POLICY OF THE PREMIER

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 247, 13 July 1920, Page 5

POLICY OF THE PREMIER

i HELP TO SECURE ORDER IN CHINA | New York, July 10. The correspondent of the "New York ] Times" interviewed Mr. Ifaia, the Fre- , mier, who 6aid: "I shall certainly do my part in the removal of misunder- ' standing between the States nnd Japan whenever and wherover Hie opportunity arises. There is a good prospect, ', with tho settlement, of tho consortium question, that China's finance and tho whole of the administration will be placed'upon 60 sound a basis that all countries interested will be benefited. It , must bo remembered concerning our reservations in Manchuria and Mongolia that Japan has a special interest in these provinces, unliko the interest of . any other country. (The peace and tran(rmllity of China are matters of great jmpcrtance to all the Powers of tho world, ,but nro most important to us. We must all help China to set her house in order. Japan can never do this single-handed."—Au9.-N.Z. Cable Assn. • RELATIONS" WITH AMERICA ACTION OF PEOPLE OF CALL FORNIA. (Rec. July 12, 7.45 p.m.) New York, July 11 Tho "New York Times" correspondent at Tcikio interviewed Viscount Kaneko, a member of the Japanese Privy Council, who said: "The action of some people in California' threatens to strain relations between Japan and the United States to a critical point.. I do not fear the danger of a breach of diplomatic relations, but I fear that if the proposed legislation to be snbmitted to a popular referendum in California in November' is passed there will be implanted in the Japanese mind a iankling sense of wrong inflicted by the Americans that time will not efface One cannot escape the fact that the existence of good or bad feeling 'between Japan and the United States depends upon tho action of the people of California. I can only characterise California's fear m imaginary. The average morality of tho Japanese in. California is quite equal to that of any other foreign people. If China and Japan stand for ideals as high as your own, then I hold that they must be "dealt with on a footing of absolute equality. It is my profound conviction that this carries with it a truth which all great English-speaking communities will have to accept and act upon, if their place in tho world's great hereafter is to be comparable with that which they hold to-clay."-—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.