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Show NO EFFECT ONTHEWAR Japan's Acceptance of the Peace Invitation Bars Present Conflict. TOKIO, Dec. 10, noon. The Foreign office of-fice haa Issued the following statement on the position which the Japanese Government Govern-ment has taken In regard to the proposed .International peace conference: "An invitation from the President of the United States of America having been received by the Government of Japan at Toklo on December 1, to take part In the proposed second international peace conference, con-ference, the Government at once replied to the effect that being fully alive to the urgent necessity for more exact definitions and uniform practices than now exist. In respect to some of the questions about to be submitted to the proposed conlerence, and. finding that the fact that the nation is now engaged in war la no sufficient reason why it should not take pnrt In the work of the conference, it has been decided de-cided upon the part of the Japanese Government Gov-ernment to accept the Invitation. "This action is taken, however, with the distinct reservation that the proposed conference shall not assume to adopt any measure which will in any way afl.ct the preseat- oonlot.M t |