BRITAIN AND JAPAN

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 224, 16 June 1920, Page 7

BRITAIN AND JAPAN

♦ CASE AGAINST THE ALLIANCE PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND'S VIEWS By Telegraph-Press AGBooiation-Oopyrlfjht (Ecc. June 15, 7.45 p.m.) London, June 14. Mr. E. G. Theodore (Premier of Queensland), in an article in the "Eeview of Eeviews" entitled "The Case Against the Anglb-Japanese Alliance," says; "The story of Japan's faithfulness to the Allies has been praised from every platform, but wh<h lias put the otfior side or told of the quid pro quo which she demanded, or, worse still, her actual ultimatum to Australia while the war was in progress." Mr. Theodore adds: "Tho people of Australia are- not prepared for the renewal of tho Treaty except in a considerably modified form. Japan i 9 reaping, all the benefits of the present alliance. Australians, rightly or wrongly, feel that Japanese penetration in the Pacific islands is a potential danger which i 8 not minimised by the Japanesa mandate over certain' islands. _ Australia'? democratic sentiment: is outraged by the injustice of the Japanese treatment of China. Can Britain righteously renew a Treaty admitting of the spoliation of the Chinese?"— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.