JAPAN ANITTHE PACIFIC.
DESIRE FOR PEACE. NO CLASHING WITH AMERICA. fPRESS Association— Copykigiit.l Received Feb. 22, 10.5 p.m. London, Feb. 22. Count Kato, interviewed in London, emphasising Japan's excellent relations ; with all Powers, and her .honest love of peace, ridiculed talk of her predominance in " the Pacific. ■> There oould be no dominant Power in those vast "waters. Japan wanted her share, but not of that washing , the American Continent, for there she had .nothing to do. Similarly she had no interest ; in Hawaii or the Phillipines, capable of clashing with those of America, but she meant 'to be one of the dominant j Pacific Powers, with, her own tj lime, of influence in her own part of the ocean. - ! He added: "In China: our -friendly: policy is well known. , We, fought for the open door, and shall -.npt. attempt , bo close it."
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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12471, 23 February 1909, Page 2
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142JAPAN ANITTHE PACIFIC. Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12471, 23 February 1909, Page 2
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