THE POWERS AND THE PACIFIC.
JAPAN'S POLICY
Per Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, February 22. Count Katp, interviewed m London, dwelt on Japan's excellent relations | with all the Powers and her honest love of peace, and ridiculed the talk of dominance m the Pacific. There could oe no dominant Power m those vast waters. Japan wanted her share, but not that washing the American continent, for there she had nothing to do. similarly she had no interests m Hawaii or the Philippines capable of clashing with America,, but she meant to be one of the dominant Pacific lowers within her own sphere of influence m her own part of the ocean. He added: "In China our- friendly policy is well known. We fought for the open door, and shall not attempt to close it.'
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7728, 23 February 1909, Page 2
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