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O

.

-

of

:V.

to

j of

November

Jl1

'

-

,

.

;

I I

uiwvcu

ut

uiuionuu ina

o

ncuii

nere

ta ra

a

unentai

possiD.e

enemy.

TtMVATTAN"

GAZETTIS

FRIDAY,

-SF-

.MI-WEEKLY.

AMERICA--

JAPANS

;v

;J

01:

FORGES?

IN

r;

rMOMENTOUSFAGT

Text

Agreement

Betweeaansiflgand

!lshii'

terests

Open

Door Reaffirmed

WASHINGTON,

,',..

(Associated Press)

The

text

policy

of the

Open Door

in which they

axe

already

v';;;'

uuiuiiiwui

Kcmcni, rcicoco

onwetn

secretary

ot

state

Lansing

and

Viscount Ishii,

the

special envoy of

Japan,

Was

announced

yes-

terday by the state department,

following

substantially the

sUte-

-

presented

at ths

Chinese foreign,

office vv

Peking on Friday

last by Baron Hayashi, Japanese minister to

ChinaJ

L

Tne

agTeement recognizes

the

special

interests'

of

japan

in

China, pledges

Japan to

respect

the

political

nd

territorial integrity

ot

tne

Republic, reaffirms

and supplements the

Root-Takahi-

ra

agreement."

The

new agree

ment,

in fact,

carries further

the

various previous agreements

made

between the United States

and

Japan and rescinds

none.

It

not

defensive

and

offensive alliance,

notf

an alliance

in

any'

sense of

the word except

in

that

pled

fees

earnest cooperation

between

To

,kio and Washington

in

the present

mica).

i

.;

,

FRICTION'

NOVEMBER

ELIMINATED

satisfactory understanding

the military, naval and

economic

of

the two nations

in

the war and

wipes

out those

causes

oi

incuon

wmcn

nave

of,

the

common

;

1917.

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7

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(vIMVIllf

which took

the

form

of a

copy bf

the

correspondence

exchanged be

ictary 'Xattsing stated

.that

publicity

had

been

made

,

desirable

through the

fact

that the

unofficial

statements

were being twisted

.'

-

'

..t.

:

;

u'

.i.i

:

t-

-

..

vi.uvi.

iua

iv

afvai

uiai iiic

was still

a menace

to the interests

Vr

the

oeen

tne

East;

;y

.

j

...v

;

'

'.

MISUNDERSTANDINGS

CLEARED UP

,

'

Secretary Lansings statement

emphasizes

the point that

the

Ishii

mission

has

performed

a

j

service' of

the highest

value

46'

the

'United

Stares and Japan

in

clearing

up

misunderstandings,

WlnVh,

.if

unchecked,

promised to develop

j

ne

siaiemeni aiso reicrs

'

tne,

.

attitude

q!

constrain

;

and

doubt

in

the

two,

countries

fostered by ,a campaign

of falsehood

adroitly

and secretly

carried

on

by

the

G.ermans.

,

It

--

declares

that

Ihrongh the

frankness

and

cordiality

6f

the. Japanese

commission-

ers

this propaganda of years

has been undone in a few days.

:VV::;.-V:;'--"V-

"TEXT OP

STATEMENT

'"'...

V

The text

of

the statement, which

is dated

October

2

and

ad

dressed

by

Secretary

Lansing'

to"

Viscount

lshii.

says:

,"

'

!'.

;

"I

have

the

honor

to

communicate

my understandings" o

;

an

agreement

developing from

our recent

conversations

and

questions

-

in oroer to

silence

niiMi-hitunii- a

rpiuirtv

l.f

1

aniKiiinqemeiit of

the desires

and

intentions

.shared by

the

two

gov-

ernments

in

regard to China

is'

advisable.

"

;

i

.

ki.ciiiiiiciu

iiie

unueu mates

and

Japan

recognize

.

xjniMijr

iitavc?

i.u

n

i.iuiins oeiween

couji-

-

.tnesj

consequently

the United

States

recoguizes

that Japan has

spe

cia!

interests

in

C

hina,

particularly that part

which her

possessions

S

''.'.I

id

anc

oi

.......

vci

to

THE

OPEN DOOR

"

.

rhe

territorial

KovcretentV

of

4

scheming

iidLivrii

ii

japan

wwaiu

of

the United States

in

the Far

a

erious.,

situation

in

the Far

I

China

remains unimnairiwt and

tt

6rmu

Machinations

every activity

other eountry

on

1

Mitii;

hun a

aiuUtef

purpua,

.

'in

mn or vimou nt

lshii and his

fallow eoiiiiulsMiuuer

ha

accompli

F

11

'"

cleared the

ul-

-

United

St ates has every confidence in

the

assurance

that Japan

ddes

not

desire

to discriminate

against the trade

of

other nations or

dis-

regard the treaty rights heretofore granted

by

China to

other

"pow-

ers.

--

The governments

deny

anypurpose

to infringe upoit

the

In-

dependence and

territorial integrity

of China, and declare

that

thpy

will always adhere to the principle of

the

'Open-Doo- r',

and equal

op-

portunity for.

commerce and

industry

in China; and

that they

are

opposed

to the

acquisition by any government

of

any

spe-cialig-

or

privileges

affecting the

independence' of

the territory

;

will

deny to

the citizens

of

.any

country

full

enjoyment

of equal

cpp)rtunity

for commerce and

'industry

in

China.

r

v

:'

;

,

''lshair

be glad to have

Your

Excellency confirm

this

under-

standing5 ami

agreement."

V

i.'-

JAPANESE ENDORSEMENT

1

.

Iii

reply

to

this.

Viscount

Ishii addressed

Secretary Lansing

on

October

2

alsi,

as follows

:

'

r

-

'

V

'r

have

the,

honor to

acknowledge,

and am happy

to

'confirm

under the' 'authorization

of my government,

the

understanding

in

the'

following

terms-

-

-'-

-

,

,

.

.'.

:t M

ih'

lonJ

the lshii statement

repeats the

text

of

the Lans

itlg statement-

-

'

.,..:.'

;

Secretary .Lansing,

in

nuking

public his

announcement,

a'dded

the.folkivi'ing

comment:

t

v:

'

'v,

"t'isouj3t,

Ishii and thq

other

commissioners

"now

returning

to

Jaj.ail

'havc performed

a

service for

the

United

Sutes

and Japan

of

the

hiiflnH

Vslue.

'

T'nqaentioualily

n

u

thrre

V

up in botwemt

,

tb

people

of tlie

Io

ouutrie

$.

reel-

-

"

lh

Clorniitii

fovemment

M

a

part

iiitf

of

auHpitiuD

ot

.the

motive

imhir--

' of

iti

for!j;ri

pofiry dt'aired

peeifj

'

ing at'tivitiea ia

the

far

Kat,

which,

t

alienate

tbix

foniitry

ant

Jajian.

1Tb-i- f

uncherkfd,

prowiaeti

a

nous

aitu-.-

J

fortunately

tlia

eopl

of

both'eoua-tic-

.

'.,

'.

(trie

ami

many

of

auaevt

opjniona

ae-

-

'fBuinora

anJ

report

of

finproper

;

'pt'l

every false rumor aa

trus

aad

lotentioDa were

iuerealu;

an

l

egi--

'

iii

Oenuaa

prupaanila

6y declarina;

timate. f

orniiii-rrla-

l

and

imliiHtrlal

rn-- .

that our

Kot'erument ulioudl

prepare for

terpriBoa

without ulterior motive

were

a

roAMint,

imKcrtiiitj

it to

be

inevitable

n'HUiiia

to

of politieal

aignitU-aou-

that

tlie intereata of the

two'aatiooi

aii'l

a

a

there

wa

oppoHitioo

''

the

.'Hr

Hunt

are hottiJe, and

that

arouiwiii

in

the

o4hei

fotiutry.

Doubt

a

iu

I

constralut

ncuiiratrel by

Um

tucr-jth-

a

man

tami-uie-

a

of f

aiBehooa

has tieen'

carried

on

fur

long

time adroitly and

'

''

'

'

ecretly.

;

9,

I-

-

hy

the

Qt

n

t

4

t

'

riniana rrociaimca

a

Republic By

i

Russian

Goeniment

Executive

Power"

Is To

Be

Vest

ed

In

An

Elected

Ruler But

'

Parent

Country

Will

Dictate

the'

Foreign Pplicy

LONDON,'

November

7

(AMoeiate.1

rreaa)

Finland

ia

anpiiblio,

the

gov-

ernment of

Buaaia

baa derided, arrord

lag to

'

deapate.h

received

here

lnut

eight

from

Petrograd.

The

government

that it

now

ruling

Buaaiai

ana

decreed, the

deapateb

atated,

that

the executive

power "of

Ftnlaad

thall be vested in a raler

who shall be

eleetel.

The f6relgn

policy

of the

new

republic, however,

la

to

be

dictated

by

Kuiwia, which

will, retain the

power to

deal

with

foreign

eminent

on

be-

half of Finlaud, to eiiter Into treatie

and

otherwise to hnndle all

.mattera

not

re.iottng

to

domeatie

air a ire.

Finlnnd'a aotonomy

waa long

trinee

taken away by tW

old

autocratic

gov

ernment

or, Buaaia,

which

w

over-

thrown a few

month

ago when the peo

pie rnee

suddenly, forced

Cznr' Nicholaa

to

nbilieate and thcmnelvei

aunied

con-

trol of the government.

The decision

that

Finland

'je

a republic

and shall

govern itself

ia in

line with the

theories

of the

aew

democratic

government

of

Buaaia."

GERMANY SHAKEN

BY

POUTICAL

ROW

Socialists

Demand

Large

Con-

cessions

As

Price

of

Their

Support

of

New Chancellor

Alir.sTEBDAM,

November

7

(Asso

dated

Prea)-Politic-

dissension

ir

Oennany

ia

engrossing the attention

of

the

empire

to almost as great

an

ex-

tent as the military operations,

and de

manrie

that are steadily

becoming more

vigorous

and of wider

scope

'are

being

made upon

the government by the

tSoc

ialiata

and

others

who

are

not

in.

agree

ment with

the

policies

of the war

lords

According

to

theFrankfurter

Zei

long, the

new

chancellor, voa Ueiiling

who

euceeded Hlcbaelis, ha appoints

Frederick.

,vNt

I'ayer,

a

progressive

member of.

the Beichetag,

aa vice

eban

ocllor.

The appointment

las

nt

yet

aoweyer,, bevn

approved by the Kaiser.

Maa"

Heheidemnnn,

leader of the

Hoe

Wlist

partr,

voiced

he demands

of hi.

rolluwers

laet

Hunday

la

aa'aMress

a

RMing,

Jin

which

he deflned

the

only

terms

upon

which

the

Hooiulisla

.

will

sgree

to

support the government.

The Socialists,

KjheidemaBn

declared

wili

support the

new

government

head

ed.

by

von He rt liny, provided

the

gov

ernment

keeps tho promises

it has

madf

of

equal

suffrage-

rights, the abolition

if

the political

censorship

and

Import

nnt

connessions

to the luboring

classes

Kocinlist

support of the government

Sr.hiedcmann

asserted,

is also

condition

d

opon

the earrylng out by the govern

itient nf

a

lea

r, firm

foreign

policy.

?lomatie

atmosphere of

suspicions

curs

by enemies

of the

two

oiintrie and

in a

few

days the propa

gaii'la

of

years

has been oudone.

"Throughout

the

conferences

Via-cou-

lshii

bas shown

a aincerity

and

candor

that

has

dispelled

all doubt

aa

to his purpose

and

brought the

two

governments

into an

attitude of

confl

dem-i-

i

enough

to make

the viait

his

toric,' aa

a

memorable

declaration of

attitude toward the Far

Enet,

i

"Tlic visit

has accomplished

the fur

ther

purpose

of

exprnssing

Japan's

inarncst

desire

to

cooperate

with'

the

t'nitcil

Htates in the

war

on

Gorniiuy.

It.

is

inexpedient

to publish

details

o'

this.

."The

United

Htates

government

if

gratified

at

the assertions of

Vtacount

Ishii

ami

his eollengues

that

their

gov-

ernment has desired to

do

Its part iu

the

Muppression

of

i'russianiam, and is

eager

to cooperate

in

every practical

way.

VTIiere

are

now

complete

under

standings

as to

naval

cooperation 'on

the' Pacific."

To

Secretary Lansing's

comment,

Vis-rpu-

Jshii

also

added

an

informal

atatemeatr.

aa follows:

..

"'The

spontaneous and enthusiastic

tnanifcstatioa of

good will on

the part

of

all hnmla. has

profoundly

impressed

not

only

the

members

of the

eomraia-ion-

,

but

thft

whole

Japanese

people.

The

new

understanding

auffurs well

for

Hhe undisturbed mainteaaace of

har-

-

moniutia accord

and good neighborhood

between

our

countries.

Certainly

it

will

do

away with the doubta

which

have

now

and then ahadowed

Japanese-America-

relatioaship.

It

aanot fail

to defeat for

all

time the efforts of the

German

ageota

te

whom

every

new-

-

developing

in China

furnished

a

fruitful

fiebl

for

black

machinations.

''It

further substantiates

the

solid-

ity

of

comradeship

daily

gaining

strength

.among

the

Booorable

,

and

worthy nationa of the

rivilued

wrld.

"My

Aim

belief

is

that

ao

long as

the

governments

maintain

'

and

per

tectly apireRiate the attitude of

each

other,

the reign

of

peace

and tranquil

Uty

iu "our

part

of the

world

will

re

main

unchallenged."

--

.

.

...

OHAMBBKLArN'S

COUOH KEMEDY.

Wlieu you

have

a bnd eold

von

wiiii

a

reniertv

that

will

not

onlv

tt(

lief.

ut effect

a urnmnt

and

uormniimit

cure,

a

reaiedy

that

is

pleasai.t to take,

remedy

that contains nothing

in

in

rlttiis,