Japan Accepts Bryan Plan.

New York Times 100 years ago today, June 3, 1913:
Glad to Consider Peace Proposal — Would Renew Arbitration Treaty.
Special to The New York Times.
    WASHINGTON, June 2.— If persons who are worried about the possibility of war between the United States and Japan could have looked over the transom of Secretary Bryan's office in the State Department this afternoon during the conference between Mr. Bryan and Viscount Chinda, the Japanese Ambassador, a good deal of their worry would have disappeared.
    The conference was long and had been arranged by appointment, it had nothing to do with the California Alien Land law or international relations that have recently excited popular feeling except that incidentally the Ambassador said the rejoinder of his Government to the American note had been received; but it would be several days before he would be prepared to submit it to this Government.
    The main purpose of the conference was to discuss Mr. Bryan's peace plan. The Ambassador told the Secretary that he had informed his Government of the purpose of Mr. Bryan's proposition, and had been instructed to say that the Japanese Government had received it with pleasure and would give it careful consideration. The Ambassador expressed his personal belief that his Government and people of Japan would receive with favor the idea of a peace treaty with the United States.
    Viscount Chinda also brought up the question of the extension of the arbitration treaty between Japan and the United States, which expires Aug. 19, 1913. It is similar in terms to arbitration treaties between the United States and other nations. The Ambassador indicated the willingness of his Government to enter into an agreement to renew the treaty for another period of five years, as was done last Saturday by this Government and Great Britain.
    Viscount Chinda accepted an invitation to-day to attend a farewell dinner in honor of George W. Guthrie of Pennsylvania, the new American Ambassador to Japan, which will take place in Pittsburgh on Friday.
    The Japanese Ambassador's acceptance is particularly pleasing to the Administration as another sign of the friendly relations between the two countries.