Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-06-18 | Page 13 | Envoys Declare Japan Does Not Want War

ENVOYS DEClARE JAPAN DOES NOT AR A T WAR IA Their Mission Is to Effect EffectS S Equitable Settlement of r California Problems Washington June 1 17 Commercial i four peace envoys here hore to further fur fur- I relations between Japan ther friendly apan the Unit United d States announced today hat thc they expected to visit all an tho the Irn- Irn jj commercial bodies In this country In Iii an effort to aid In bringing about out an equitable settlement o of the Ja problems growing out of ot the California Califor- Califor Jula nia nia laud hind Iud le legislation Tho The envoys OM Dr J. J of Tokio and ald Shima and L o ot f the Pacific coast CoLSt held hild h lr R a f long lon con- con conS with Ambassador RR Or and S detailed to hir hm th the tilO feeling of the Jap- Jap anes In California Dr toil nhe tho am that their countrymen Jn f-Jn In tho tIlO til western states hail had he loon boon n greatly disturbed at the tho prospect of or ln hn having to raban on largo large la e Investments hut but that Ij since his hla 1 visit lt feeling had Improved ed hand aud and a satisfactory adjustment of ot the tho i ff was vas hoped for Dr So eda explained today toda that he be beS S was not In America as nc an agent of hll hl hI government but had come simply Io of ot the of official or- or n a a. single representative a commercial or organizations of S J Japan 1 pan S In a statement he lie emphasized t the tho i i friendliness of or hla people toward tho he States Slates Japan in spite sl of all al that h ha has been n I sal S and awl printed regarding Us Its 18 warlike t tendencies he ho said Is not a n warlike x nation and has no det desire desho iio to go o to 0 towar towar war var naton with the United States over oer the till California land act act Wo 0 look upon tipon S. S America as the tho teacher who enabled us to become the tho enlightened nation wo we have havo since become Japan IIo does f not be a great grent calam calam- want war it would ouM I ity