Show I STAND ON ONI I i c NATION LEAGUE E Ej j OUTLINED S 4 Baron aron Machino Machine Is Frank in in iti Telling What Nippon r Des Desires ires r I. I By Associated Press PARIS April 3 Baron Daron Baron Makino I head of oC tho the to the peace conference in a n. n statement to the Associated Press PreISs on the po position of of f Japan said i i You ask me for a plain ln and frank trank Statement of ot the position po of oC Japan Well ell I am m tempted to ask you ou a question question ques ques- tion In reply I I Do you OU think It possible for Cor me to say ay anything that will not be wilfully II distorted and misinterpreted b by those t ho who have o so 50 long and so 80 persistently I Bought Bought to clog cia tho efforts of or my mr countr country country coun coun- tr try to ascribe to her motives she sho ha has never o had harJ and to malign her at every ver turn Let us see sec i As to the United States Stales Ja Japan pan ha haT haa has hasa a T very tery sincere cre abiding and arC affectionate affection affection- cllon- cllon ate regard We e owe to her our place In the world that Is to say sa ay the civilized civilized civil civil- world Perhaps I should not al alto altogether altogether al- al to together ethel agree to that phrase e. e because yoU yoli oll know and everyone c should know that Japan has enjoyed a civilization all 11 her own for or man many a ages es It was a civilization born of oC the highest Hen sense o oot of ot honor of at the sense which the tho West Vest could not understand nor appreciate because we had lived apart as a hermit hermit hermit her her- mit nation COMMODORE PERRY ENTERS I When through the expedition of ot Commodore Perry and the tits efforts cHarts of oC Town end Harris we wo joined if I may say pay so 80 the league of at of the world wo we 0 took on a new ambition which waR wan to Interpret the civilization of the tho Western nations which we had studied and recognized as aR better hetter al althou although although al- al thou though h not all were more honorable than our own You will note here that America was as tho the first country to agree arce to make a n tre treaty tv with us ue abolish abolishing InS InS' extraterritoriality extra extra- territoriality You must remember that wo we did did not ask to Join this first league of at nations We e were forced to todo todo todo do BO RO Perr Perry came to us with naval power and forces to compel us to open Japan to Intercourse with the Western estern world Wo c yielded Rna anti 1 i am glad as Is II All Japan that wo WI did yield because it has been of or great benefit to our country ASKED SECOND TIME And now no we are asked a second I time to Join a league of or nations But how As equals I If so we arc are read ready V We want to consider with the greatest care the Interests of or all our Associate nations In such a league be- be by no other policy can ean the tho league of or nations succeed No Xo Asiatic nation could be bt happy in a league o of nations in which sharp racial dl discrimination is maintained While wo we feel very keenly on this point our precise position must not be misunderstood or misrepresented We c arc are not too loo proud to fight but we arc are too proud to accept a Do place of at admitted Inferiority in dealing with one or more associate nations Wo We 0 want nothing but simple Justice Wo We ire tre glad to Join the tho If league ague of or nations ind do our full Cull share In the maintenance main maln- maintenance of at the worlds world's p peace aco and or- or ler Ier and the reign of oC Justice for all peoples oples IMMIGRANT QUESTION We 0 o do not wish to Impose our la laboring laboring la- la boring classes as immigrants upon my Lily lII of our as associate countries We Ve recognize that this question Is one with which each ach nation must deal Individually Indi id wally and wo we have voluntarily shown I our Dur good faith by our observance of or i he the so 80 called gentlemen's enu men agreement ement with the United States and this notwithstanding notwithstanding not not- withstanding that the principle Is contravention of oC tho measures d by the Western Vestern powers power In forcing the door of our h hermit king king- Joni Jam We c do not object to the proviso suggested b by Elihu Root safeguarding his country on th the subject of or internal fi Ills His proposition o ap al applies applies ap- ap plies alike aUle to all nil countries We o want no special privileges THERE MUST BE TRUST What hat we do o sa say and feel Is that we 6 e are entitled to u a frank and open pen admission b by the tho allies with whom we the have ha fought an and will fight for tor a afree free and antI civilized cI world beside h sl e whose ons sons our men have ha died that lh the prin- prin of oC and justice 1 Ir a n fundamental funda funda- fundamental mental tenet of the league This ap applies applies ap- ap plies o of course only to the conduit o of government and cannot govern the likes or Ir dislikes NoI or oren even en the tastes of or i I Individuals which are their own Wo o see nee difficulties In the way of a permanent and successful operation of or this league of ot nations unless the contracting contracting con con- parties partiN enter It with mutual respect Marriages of ot con convenience too often oCten breed distrust an and discord rather i-ather than contentment I |