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Show THE JAPANESE BOGY. President Taft has done well to lay tho Japanepe bogy by sending his message mes-sage to tho Sena I a in regard to the inouiry a6 (o .Japanese designs at Mag' dalonn Bay is Lower California. Tho message inclosed a full report from Secretary Knox ou tho subject, from which tho Set-rotary deduces the conclusion con-clusion that "there is nothing on file in tho Dopartmont of State that hna iustificd any itifcrenco that tho Mexican Mexi-can Government or tho Imperial .Japanese .Japa-nese Government has been occupied with any disposition of land near Mag-dnlenii Mag-dnlenii 13ay by -which the latter government govern-ment would acquire Innd there for any purpose." The Secretary quotes also the specific denial of Japan as to this whole matter, and tho apsurauco of the Japanese lihubassador that the story i entirely sensational and utterly without with-out iiuy found a I ion whatever; that it is not true that the Japaueto Government directly or indirectly attempted or con-tomplatcd con-tomplatcd the acquisition of any land at Miigdalona Hay for any purpose. This ought In sM, tho Magdalnna Bay otory nnd Japapean offorto thcru at rest: and it is at the same, time a full notice to Japan that any such move on the part of Mm Japanese Government would be objected lo by thin country, and would bo considered an act of unfriendliness. un-friendliness. So that whatever may have been tho origin 'of tho rumor, whatever may have been tho hope of the Japanese Government with respect to establishing a depot of supplies of any kind on the west coast of either North or South America, that whole question may now fairly be uaid to bn put at rest by tho developments aud tho disclaimers as made. Japan is fully apprised of tho fact that Ihe United States objects to any such acquisition, and therefore it would undertake any move of that kind with the full knowl-?derc knowl-?derc of tho hostility of the United Slates thereto, and would be an act of hardihood that is practically out of the! uuestiou. |