Monday's papers contained the report of an interview between Reuter's
representative and Mr. T. Kato, the new Japanese Ambassador. Mr. Kato remarked that he was very glad to return to England, where he liked the life, and where he had helped to prepare the way for the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. He would not have left Japan for any other post. He declared that the Japanese to a, man desire the continuance of the Alliance. Turning to Japan's relations with other Powers, he said there were many ridiculous suspicions as to Japanese intentions. No one in Japan dreamed of aggression. The Japanese were not a warlike people; they had only fought when they had been compelled to do so. No one "ever thought of such a mad scheme as lighting with America." There could be no dominant Power in the vast waters of the Pacific. Japan only wanted to be dominant in her own sphere. Her interests could not clash with those of America in Hawaii and the Philippines. But even in her own sphere the policy of Japan would not be detrimental to other nations. "We have fought for the 'open door,' and, rest assured, we shall not attempt to close it."
