JAPAN AND THE POWERS.
DOMINANCE IN THE PACIFIC. JAPAN WANTS HER SHARE. OPEN DOOR POLICY IN CHINA. COUNT KATO'S VIEWS. Received February 22, 10.36 p.m. LONDON. February 22. Count Kato, interviewed in London, and emphasising Japan's excellent relations with all the Powers and her honest love of peace, ridiculed the talk of dominance in the Pacific. There could be r.o dominant Power in those vast waters. Japan wanted her share. She was not looking toward? the American Continent, for there she had nothing to do. Similarly, she had no interests in Hawaii or the Philippines capable of clashing with America, but she meant to be one of the dominant Pacific Powers with her own sphere of influence in her own part of the ocean. Count Kato added:—"ln China our friendly policy is well known. We 'fought for the open door in China, and we shall not attempt to close it.""
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3121, 23 February 1909, Page 5
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150JAPAN AND THE POWERS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3121, 23 February 1909, Page 5
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