24 a deputation waited upon the Foreign, (Sir Edward Grey) to arge strongly, because as a matter of fact his other nation, it would inevitably react, Majesty's Government itself had been and react unfavourably. on their political first in the field in impressing that pon relations, By unfavourable treatment the Japanese Government. What had he meant not merely in theory, bat in been said by that deputation would be practice, It was possible to have in reinforcing the arguments the Govern-theory as favourable a treatment as ment had been using in their negotia-other nations, but in practice to have tions with Japan. He would ask them the least favourable treatment. Some-to bear one thing in mind. The fact body had referred to speech alleged to that the relations with Japan were very have been made by Count Komara to cordial implied quite traly that Japan the effect that because we did not have ought to be ready to meet them in the in this country a conventional tariff of most friendly way wi -Jonr own, therefore there 20 opmercial negotiatic portunity for Japan to negotiate any recognize that it also implied another special terms with us, Ho thought point of view—one of complete equality.|that speech must have reached this The foundation of our cordial relations: country in s misleading form, because with Japan bad been that we were the no contention of that kind had hitherto first to recognize that they took their appeared in their nego place on a complete equality in the com-Japanese, The negotiations had proity of nations. Japan, both fiscally ceeded ina way which would not have and politically, negotiated independently been po: the Japanese had in-and on equal terms with the rest of the: tended to forward a contention of that world. It would be fatal to those cordial kind. As matter of fact sach a relations if we were to imply in any way that Japan had not the same fiscal liberty as any other great cation of the world,
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