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Show JAPAN MAY ALSO III 111 AIMRAliI President Taft's InrlUtJon in Pursuance of Care fully Prepared Plan. WAIKIKOTOH, An. 7 Tils t Preal-deat Preal-deat Taft'e reOranre Batawdag alatit ta the dealrablllrir of a general arWtrarloB treaty between America and Japan waa hot epontaneouev- but a oareTnUr are .ared deoJ.ratlon with a dletlnet pa, poae la view, waa oatantlahed today br an Inqulrr Into the hlatmr of the arbitration. ar-bitration. aeaoUaUoM durtnaT tne hut year. Lon1 before the treetlee between Greet Britain and Prarere and Amertc had approeen-d then flnnl form the Japaneee embassador here Inoulred of Bet rotary Knox the norpoffe and scope of the new departure in International relatlosia. He dlff not. however, take advantage of the offer of the eecretary to be furnished with a ropy of the American propoeltloa In the broad terms embodied tn the draft originally handed to the Brit is and French grvemmenfa Bo the tnormation in the aoeawesfoa of the Japanese government- ha been meager and Inadenuete to a proper an derstandlag of this import aut ebeot. Probably realisation of that faot br Prealdent Tat led htm tn deliver tha Invitation In-vitation to Japaa to Join la th arbitration arbi-tration part. . It la now reasonably cr-tnln cr-tnln that the Japan... gnvemrnent. for, ' the first time made aware ef the en Itlmenf tn America m favor of unlimited 'arbitration of International dispute, j would be moved to make some eurh re-! Isponse. especially tt tbe t'nlted fltstea senate ehould act ousckly and favorably oa tbe pending treaUee. |