UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13480, 20 July 1907, Page 5

UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.

HOSTILITY DENIED.

A NEWSPAPER'S ASSURANCE.

United Press Association. — By -Electric

Telegraph. — Copyright.

NEW YORK, July 19.

The New York Herald cabled to Viscount llayashi, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, stating that only a dozen newspapers, out of 2200, sympathised with the Jingo demand for the transfer of a fleet to tho Pacific. It was therefore untrue that the demonstration was backed by the entire American people. Viscount Hayashi replied that all Japan had unshaken confidence in ;i>o policy of justice and peace displayeJ by the Amorican Government. Ho was convinced of the pacific character of the situation, and that the sensational reports appearing in a small section of the Press did not reflect the nation's mind.