Show yank and jap now on equality i in china I 1 announcement tant 0 OFFICIAL alio the celebrated Lan shir ikhil agreement between the united states and japan has been beco cancelled and Is of no further force or effect has beer made ly by the he state department with tin an explanation that the cancellation was being announced simultaneously in n tokyo in an Ident lo statement the statement given out nt at washington included only the texts of f the notes oi changed between secre tary I 1 hughes und and masanao japanese ambassador and was made without comment the note to signet by secretary hughes under date anto of april 14 said 1 11 I have tile the honor to communicate to your excellency roy MY understanding of tile the views developed by the mons which I 1 have recently had with your embassy in reference to the status of the lansing ishill exchange of notes of november 0 2 1017 the discuss discussions ions between the two i governments have disclosed in identity of view and in tile the light of the understandings arrived tit nt by the washington conference on the limitation of the american and japanese governments are agreed to consider the lansing g correspondence of november 2 1017 ns as can edged and ot 0 no fuhner fu riller force or effect 1 I hall be glad to have your coo con firnin tion of tile accord thus reached ambassador replied under tile the same saine into date as follows 1 I have tile honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of date and 1 mil happy to be able to confirm to you under instructions from my government your understanding of tile views tills thus developed its as set forth lu in your letter tills this restores n parity of interests on tile the part of tile tho japanese ja anese and amerlean american governments in ill china and gives them nn an exact with that of great 13 britain etain franci italy belgium and tile the fatherlands fat herlands the other signatory powers to tile the alne it e power treaty negotiated tle Ot by tile the arms conference |