Japan’s Motives.
OPEN DOOR TO HARMONY. AN UNDERSTANDING SOUGHT. WHAT THE LEAGUE COULD DO [ByCable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) New York, May 26. The ‘‘Chicago News’ ” Tokio correspondent interviewed M. Okuina, who declared that if Europe and America understood Japan’s motives anil gave moral support Japan would lie ready to disarm in Siberia, try to improve conditions and open the Continent to commerce. “But,” he added, “if they are unable to reach an understanding Japan 'will withdraw, leaving the world to tare the consequences. It is thus for Japan and England to uo something for settling conditions in the Orient and they would welcome the co-opera-tion of the United States. The League of Nations, despite possible defects, m a broad movement towarils universal peace.”—(A. and N.Z.) JAPAN'S MONEY CRASH. BANK CLOSES DOORS. London, May 25. A telegram from Japan reports that as the result of the financial trouble, the Seventy-fourth •Bank, with a capital of half a million, is closing its doors. There has l.ecn a run upon small district banks for some weeks, but the larger Japanese banks have the situation well in hand.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 139, 27 May 1920, Page 5
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