JAPAN AND CONFERENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17846, 29 July 1921, Page 5

JAPAN AND CONFERENCE.

INVITATION ACCEPTED.

SUBJECTS TO BE EXCLUDED. "ACCOMPLISHED FACTS." | By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received 9.30 r>.m.) | A. and K.Z. "WASHINGTON. July 27. The Washington State Department has i published the correspondence -which lias j passed between Japan and the United ! States relative to the proposed conference on disarmament. The United States on July 23 despatched ; a Note to Tokio answering Japan's rej quest to be advised of the scope and nature i of the subjects to be discussed at the con- | ference. The Note stated that the Secre- ; tary of State, in conversation with Baron | Shidehara, Japanese Ambassador to the ! United States, had expressed a hope that j Japan would not press its inquiry in view : of the fact that it was desirable that there should be a full acceptance of the United 'States' invitation, leaving this matter open for adjustment in a precise agenda to be arrived at later. The Note concluded: " The Secretary of State is willing to proj ceed with exchanges of opinion regarding I the agenda prior to the meeting of the j conference. He considers it inadvisable I at the present moment to hamper the proj gramme and particularly to delay arrangements for the conference, pending an agreement regarding this matter." Japan, in reply, stated : " The Japanese Government is informed that the United ■ States is willing to proceed in exchanges of opinion regarding the agenda prior to ] the conference meeting, and that the | United States considers it advisable to ad- ; just in the agenda the nature and scope I of the Pacific and Far Eastern questions I which will be discussed. Japan, upon that I understanding, is happy to inform the United States of its intention gladly to J accept the invitation to the conference. I Japan, in order to ensure the success of the conference, deems it advisable that the agenda should be arranged according to the main object of the discussion, namely, the establishment of an enduring peace and the advancement of human welfare, and that the introduction therein of problems of sole concern *to certain particular Powers or such matters that may be rej garded as accomplished facts should be scrupulously avoided."