“COMPLETE ACCORD”

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12017, 20 December 1924, Page 6

“COMPLETE ACCORD”

UNITED STATES & JAPAN AMERICA CONVINCED JAPAN DOES NOT WANT WAR. MR BRITTEN CASTIGATED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Australian and N.Z Cab’e Association. (Received December 19, 9.40 p.m.) . WASHINGTON, December 18. The Administration ■ to-day prepared for quick action to head off Mr F. A. Britten’s resolution. High officials deplored as untrue and dangerous his statement that Japan is preparing for war, and said the feeling between 1 the two- Governments is one of complete friendliness and understanding,'despite the- efforts of ill-advised groups in each country to stir up trouble. NO DISPUTE EXISTS. Mr Britten's statement that the attitude of Japan before the League of Nations, in opposition to the principles of America, was justification-, for his resolution is challenged by the officials, who insist that' Japan’s attitude towards the League Protocol is not aim cd at the United States. . An Administration leader said: “Japan, in fact, is the only Power with which this Government has no disagreement at the moment. There are several matters upon which we are negotiating with Britain, France, Italy, and others, but with the Japanese. Government we are in complete aocord.” ' NEW SPIRIT IN FAR BAST. The Administration officials admit that the exclusion of Japanese immigrants from the United States is still used by certain elements, in Japan to stir up hatred, but the Japanese Government, while deploring the form ■of the Exclusion Act,, which was also opposed by President Ooolidge, considers the matter closed. Officials declare that a new spirit of co-operation ha* arisen in the Far East, under which Japan, Britain, and the, United States are working together for the solution of the problems in the Pacific. Any conference of white nations, as proposed by Mr Britten, would destroy that co-operation, and play into the hands of belligerent elements in each oquntry which seek to emphasise the conflict between the white and yellow races.* A POLICY OF PEACE. The .Administration 'leaders emphatically state, on basis of careful official reports, that the Japanese Government does not want and does not expect war with the United States, and is actively pursuing a policy of peace. Inflammatory statements in the Japanese : newspapers are attributed to the, agitation here for a bigger navy, and to the anti-Japanese propaganda, which, in an exaggerated form, is quoted in Japanese Press. . “CORDIAL JJELATIONS” AN OFFICIAL COMPLIMENT. Australian end N.Z. Cab/o Association - WASHINGTON. December 18 Government House, 1 whose officials have been puzzled and somewhat disturbed by the agitation over the re. lations between the United States' and Japanese, took occasion to bespeak an era of most cordial relations between the, two countries. Mr C. E. Hughes, Secretory of State, departed from precedent and issued a formal statement, taking notice of the appointment of the new Japanese Ambassador, Mr Matsudaira, and welcomed: it as a. step toward further cementing'the friendship between Tokio and Washington* ' AMBASSADOR’S SENTIMENT. Renter’s Telegram. TOKIO, December 18. Mr Mateudaira, in an interview, stated that he would strive to his utmost to promote friendly relations between America and Japan, and bespoke- the co-operation of the Japanese Press in his attempt to solve the problem between, the two countries,