H.
cuSSiou oc So-'c Far Eastern qucsl.0nA.
but Just now Sic is parth'ular,y ANXIOUS
70 know VIA. ~" scope NJ the NASH
!nStoa crnf"-"rcr Nil, H., 7: - the
usual Japanese "autina vhcn"""r -"
Far Fast is mentioned IN corfCr'Hr"
ot powers. The Sari" warincSS pas "N-
hteited nv .hr JaUoncSN 1t The Versailles
Conference Il Is matt"- "f record
that tho japanese were mos, careful not
70 commit themselves AT Paris on any
thing tAat seemed - limit Japan's op-
portunIty - d"mnats thr Far Fast.
The Versailles treaty granted II japan
certain privileges ~ the ra~!ir which
ths.' are unwilling 70 surrender. and Il
lS well known tina, lan haS felt sons
,ive about tNs criticism N In" United
states A. N" provision IN IN" p"t"c
treaty ~htcN gave ShantunS !" japan.
Japan Unwilling
Jaran realizes that the United states
has not ratified the Versailles treaty
and Is. therefore IN Il position 10 bring
~ anv questions IN the Far Fast in
cluding Japar'S r~la:innS 20 china. Tive
fac, that rreS.i"Ht Harding inH!trd
China TO SN In tn" conference uaS IN
i,seiE a notification that japanese
Chinese controversies vould hc aired. n
an effort /" establish peace n the Far
East ard 70 reunv" possible reasons
Tor military o- naval Intervention In tho
'ucurn or the part - European an|
American roNCrS. - olN raturAlly does
not Ike 10 have uhina sit IN N inter
national confe-cnr" WAicN would give
China a chance - -"nren matters which
Jarar holds as settled.
Another thirr that iS worrying the
Japanese -N~tr'r trc Washington
conference Vi.i make al agreement that
vi, superc>dA "\!s;.HS understandings.
Japan. ror example. feels thar she has
derived certain heHchtS from the
LanslnE.Tshu agreement which while
TO, specifically rSrud'ated hy IN" Hard
TX administration - not especially
liked and prohae'y will % treated as
nanv =, tive acts "C foreign policies OF
rho W'So- administration has bccn-.
rar~ly. iEnc-cd. The Saro Is true OF
the AnSio-Japanes alliance which has
10, eecn renewed. although Il continues
temporarily in effect Wt,l the Japanese
nrd me Ians,as-Ishit aE-eeme", Ard the
Anglo-JapaaeSe alliance SCI ASIA" N
favor CT a rev convention. or wii' We
new understanding preserve laH-n"-e
sup-enac.. - tho Far East"
rhs Japansse Position
2, IS due largely 20 the inadeQua"y of
able communication between Japan and
~ ~ ,hs,N.
STANCES surrounding tho call OF tho dis
armament conference have not yet been
rad, plain n To<io. but when the
'sSues ave a,aI> defined tive foregoing
tunda nentals will hn uppermost N tho
Jananeso minds no matter whether the
japanese delegates are empower" 20
coma 70 Washington 70 discuss h'ntta-
lon or arma-ncntS alone or Far Eastern
questions as we'll. TIC prevailing view
here IL that the japanese never ~.
spec hca'ly refuse 70 discuss Ear Fast
nrn qucSticrS. but Vii. always reserve
rAe right 20 restrict the scope OF such
discussion pure!y - rs bearing on tho
Armament problem. In other words the
:c,xs in Warrington haven't any doubt
,ha, the Japanese Will ultimately come
in,o conference on the same terms as
ne other 10 werS. but taa: the Japanese
Koye-nment vi hesitate - permit
rapanes. public opinion 20 believe that
Japar enters such conference rcady 20
ocen up matters that are considered oy
rhN Japans<s 20 b" concluded. In p3--
ocular. no JapancSc cabinet could sur
v-,r which proclaimed Itself read 10
orer ur With CANA ~" matters coverAd
n re famous tHcnty-nre demands
o. SLAP problem
There arc mar problem? pending be-
NnI nd Ia n, such
a. ,hs charge % ne japanese that tho
MANA 81 California discriminate against
,,A Taaa-sse race. The British doTi3-
IONS including canada. Australia and
HsY Z.alarI have re se0'e racial prob
'.r, % SOL" As California. Tn" tnhlN
~. Japanee" immigrants has been 50
patnlv Denounced BY the English
speaking peoples living on the shores
~ the pAcin- that japan may hesitate
to perr-,3t ,hr racial contrCNerSy 10 y"
aired anew. because "t IN" certain OBJECT
., such a ?olicy u''nu Japanes" pubic
opinion. Ta7ar realizes that Il - per
haps bctie- :" aCSr such is,tcatc aucS-
IONS With tn" secret channels Of d'r'"-
-rntic discussion than :" try :" rcc"n'ti"
-acia' differences ~ m international.
ronrerc1Nr Il Is believed her" that the
ra,s,ess yr-c IN favor rf = separate
cortc~Nnro m Far Ea stem question: N
London. ch ely because y would not ap-
pear n japanese public opinion I" 20
-.uch different from tNc AnGir .,r1n"sH
~~ov>->l'IruS whtch had been gong %
,r.r. = * ,nc 'rArSt"r-n"c ~ -" H.
crxS!or frn-' icHGo9 :" Va s>!HE''T
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