The views of Consul-General Yada have been received with surpris here, the bigger newspapers and periodicals severely rebuking him, while, aceordine: to the vernacular woeas, at a Cabiret meetin: held the 22nd instant, General Baron Tanaka, Premier and Ministery told his colle had reprimanded Mr. Yada for indiscreet utterance and had warn ed him against talking in a like manner in future. His statements ave also tended to cause consider able resentment amongst Govern ment officials in generat and amongst the members of the Sei-yuki (Government) party, as they declaration that the policies fellow-ea ty the authorities ar> wrong, and it is being eyenly asked when ther diplomatic cMSelals, espec those serving in foreiga lands, should forget that they are still part of the Government machi when expressing their private opinions.
The press terms Mr. Yada's st ments "presumption" in that "he seems to be trying to undertake a complete reversal of policies already lished by the Government," and say that, while little attention can be paid to the emissaries of Mukden and Nanking, the statements of Mr. Yada cannot be missed with indifference.
The criticism levelled at Mr. Yada editorially by the nationalist organ, "Kokumin," is typical of the pungent comments made by other Segant ofthe Toke sad Onnka which wonder "whether Mr. Yada isa Japanese." ication Official Agrees Mr. Yoshiatsu Hori, Counsellor of the Japanese Legation in Peking, shares Mr. Yada's views. He holds that if both countries stubbornly refuse to give way, neither will be the gainer, "China claims that if she is to accept Japan's interpretation with regard to Article 26 of the 1896 treaty, a proper revision of the treaty' could never be secured," he said. "Theoretically, Japan's stand is impregnable, but' the times have changed and so have the conditions. If Japan refuses to budge from the position she has taken, there is no chance of a treaty being concluded Detween the two countries; and, personally, I am of the opinion that Baron Tanaka does not mean to be intractable with regard to the interpretation of Clause 26."
He thought that Japan should secure an authoritative written promise to the effect that the provisional regulations would not be enforced pending the conclusion of a new treaty, which would virtually imply, without any cost to Nanking, that the latter had agreed to accept Japan's interpretation of Article 26. Such a course of action, hho said, which was not difficult for the Nanking authorities to take, would bring an end to the present deadlock and be of ultimate benefit to both countries.
Visit Fraught with Significance With the return to Japan of Mr. Hori and Consul-General Yada, a series of conferences, with the Premier and Foreign Minister attending, are to be held, At these
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