THE FAR EAST.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16933, 7 September 1920, Page 7

THE FAR EAST.

JAPAN AND CHINA,

By Cable—Pres3 Associa'ion—Copyright.) (Australia:, and N.Z Cable Association.) PEKING, September 4. Interviewed here, tho Japanese Minister to China said the charge that : Japan was cherishing a desire to keep China in constant turmoil, in order to secure the lion's share of the spoils, : was preposterous. He added : — ! ".It is Japan that suffers most from I the endless internal dissensions in I China. It has been Japan's historic poli.cv that peace in the Far East ' should be placed on a secure basis, and | that China should thus maintain her prosperity as a united nation. It was i for that reason that Japan maintained ! : bsolute neutrality in the recent diffij cullies in China, and has not, at any time, lent money to any Chinese fac- , tion. Chinese politicians are prone to ■ snread false charges against Japan. The <=u!vat ; on of China can como only throuch the reorganisation of the Government and industry by a concert of tho interested Powers." ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY. LONDON, September o. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, interviewed, said ho did not contemplate any difficulty in tho way of the renewal of a ?,atlsfa?tory Anglo-Japanese Treaty. The lmnerial Conference would safeguard Australasia. Japan had too many troubles at homo to make trouble abroad. The late Dt. Morrison (Political Advisor to the Chinese Government) had •sssurcd him that Japan had ample -oom for expansion m Formosa and | Manchuria for 100 years. Therefore it < was unnecessary for her to invade the Pacific or Australasia. JAPAN AND AMERICA. (Received September Cth, 10.5 p.m.) TObJIO, September 5. Tho Marquis Okuroa, addressing the I delegation of American Congressmen, j p<=kcd for Japan to bo allowed to novo j a free hand in Korea, where Japan s ui- I terventicu was directed towards tlic betterment of conditions. Ho declared America should recognise Japan's good: intentions in Korea and Siberia, and pointed out that Japan acquiesced m the American annexation of the Philippine Islands, accepting the explanation tin nt it was for tho benefit of the peoples affected . _ . (Received September 6th, 10.0 p.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, September 5. Senator Phelan declared that war to the death would bo waged against any attempt to compromise California's attitude regarding" Jananese immigration, and expressed the belief that the State i Department would not accept any JapI anese compromise offers. j JAPANESE POLITICS. (Received September 6th, 10.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 5. The Washington correspondent of tho "New York World" says, according to. dispatches from Tokio, it is understood! that the Premier, Mr T. Hara, having recently indicated his position respect-; ing the suffrage question, is now prepared to resign. Three men prominently mentioned as possible successors are Baron Makino. Viscount Kato, and Baron Goto. Viscount Kato is considered the likeliest successor. IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN ITEMS ~-# According to a Berne message, tho Swiss Social Democrats have declined to join tho Moscow Internationale. The fiftieth anniversary of the Third French Republic was observed generally throughout "Franco on Saturday. The official celebration will bo held on October 11th. Bela Kun, according to reports from Petrograd, is exhorting the Hungarian prisoners to form themselves into a Red Army under his leadership, to enter rlnngary and re-establish tho dictatorship. A locomotive at Bordeaux ran off the track and exploded, killing eleven workmen and badly injuring • twelve others. The engine was blown to ! pieces. The accident was due to the sudden entry of cold water into the overheated boiler. A message • from Mexico City says negotiations are proceeding for the ap l pointment of a Mexican-American commission, to settle amounts owing tj Americana whose property was destroyed during the recent Mexican revolution. Arab tribes in Hauran have come to a mutucil agreement to attacl: the French at Damascus. It is stated that the French troops sent to Hauran were j recently defeated, and are now entrenching. About 12,000 troops are atDamascus. The viotory of the Marne was commemorated at Meaux, Marshal Foch, Marshal Joffre, Mr renal and M. Millerand were present. M. Millerand extolled the heroism of the French and British troops. The victory, he said, had incontestable saved France and tho world. Th© ex-Kaiser telegraphed to tho National Association of German Officers thanking them for their loyal remembrances on the anniversary of the Battle of Tannenberg (in which the Russians wcro defeated), adding: "I would to God the Fatherland might have another Tannenberg," and signing himself: "Wilhelm, Imperator et Rex." Colonel Grecney, the nowly-appoinfc-ed Chiof Forester of the United States, says Alaska contains about 100,000,000 cords of pulp wood, and can produce 1,500,000 tons of newsprint yearly, which virtually equals the amount which the United States is now compelled to import from Canada. Two large mills will shortly be established in Alaska for tho production of paper. Ernst, the police president in Breslau. and the chief officers of the local Security Police, have been dismissed owing to the Consulate incident. The German newspapers report that tho Inter-Allied Commission has accepted the resignations of three British controllers in- Upper Silesia, who tendered their resignations owing to tho partiality displayed by the French in Tarnowitz and Gross Strehlitzs.