Our Treaty With Japan.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3590, 26 October 1905, Page 2

O ur Treaty With Japan.

London, October a 4* Mr Morley, speaking at Arbroath,' said his feeling in regard to the treaty with Japan was that it was a leap in dark. Both political parties had Jong object to definite entanglements tor long terms, even with European Powers. Time will show. It opened risky possibilities, too vast to be judged oft-hand, and let them out of sight, simply because we quite rightly admired the pluck, skill, and tenacity of the Japanese. We must look at it with onr own eyes x and be prepared for surprises. -These surprises might spring in China. The treaty was loose and rather vague, although there might be goofl reasons for that. It was a good treaty, viewed from the tact that we took no territory and insisted on an open door.

The situation while it luffed was for good, provided its enormous prof blems were worked and adjusted by the Government, or their successors, with sanity, moderation and nicety. Whatever else it did, the treaty would facilitate an understanding with Rus* sia, but he was not sure it would cairn the restless and fidgety minds in India* The moving for at the general elec* tion would not be Imperialism and militarism, but social reform.