ANGLO- JAP ALLIANCE

Hokitika Guardian, 8 May 1920, Page 3

ANGLO- JAP ALLIANCE

(by Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) ANGLO JAp"" TREATY. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) • LONDON, May 6. The ‘‘Daily Express” understands that there will be considerable modifications in the renewed Anglo-Japanese Treaty, both countries considering these necessary. Thqre is no anxiety in this connection, although the situation is a trifle delicate in view of the distrust on the part of America, Canada, and Australia, regarding our treaty obligations with Japan.

JAPANESE SITUATION. (Received This Day at 8 a.m.) ' v TOKIQ, May s•* There were sofa© tuns pn the hanks, and despite generous Government assistance, the financial position overshadows the general election which will be held on the 10th. There is little public interest in the political situation. Uchida’s manifesto repeats the. pledge that the Japanese will leave Siberia as soon as the Czechs depart, and order is restored, although fresh regiments and aviation reinforcements are going forward to Siberia. Japanese prices fall, TOKIO May 8. The Japanese dry goods houses at Osaka and Kyoto are reducing their prices by 50 per cent. This is due inorder to liquidate their stocks. . Many reports from the weaving centos announce a suspension of work and a. serious curtailment of production in order to keep prices stable. It is considered that if a protracted period of depression follows the present financial stringency in Japan, will have for the first time, to face a serious unemployment question and an aggrar vafiop of labour unrest. SIBERIAN BATTLE. TOKIO, May 8. It is semi-officially announced that fourteen Japanese Divisions have attacked and defeated 4000 Bolsheviks in the vicinity of Khabarovsk in northern Siberia.

The attack ivas made on April 29