The second clause asked in effect why Japan alone remained idle in elaborating a scheme about China, while all the other Powers were assiduously devoting themselves to that work? The speaker explained that as stated by the present Minister of Foreign Afairs in a speech delivered by him some time ago before the Economic Association, Japan should devise measures of exploiting Chinese resources and of promoting commercial and other interests between the two countries. The Government had done nothing particularly wer's mentioning that would inflict on Japan a lasting injury, considering the important position that Japan was already occupying towards China commercially and considering also the fact that Japan's future prosperity depended on her properly exploiting the resources of that country. The nation would be ready to disburse the sum required for this purpose.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.