JAPAN AND AMERICA

Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1921, Page 5

JAPAN AND AMERICA

CALIFORNIAN LAND LAWS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. Received Feb. 13, 5.5 p.m. Washington, Feb. 12. State Department officials learn that the Japanese Government, owing to the pending change in the United States administration, has decided not to press the issues pending between Japan and the American Government, including the Californian land law. It is also understood that the Japanese Foreign Office is satisfied with the recommendations for settlement made by M. Shidehara on the basis of the negotiations with Mr. Morris—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TROUBLE OVER VLADIVOSTOCK. New York, Feb. 11. A United Press Tokio message states that the newspaper Asahi says the Americans’ refusal to recognise the right of Japanese troops to police Vladivostock is developing serious conditions. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DESIRE FOR FRIENDSHIP. Received Feb. 13, 11.5 p.m. New York, Feb. 12. Viscount Inouye, a member of the Japanese Diet, has arrived to purchase a million dollars’ worth of steel for making machinery. He said he was confident that the issues between the United States and Japan could be settled on a common-sense basis. The better classes in both countries desired only friendly relations. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.