Show JAPAN WILL HOLD TO YAP mm MANDATE FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL AFFIRMS REFUSAL TO GIVE UP ISLAND RIGHTS may make concessions concerning the 16 guam cable line to the extent bof of handing over to america the guam end tollo japan u will III not yield on her mandator lal rights on the island of yap ah all official of the foreign office of flee announced on march 0 6 she may however make some concessions concern ing disposition ot of the yap cable station he added the declaration of viscount ishii this offic official idl continued was made upon his own initiative but represents on the whole the attitude which japan will take with regard to the lap ques tion disposition of the cables he as serged Is a matter for settlement by the international conference on communications mun Icat ions but japan may make male con sessions cessions ces cess lons concerning the guam line to the extent of handing oner 0 er to america the guam end japan how however ever would continue to hold the yap end enil ba b virtue of her sovereignty over the island prima facie title to the cable was obtained by japan during the war he maintained when japan cut the lop guam cable asked concerning japans attitude toward the conference between the united states great britain and japan on disarmament the official re plied japan was not in a position to speak definitely until such an ineita tion had been received japan s frame of mind might be sur alsed however he added addo from utter ances of foreign minister agre agreeing eini in principle to joining an in ter national discussion of armament limitation continue to comment on the refusal of the united states to accept japan as mandatory tor for lap assails the united states for seeking to repudiate decisions ot the league of nations of which tt Is not a member asahl dwells on the auda clous attitude of the united states which country it declares long iong has been anxious for of lap |