JAPAN’S ATTITUDE

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 128, 4 May 1925, Page 9

JAPAN’S ATTITUDE

AMBASSADORIAL STATEMENT. NEW YORK, April 20. Japan’s attitude towards various nations was defined in an address here by Mr Tsuneo Matsudaira, the new Ambassador . from Tokio. Ho declared that Japan had no secret treaty or agreement with Russia, or with any other country. Its arrangement with Russia did not conflict- with the principle of the open door, nor need it cause any apprehension i:i America. Japan was pursuing ' a "poliiiy of non-intervention concerning the internal affairs of China. Regarding Japan’s ' relations with America, he was surprised at the rumours current here of a possible future conflict. The Ambassador declared that such a’ war was not only wholly unlikely, but physically impossible. Japan had fully complied with the terms, .of the Washington Disarmament Conference, having scrapped 15 capital chips,, and there were no issues outstanding. Japan, ho added, wqs determined to be fair aid above board in all her in ternatioul 1 -dealings.

Entering the diplomatic service in his mid twenties, Mr Matsudaira was secretary to the Japanese Embassies at Pekin, London and Paris and later Consul-General at Tientsin. From 191-0 until his recent appointment as Ambassador at Washington he was director of the European and American Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foieign Office.