CHINA’S PROBLEMS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 January 1925, Page 5

CHINA’S PROBLEMS

JAPAN NOT TO INTERVENE

ay CAULK—pauss association— oopykigh'j OTTAWA,■ Jan. 6. The United Press correspondent obtained an exclusive interview with. Mr Hayaelii in London. The ambassador said J a pan’s policy in China was based on a complete and open understanding and co-operation with the Great Powers. Japan was determined to avoid any intervention in China’s affairs except m, the form out friendly assistance, ottered iointJihovith the United States and the other Powers. ‘‘l think there must eventually be such an offer of assistance,” he added, “and no action will be taken unless • agreeable to China. We cannot ioice our assistance upon her. Japan will willingly take the initiative if desired, but whenever a conference is called we must be pretty sure it will succeed. Anything approaching, a military expedition would inflame China, and might cause a repetition of the Boxer trouble. There is no real danger of China being Sovietised. , , ~ “Friendship between Japan and the United States must and will continue, lie continued. “We must not allow it to be disturbed by unfortunate circumstances or utterances in either country The fundamental policy of Japan and the United States in the Pacific is friendship, 1 which must be maintained. The future of the world will be .dark it we forget that.”