Show 1 U SEEKS 4 l NO CONQUEST ii SAYS PREMIER 1 Taba hI H Hara ara First Commoner Commoner Com Com- moner moiler 1 Leader Declares C Military N Not Tot Dominant Thursday Oct 10 Uly Dy By the Press Takashi Hara Kara Ja- Ja premier and amI leader lead lead- first commoner said sald today toda ot of the al party put er statement of or his policies first In i ills his I had Intention nor amIon ambition am am- amI Japan that aggression or conquest and Ion of Jt bit except tint the tho country had no Idea Mea bat condition for tor defense it tito be In proper In JaI Ja- Ja military Influence a tJ d a nd that the dominant as us outsiders I is n not t so pan may belle e of China Premier lIar said st I speaking of or the I Shell door policy polley the thc open to tu i he held Mid would t and hii agreement l L a adhere here to the policy polley of non- non I affairs If of Internal te in t the tho h in e true he sal said was waR The same ame 1 China J of or Russia where wileN Japan cn case e tho the In a responsible government o r Aether only wished Bolshevik or oth otherwise Jan Ja- Ja r to toeo topan agree would r nc ne cr or Cr n however howe in- in pan dominated by hy German Gennan 1 ttO eo Russia fluence conclusion M. M declared that thata In n Siberia was ih I the he Into expedition Japans Jaran's a ans an's with the Unit Unit- of ot consultation a Jaran Ja Ja- allies and that id ed d States and the intention of oC taking hide Inde- had ad no ran ran ran in nn the tho future l Pre Ire re action f that he hc was fr l' l color K tiara lara declared F Sn on visiting Am America eleven en some ago r l' the tho teals fears ol voiced d by bv some I r 1 hear ear tl to military I that Japan s 1 Am Americans 1 t N length was de designed de against against t e absurd he lie said 1 I Is of course v ri w This ThU i how g that Japan Jauan has never neer I 1 tl I l J s voluntarily l tai ii n war war- It i I U n d that our war s' s I 4 ad admitted IUt i purely purel defensive clef det he o 0 i laVe no v r p t R ab nor intention of ot aggression aggression 1 conquest Tho Iho present war shows t that or t our agreements were defective c and 1 ii till this will he remedied but Japan has hos hosI f I l f ro rc 1 Idea except to bo be in a n. proper con con- 4 for or i In the tho C Ct Chinese nail Our victories I Ru wars walS a led lcd tho the Jap- Jap t mh their army aimy people to a I arose Hc e t d am And this in turn rna may have Jed ed t to a aI I misconception abroad of or the tn II 1 to armaments armament i V tace nee which Japan Tapan gives l tl The military ry influent Influence is no nor so soH It H dominant in hi Japan as outsiders ers may moy t believe bellove Our constitution is still I j young x un and nd some of the tho people e rna may fa faTor faTor faTor fa- fa of ot to Tor a similar form government go oj the tbs German system but the present resent f ministry is united in the determination K to s secure re tho the constitutional develop l s rent nent of or Japan alon along the popular lines i f f which tho war has R so indisputably S 'S demonstrated a as 8 s the worlds world's tendency 1 and tho the desire desiro of ot tho the peoples of ot the tho r world 9 Theol The fhe ol voice e of ot the people must be t. t obeyed and tho the press pres Is tho the great met me- me ilium for that voice olce t He declared he ho and his colleagues ues would constantly labor on tho the future futuro questions arising out of ot the present war Although Althou h tho the alliance with Great I Britain would remain the tho cornerstone l of or Japans Japan's foreign relations he said 3 lie he wished to emphasize that his special ape ape- clot cial effort would be to promote friendly friend friend- I ly 3 relations with the tho United States t Please tell that to tho the American I people as convincingly con as you OU can i he said because e m my colleagues and I Ii i keenly desire to see seo Japan and Amer- Amer AmerI I lea Ic brought closer together and evI ev- ev I cry r shadow of ot misunderstanding rc- rc 1 moved nond I Premier Kara Hara produced the i Ion alon that Japan which for the last fifty fifty I ty years Urs has been largely largel ruled by byI t I bureaucrats has entered entered upon a now new and significant period of constitutional pro progress ress in which popular opinion Is Ismore Ismore more effectively to guide the tho nations nation's r f 1 policies Beginning life lIe as a newspaper ref reporter re- re f porter M L Hara's Haras attainment to the pre pre- I 4 i Is regarded as proving pro that I the time has arrived when in Japan A as IS In America merica citizen any can hope t to climb to the places of or highest respond respond- bully I |