JAPAN AND AMERICA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17596, 8 October 1920, Page 5

JAPAN AND AMERICA.

HOPEFUL DEVELOPMENT.

A BASIS OF SETTLEMENT.

A WASHINGTON STATEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. A. and N.Z. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.

It ; is authoritatively stated that negotiations between Mr. Shidehara, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, and Mr. R. S. r Morris, • American Ambassador to Japan, regarding California's Japanese legislation have proceeded without a hitch. There is every prospect of an amicable settlement. It is indicated either that a new treaty with Japan will be negotiated or the existing treaty amended to establish beyond question the right of Japanese nationals residing in the United States to own and transfer land and enjoy equal treatment with the nationals of all other countries with which the United States has treaty relations. Japan, on her part, would agree to a new " gentlemen's agreement" affecting t the immigration pf Japanese labour to the United States.

JAPANESE ANXIETY. MINISTER'S GRAVE VIEW. A. and N.Z. TOKIO. Oct. .6. The Minister for Railways, addressing a general meeting of the Sei Yu Kai (Majority Party), said that the conditions surrounding the anti-Japanese question in the United States were becoming worse. He- felt the utmost anxiety lest the question should affect friendly relations between Japanese and Americans. No doubt the question would be peacefully settled when the Presidential election was over.

DISPUTE OVER A CABLE.

JAPAN SEEKS CONTROL. A and N.Z. WASHINGTON. Oct. 6. It is learned that Japan ia endeavouring to control the Pacific Ocean cable between the United States and Japan. The laying of a cable was recently proEosed to the American State Department y an emissary of Japanese capitalists, sponsored by the Japanese Embassy in the name of the Japanese Government, which has proposed that a group of Japanese capitalists join either the United States Government or American capitalists in cable construction. It is understood

that Japan insisted that the cable be operated by a Japanese company, upon which the State Department pointed out that Japan forbids foreign cable landing on Japanese shores, and the American Government could not allow the landing of the proposed cable on American soil if controlled by foreign interests.