JAPAN IN THE PACIFIC.
WANTS HER SHARE,.BUT NOT DOMINANCE. STATEMENT BY~ JAPANESE ' AMBASSADOR, , .yffriiED Press Association, Copyright L (Received Feb. 22, 10.5 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 22. Count Ivato, Japanese Ambassador, interviewed in London, emphasised Japan’s excellent relations with all Powers and her honest love of peace. He ridiculed the talk as to dominance in the Pacific, and said that there could he. no dominant power in those vast waters. Japan wanted her share, but not the vast American conv tinent, for there she had nothing to do. Similarly she had no interests in Hawaii or the. Philippines capable of clashing with the American, but she meant to be one of the dominant Pacific Powers, with her own sphere of influence, in her own part- of the ocean. Pie. added: “In China our friendly policy is well known. "We fought for the open do’or, and shall not attempt to close it.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2433, 23 February 1909, Page 5
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150JAPAN IN THE PACIFIC. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2433, 23 February 1909, Page 5
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