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Show HI PIBB j TRIPTD JAPAN! , Ambassador's Return Due to Misunderstanding on Adviser to China? r TDK 10, May .. (Crr.on'!e!ce of : the Awiall Prc-s.) H in understood under-stood that, the t'orthfoin i nir return of VUvoumi lihii, ll"' Japanos-o ambassa- ; dor In Washington, ih con nocted with a' miMiii'lTM!in.!ni;r .onccrniiitr the appointment ap-pointment of a financial adviser to f'hiii.-i. The Japanese government appointed Huron Sakatani finaneial adviser to the I'ekin onimcnt. Viscount lshii, it appears, reported to M'okio tliat Washington Wash-ington had no objection to the appoint- 1 ment. Later l)r. Heinseh, the Ameri- .an minister to China, entered a pro- i lot.' . I This led to inquiries at Washington, j and it transpired that a misunderstanding misunderstand-ing had oe.-urred and that the Ameri-nti Ameri-nti government had not approved the j appointment. Yis.-ount lshii. who had the. contrary j itn.resion. was lunch embarrassed and i reipiesled a leave of absence. The en- j lire question may lie explained as duo, to language di I'l'ieult.v. j Viscount, lshii is regarded hero as ai vfrv able diplomat, and efforts will ho 1 , made to induce him to remain in the service as Japan's representative at; Washipgtou. WASH I NtiTON, May 2b Viscount i lshii is sailing for Japan about the middle of June, the first, date ho has I becu able to get passage. It is said i here that as the Tcrauchi administra- j lion, which sent the ambassador here, j has given way to one of different! views, it is necessary for him to get into close personal touch with the new foreign office head Baron Uehida. The incident growing out of American Ameri-can objection to the appointment of the Japanese Darou Sakatani as financial finan-cial adviser to the Chinese government, it. is expected, will be diseussed, but as it, was disposed of last summer and long before Secretary Lansing's departure de-parture lo T'aris, it is not believed further steps will be taken at present. It is understood the American objection ob-jection lo Lnron Sakatani was based upon his position in the strifo between the north and south of C'hiua. No appointment ap-pointment has been made. |