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Show ANTI-AMERICAN SPIRI1J JAPAN TOKIO GOVERNMENT TOLD OC. CUPATION OF ISLAND CANNOT BE RECOGNIZED. Empire Passing Through Another of Its Periodical 'Crises" in Her Relations Re-lations With the United States. Tokio. The Japanese government has received a communication from the United States pointing out, among other things, that America Amer-ica is unable to recognize Japan's occupation of the nortli-ern nortli-ern half of the island of Saghalien. The Niehi Nichi says of the nature of the protest, however, that the impression i. exists here that the communication is " not ually a protest, but rather an exposition ex-position of the American viewpoint on occupation of Russian territory with something of America's attitude towards to-wards the territory to be occupied. It is apparently felt here that any publication of the details of the note should emanate from Washington and not Tokio. Meanwhile it is considered likely that Japan, after mature deliberation, delib-eration, will forward an answer to Washington in an attempt to clarify official opinion there and remove any misunderstanding of Japan's position. Appearances here indicate that Japan Ja-pan is passing through another "nervous "nerv-ous crisis" concerning her relations with the United States. Numerous interpellations in-terpellations have been made in the diet about the American attitude and wliile the important . newspapers are counselling their readers to keep cool, It is apparent that a certain amount of apprehension exists concerning the result of the congressional inquiry in California. The Japanese, however, seem convinced that It is being conducted con-ducted with the utmost fairness, and attention is being called to statements that a number of Americans have come forward spontaneously to testify In favor of the Japanese. Among the incidents which have tended to fan anti-American feeling was the publication here of the reports re-ports that the burning of Japanese stores in Marysville, Cal., was possibly possi-bly the act of anti-Japanese elements. Articles also have been printed declaring declar-ing that Americans were engaged in attempts to steal Japanese maps and diese have resulted in increased sur veillance of American tourists. |