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Show oo JAPANESE MINISTER RESIGNS POSITION LONDON, April 24. Viscount Moto-no, Moto-no, Japanese minister for foreign affairs, af-fairs, has resigned, according to a Reuter dispatch from Tokio The question of Japanese intervention interven-tion in Siberia probably led to the withdrawal of Ichiro Motono from the foreign ministry of which he has been the head since November, 1016, when Count Terauchi formed the present cabinel There have been reports recently re-cently that Viscount Motono might re-Blgn re-Blgn in connection with the Siberian situation but explanations of such a possibility were scanty. Viscount Motono, who was given his present title in July, 1916. was Japanese Japan-ese ambassador to Russia previous to hie elevation to the foreign ministry. Since his graduation irom the Unher-stiy Unher-stiy of Lyons, France, he has been connected vith ihe laparje.-e foreicn office and has served as minister to Belgium and minister to France YNioum Motono will be succeeded by Baron Goto who has held several portfolios and is a member of tho national na-tional commission appointed last year for the discussion of Japan's foreign policy. WASHINGTON, April 24 Baron Shimpei Goto was minister for home affairs in the Terauchi cabinet and his appointment is not regarded a likely to involve any considerable change in foreign policies except, the Siberian question with which Motono was peculiarly identified iscount Motono is known to have been in poor health for some lime. Notice of the cabinet changes had reached the state department where it caused little surprise in view of the Impending rumors of the retirement of Viscount Motono following the arrival ar-rival in Tokio of Baron Uchida. Japanese Jap-anese ambassador to Russia. Uchida took issue with the foreign minister as to the advisability of a Japanese campaign cam-paign in Siberia and his views were accepted by the premier. Consequent I) in- retirement of Baron Motono became be-came inevitable The- construction placed upon the retirement of Viscount Motono by of-i of-i u rals hero Is that, for the present at least, there will be no forward movement by Japanese forces into Siberia without full and harmonious understanding with Japan's allies and with the United States; and it is un derstood there must be strong evidence pre ented to demonstrate the lst-ence lst-ence of German influence m Siberia before such an agreement can be reached. Conditions in Vladivostok, officials point out, are not to be confused with the larger question of an extension of Japanese activity over the whole Siberian Si-berian railway. At Vladivostok where there are large quantities of military stores from Japan and America, conditions con-ditions approaching anarchy, it j9 held, warranted the temporary landing of Japanese and British marines. But these are to be withdrawn, it is understood, un-derstood, as soon as danger of further disturbance is removed. 9 |