JAPAN AND CANADA

Evening Star, Issue 20312, 22 October 1929, Page 9

JAPAN AND CANADA

MINISTER FROM TOKIO Press Association —By Telegraph— Copyright, OTTAWA, October 21. (Received October 22, at 10.20 a m.) Mr lyemasa Tokugawa, the first ipaness Minister to Canada, present) lis credentials at Government Hous. today. —Australian Press Association. A TWO-FOLD MISSION. PEACE AND TRADE. OTTAWA, October 21. (Received October 22, at 12.25 p.m.) Emphasising his two-fold mission as that of tile .preservation ol peace and the development of trade between the two countries, Mr Tokugawa received newspaper representatives at the Legation residence. He said; ‘•Japan stands for peace in the Pacific; therefore she will welcome any measure of disarmament which can he effected at the FivePower London Conference, f am glad to say that at the n'-’"ont there are no pressing questions of a vexatious nature for me to take up with the Canadian Government The Japanese Government’s attitude on immigration is that until your dominion is prepared to welcome mor» of our people as immigrants there is little use in urging the matter. Japan is favourable to disarmament, hut. complete d sarrnament is impossible at the present time. It is all a question of balance Nobodv doubts the merits of the SuiTanm-e r-v-' ha c e from the British point of view for tlm protaction of her ro"tcs, and according to my belief the Japanese Government never from the first had any fears concerning this base.”—Australian Press Association-United Service,