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Show JAPAN WILL HOLD 10 YAPMAiATE FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL AF- FIRMS REFUSAL TO GIVE UP I8LAND RIGHTS. May Make Concessions Concerning the . Guam Cable Line to the Extent of Handing Over to America the Guam End. T,okIo. Japan will not yield on her mandatorlat rights on tho Island of Yap, an official of the foreign offlco announced on March 0. Sho may, how-over, how-over, mako somo concessions concerning concern-ing disposition of tlio Yap cablo station, sta-tion, ho added. Tlio declaration of Viscount Ishll, tills official continued, wns miulo upon his own Initiative, but represents, on tho whole, tho attitude which Japan will tako with regard to tho Yap question. ques-tion. ! Disposition of tlio cables, ho asserted, as-serted, is a mutter for settlement bj tho International conferonco, on communications, com-munications, but Japan may mako concessions con-cessions concerning tho Guam lino to tho extent of hnndlng over to America' tho Guam, end. Japan, however, would continue to hold tho Yap end by vlrtuo ot her sovereignty over tho Island. Prima faclo title to tho cable was obtained by Japan during tho war, h'o maintained, when Japan cut tho Yap-aunin Yap-aunin cable. Asked concerning Japan's nttltudo toward tho conferenco between tho United Stutcs, Great Britain and Japan on disarmament, tho official replied re-plied Japan was not In a position to speak definitely until such an Invitation Invita-tion had been received. uuimiia &IUIUU ui umiu imfim uu Dill- mlsed, however, ho added, from utter-niicos utter-niicos ot Foreign Minister Ushlda ugrcolng In principle to Joining an International In-ternational discussion of armament limitation. Nowspapors contlnuo to comment on tho rofusat of tho ' United States to accept Japan as mandatory for Yap'. Yorodzu assails tbo United Stutcs for seeking to "repudiate decisions ot tho league of nations of which 1t is not a member." Asahi Shlmbun dwells on tho "audacious "auda-cious nttltudo" ot tho United States, which country It declares long has been unxlous for possession ot Xnp. |
