JAPAN SEEKS PEACE.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1921, Page 5

JAPAN SEEKS PEACE.

MISSION OF FRIENDSHIP. TO AMERICA AND BRITAIN. JOINT TREATY FAVORED. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received July 19, 8.10 p.m, London, July 18. Ten members of the Japanese Diet, including M. Tanaka, a member for Tokio, have arrived in London after visiting America. Their mission is to study the changes brought about by the war and endeavor to strengthen the bond of unity between Britain and Japan. Later they will visit France and Belgium. and on their return to Japan will present a special report on the question of armaments reduction, also stating their views on measures necessary for the establishment of international peace. M. Tanaka, interviewed, declared that if Britain, America and Japan would combine and keep faith there would be no more wars. Japanese popular opinion in favor of disarmament was growing daily.—United Service, COUNTRY DEEPLY ROUSED. A CRISIS TO BE MET. New York, July 17. Dispatches from Tokio indicate t-hac all Japan is deeply aroused over President Harding’s disarmament conference proposals. Liberals declare that there is nothing to fear from a frank and open discussion on Far Eastern problems, and point out that Japan must openly and candidly discuss all aspects of the situation, and must strive valiantly for its rights at the conference, but not haggle or take a small attitude, since this would hurt the Empire more than anything else.

The aristocratic and bureaucratic classes seem to see an element of danger arising out of an Anglo-Saxon combination robbing Jlapan of its dominant hold on the economic and political life of Asia.

All parties agree that' a crisis in Japan’s affairs has arrived, and that only wisdom and far-sightedness can steer her through the new developments of world’s policy. I