JAPAN AND AMERICA.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1137, 26 May 1911, Page 5

JAPAN AND AMERICA.

A PEACE TREATY PROPOSED. By Teleerapli—Eress Association—Ooriyrlent Tokio, May 24. It is officially stated that Japan is prepared to participate in negotiations for a general arbitration treaty with the United States. PROGRESS OF ARBITRATION.' Besides Great Britain and America two other great Powers—France and Japanarc in sympathy with tho new peace movement. Tho French Ambassador in Washington has allowed it to be understood that his Government, views the negotiations with approval, and it is now reported that should it be thought that the Anglo-Japanese treaty of alliance should stand in the way of their succei-3 Japan is willing to revise its terms accordingly. ]n a smaller way it is worth remarking that Denmark has already asked for her present arbitration treat}; to be extended so as to embrace conditions which under all circumstances would elim. inatc Ike possibility of war. Sir Edward Grey declined to enter into negotiations with Denmark until the case with America has been completed. For the same reason France will not take any direct action until an Anglo-American treaty has been arranged. Between Japan and America the conclusion of nn unlimited treaty might present more difficulties, but Sir. Foster, the ex-chairman of tho American House Committee on Foreign Relations, has declared that Japan will also support tho idea of universal arbitration, and that the result will be tho alliance of four great Powers. "The twentieth century inits first ten years saw tho signing of ninety-six treaties of arbitration,' says "Collier's Weekly." "'All previous centuries," , as Frederick Lynch sums it up in his icw book "Tho Peace Problem," 'have witnessed ten years to one arbitration treaty. Tho first ten years of. tho twentieth century has witnessed fifty treaties- to ono war.' In the Secretaryship of Sir. Root, tho United States,sighed,-treaties -with. France, Great Britain, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Janan. Denmark, Italy. Mexico, Hollojd, Sweden, China, and Brazil in 1908 alone."