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Show JAPAN WILL INSIST . UPON JANDATORY DEMANDS CONTROL OF THE ISLAND or YAP DESPITE PROTEST OF U?8. Holds That the Mandatory Means Control of tho babies on the Same Status as Germany Prior to the War., Toklo. Japan will Insist upon Its mnndutory to tho Island of Yap, ac-cording ac-cording to autliorltatlvo Japanese opinion. Tho protest of tho United States to tho league of nations council hns aroused Interest In Japan ns n new move on tho mntter which hns been lengthily discussed by Japan nnd tho United Stutes. It Is explained Japan bases her mandatory on thb .final decision of tho supremo council In Mny, 1010, which handed ovcr tho German Is-lnnds Is-lnnds north of the equator to Japan Without reservation. If President Wilson Wil-son mndo oral reservations regarding-Yap regarding-Yap at previous deliberations it is declared de-clared Japan was not represented and hns no official cognlznncc. Japan will hold that tho mandatory means control of tho cables on tho samo statu? ns Germany prior to tho war. During tho wnr Japan diverted tho Ynp end of tho cnblo from Shanghai Shang-hai to tho Loo-Choa islands, between Japan and Formosn, for administratis administra-tis purposes. Therefore, cnblo com-inunlcntlon com-inunlcntlon from America to Shanghnl by way of Gaum and Yap docs not exist. It is understood Japan has suggested suggest-ed to tho United Stntes to lay a cablo to Shanghai from Guum as a substitute for tho Yap route. The Nlchl Nlchl declares that tho United States Is In no position to Interfere In-terfere because- it has not ratified tho peace treaty. But, It adds, considering consider-ing Americn's sharo in winning tho war, It would bo lmnjornl not to consider con-sider her contentlons.- A motion authorizing appointment of n commission to lnvcstignto the Korean situation wns rejected by tho Japanese house Saturday after T. Nnk-auo, Nnk-auo, Independent, who had Introduced tho resolution, had declared conditions would becomo worso if they were allowed al-lowed to drift. |