Evening star., 1926-06-06
JAPAN MYSTIFIED BY y. S. FEAR
OF RUMORED MEXICAN COLONY
Desire for Friendship With America Constantly
Checked by misunderstanding, Says Noted
Toxic Editor.

| Japan and ready to attribute to her
an inimical ambition" which it would
! be manifestly beyond her power to
accomplish by any means. What
overt or open act has Japan been
guilty of to create such suspicion?
Has the Japanese government ever
committed a single act which could be
reasonably interpreted as "a menace
! to the American Nation?
The pivot OF Iapan's diplomatic pol
| icy has unswervingiy been intimacy
with the United States and Great
| Britain. 1t has always carefully
q! oided any act that savored Of. op-
! position to the desires, expressed or
| uneypressed. of the American Gov
ernment and people. In each diplo-
matte transaction. SO far as know, In
which Amerlca and Japan were in.
volyed Japan has never failed to
| align horself with the policies of the
United States, and If there were any
act or acts not pleasing to the United
States, the Japanese people have not
been informed Of it.
Cooperation Is Cited.
The Japanese government approved
of the open-door policy in China and
has always remained true to 1t. 1t did
| it's utmost to make the Washington
eventS-earthquake, among the rest
make Japan the chief beneficiary Of
the Washington agreement. at the
time of the conference the Japanese
government was making. honestly and
conscientiously. the utmost conce sSion
that it thought 1t was able to make
and the press supported the gov ern-
ment unanimously. fervently aiding
to curb the demands of the jingoistic
conSarVationS.
Ever since civil war broke out in
China the one striking note of ia
pans diplomacy has been the main
tenance of absolutely concerted action
with the United States and the other
powers.
When the earthquake came we re-
ceived such bounty from the Ameri.
can public as we had never dreamed
of. Japan overfiowed with gratitude
toward America and gave full expires
sion of it's gratitude. We were par.
ticularly happy because we believed
that 1t was an indication of friendly
feeling for US in America.
Feeling Toward L. s. Envoy.
Amba ssador Woods has become a
dem!god in the heart of the Japanese
people and continued to be even after
the passage of the immigration law
which so sadly marrod the friendly
sentiment toward America. During
the agitation over the immigration
act which spread over the country
not one American citizen in Japan
was in any way molested. The gov
.arnment and the leaders of the social
body took especial care to guide the
popular excitement toward the skies
so that the mass opinion was harm
less to American residents
On our side. we are doing all that
we can to cultivate the friendship of
the American people. but. in spite of
that fact. a good deal of misunder-
standing about US seems to exist in
America. Official representatives of
the governments reiterate their pro-
nouncements about good understand.
ing and eternal friendship, but the
facts cause us bitter disappointment.
Whatever Japans friendship means
70 the United States. to Japan the
friedship of the United States means
great deal.
There is nothing like friendship
between either individuals or nations.
apart from the political and economic
interests involved in their intercourse.
If there is any obstacle to the growth
of such friendship. we owe a duty
to peace and to humanity to remove
it. III feeling cannot grow without
cause and we are very anxious to
know the causes that prevent COM
plete amity between Japan and the
United States.
All the arguments and information
we have received so far are without
importance or without truth.