Duchesne Record | 1914-10-23 | Page 6 | Japs Would Protect Trade

JAPS WOULD PROTECT TRADE I Explain That German Island of Will Not be Retained I Tokio Government Government officials are careful to designate that the taking of at the German Island of seat of government in the Marshall archipelago archi archi- pelago Pacific and the destruction of the he German base was not an tion lon Nevertheless the they declare that Japans Japan's assurances that the empire has no ambition for territorial aggrandizement aggrandizement aggrandizement must riot not be Interpreted to mean that Japan will refrain from taking aking steps necessary for the protection protection tion Ion of at commerce i iThe The foreign office has Issued no statement relative to the future status of Baron Kato minister of ot foreign affairs has assured the Am Amerlan Amen Amerl- rl can an minister to Japan George W. W Guthrie that the taking of the island was vas a military necessity Baron Daron I Kato Kate Cato said that the German fleet eluded eluded elud dud ed pursuers and that the manner in which It secured coal was a mystery