A Tokyo, Apr. 5.
The "non-interference" attitude the Japanese Government towards the Chinese Nationalists, even after the indignities on Japan ese subjects at Nanking and the subjection of representatives of the: Japanese Navy to treatment—that} was nothing short of humiliating, has puzzled many. In order to yet at the reason for wuch an Hitude—ayart from the well-known! desire of Japan to friend Chinn—-one has t go behind ave two very The one is fa clan influence interest is represented by multi-millionaire house of Iwasakt and the just as wealthy house of 'Mitsui, which have been for years, and are even to-day, powerful rivals. Baron Shidehara,' the Foreign Minister,' is.
Prince Iwasaki, head of the House of Jwataki and the Iwasaki ests are reported by the Japanese prera to be absolutely against any) form of military intervention, The clan influence is represented by the Satsumas and the Choshue, the two principal feudal clans that Feally, cansed the overthrow of the ed a sort of niilitary while at the same dictatorship, the Emperor to power. tary dictatorship hard! day, bat no Government, even the present time, can decide on matter of momentous weight cut the ce-operation of thes clans. Between these two between the H and that of Mit been a constant struggle for supreme acy, although the Japanese are able to sink all their differences ini the face of x foreign peril. Chioshi to-day is practically in charge of the Army, while Satewna, to all intents and purposes, dominates the Navy.
There is no denying the fact Jehat, since the humiliations imposed Jon the Japanese at Nanking, Japan-Jose opinion here has undergone a marked change. The suicide of} Lieutenant Araki has excited people here considerably, and some} Jare openly questioning' the wisdom Jof the Government further persisting in the non-resistance policy hitherto followed,
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