Important Speech in the House of Peers: Need for Counsels of Self-Restraint and Moderation Tokyo, Jan, 22 minister for in the capacity Foreign Affairs, this mornin turning now to the situation China, itis highly gratifying fo this Empire, which always has at heart the welfare of the Chines? ty note that the strife and fare which have been pre China for more than Tong years are gradually jing and everything appears to point to peace, This Government is sincerely desirous that the Chinese nation, availing itself of this happy tendency in its affairs, may speedly enabled to accomplish its great enterprize of peaceful unification. Deeply sympathizing as it docs with the Chinese people, this Gove ernment is quite willing, in eooperation with other nations hay clove velations with China, to lend stance sas fay tis possible sk of construction. Te bbe pointed out that, the path of China both at home ant broad being beset with difficulties, the Chinese Government, in order ime, should more than be vided by the counsel of jint and) moderation, he Case of Manchuria ence to the coming of Mr. Yoshizawa, the Japanese Minister to China, who is reported to have left, Tokyo for Kobe to embark for Shanghai and Nanking. He said:
T note with satisfaction that Be.
Yoshizawa is now actually on hi way here. He will be as welcome as the diplomatic representatives of all the other countries were, I fully reciprocate the sentiments of en-merness expressed by Mr. Yoshizawa in his published statement of yesterday te fin a solution for the important pending issues now existing between the two countries. It is very essential to the life and progress of both China and Japan that understanding and friendship promoted between them. Being neighbours they are bound to have intimate relationship.
shall try, as T have always tried, my best to find a right so! ion to these dificult problems. 1 venture to express the opinion that if Chinese determination and cerity Lo solve these pending are reciprocated, we shall soon find that there is sunshine behind the clouds'"—Kuo Min,
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