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Show JAPS WOULD PROTECT TRADE. Explain That German Island of Jaluil Will Not be Retained. Tokio. Government officials are careful to designate that the taking of the German island of Jaluit, seat of government in the Marshall archipelago, archi-pelago, Pacific, and the destruction oi the German base was not an occupation. occupa-tion. Nevertheless they declare thai Japan's assurances that the empire has no ambition for territorial aggrandizement aggran-dizement must not be interpreted to mean that Japan will refrain from taking steps necessary for the protection protec-tion of commerce. The foreign office has issued no statement relative to the future statua of Jaluit. Baron Kato, minister ol foreign affairs, has assured the American Ameri-can minister to Japan, George W. Guthrie, that the taking of the island was a military necessity. Baron Kato said that the German fleet eluded elud-ed pursuers and that the manner in which it secured coal was a mystery. |