CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3579, 30 September 1905, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

The New tmty Terms Popular. DIFFERENT (MHIO'NS; 'L'onMs, Sept - . 38; Th r e ‘‘‘ !Pall Mali Gazebc ” £ays the renewal tit tile (rarity with Japan is the beginning of a new age. The Gazette ’’ suggests the possibility of a frank understanding with Russia adding : “ With our, north-West frontier secure, iye hot be uncomproipietflgiy hostile (o Russia’s neiU'fdi desire to reach the sea in the Persian Gulf.”

Speaking at Dover, Mr George Wyndham (late Chiet Secretary for Ireland), in referring to the Attgloi Japanese alliance, §sStitl tlifl melt that .mutual aSSistfttffiS was Only to be given in fcaae of unprovoked attack w&uld make the British and Japanese Governments careful not to disturb peace by any provocations. Mr Wyndham added that the existence of the new treaty, whbh. kfldWfl only to OUr allies, did Something to create tfle ttppbttMity so nobly seized by EibsltWt Roosevelt to bring about peace. American opinions regarding the treaty are congratulatory. „ Opinions expressed in FriUl6B are most favourable, the newspapers predicting an era of appeasements and safety. It is considered that the position of French Indo-Chma is strengthened. .... German comments are divided. Some newspapers recommend the establishment of closer relations, or the making of a counter alliance, between the Kaiser and the Czar.

The broad terms of clause four are viewed with alarm at St. Petersburg. The clause is considered to be susceptible to the widest interpretation. There is great satisfaction in Japan at the terms of the new alliance. Tokio is illuminated in honour of the occasion.

The reference to India, however, is not regarded with entire favour in some quarters. Melbourne, September 28. Notice of motion was given in the Senate affirming the desirability of the Commonwealth negotiating a treaty with Japan. la the House of Representatives Mr Bruce Smith moved, “ That the time has arrived for differentiating Japanese from other Asiatics, and placing them on a similar footing to European races.” The debate was adjourned.