JAPANESE AFFAIRS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18157, 31 January 1921, Page 5

JAPANESE AFFAIRS

EMIGRATION TO AMERICA,

A DIFFICULT PROBLEM,

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, January 27. It is understood that Senator Johnson will oppose most strenuously the agreement arrived at by Mr Shidehara and Mr Morris when it reaches the Senate. Senator Johnson is one of the most forceful and most powerful leaders in that body, and it is expected that he alone would be able to accomplish its • defeat. ■ He has already declared that he stands exactly where California stands. He will get the support of the Pacific Coast States, and probably of the Southern States. —A. and N.Z. Cable.

THE LANGDON INCIDENT.

NEW JAPANESE NOTE.

TOKIO, January 29. (Received Jan. 30, at 5.5 p.m.) Japan’s answer to the Note from the United States concerning the killing of the American officer (Lieutenant Langdon) at Vladivostock has been forwarded to Washington. It is learned that the Note does not discuss the Japanese occupation of Siberia, but merely reiterates the Government’s regret over the shooting, and outlines the measures taken to prevent a recurrence of such incidents.—A.'and N.Z. Cable

A REPORT DENIED. TOKIO, January 29. (Received Jan. 50, at 5.5 p.m.) It has been officially denied that Ameri cans have been placed under additional surveillance.—A. and N.Z. Cable,

[This message refers to a cablegram from Tokio, which was published on Saturday morning, stating that the police were considering plans for more effectively watching Americans residing and travelling in Japan. The Japanese stated they had evidence that some Americans were professing to be tourists and business men, but were really focusing their attention on military matters and acting in 00-operation with other Americans who have been long resident in Japan. The suspicions of the Japanese were -roused through a number of alleged American asrents reaching Korea and China and communicating with each other by means of wireless messages.]

THE SIBERIAN CAMPAIGN,

CHINO-JAPANESE PACT ENDED

SHANGHAI, January 28. (Received Jan. 30, at 5.5 p.m.) The Chinese and Japanese military and naval authorities at Peking have signed an agreement abolishing the Chino-Japanese pact. Notes will be exchanged on Saturday by the Chinese Foreign Minister, Yen, and the Japanese Minister, Obata, oifici ally declaring the abrogation, which will be the end of the pact signed in 1918 providing_ for Chino-Japanese military cooperation against enemy penetration in Eastern Siberia for the duration of the war.—Reuter.

ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE,

PLANS FOR a. REVISION,

TOKIU, January 29. (Received Jan. 30, at 5.5 p.m.) The newspaper Kokumin states that the Japanese Government is planning a revision of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance which will free Japan from its obligations. The paper says this action has followed the statement by Mr Hayashi in London interpreting the British view of Article 4 of the Alliance as leaving Japan isolated and unprotected.—A. and N.Z. Cable.