BRITAIN AND JAPAN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10610, 8 June 1920, Page 5

BRITAIN AND JAPAN

ALLIANCE CONTROVERSY chixa Insists" oN ‘ i“Aiii' ■_ ‘. TREATMENT. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Reuter's Telegram. (Received June 7, S p.m.) PEKIN, Juno 5. The Foreign •'Minister, in a statement regarding the renewal of the Anglo-Japanose AUkfuce, .declared that the continued treatment of China as a territorial entity can be, no longer tolerated, but will be regarded as unfriendly. He punned out that China had dispatched a memorandum to Britain showing how ■ China, suffered duf-’ iug ‘the war period" through the operation of the Alliance,, juid .ajsg .eontch.diug that China became a member of the League ol Nations by ratifying, the Austrian Treaty. Consequently no contract could bo concluded between the other members of the league regardng aif airs in China without China’s consent. CONDITIONS OF RENEWAL. APPEAL TO BRITISH . GOVERNMENT. Australian and N .Z. Cable Association. (Received June 7, 8 p.m.) PEKIN, Juno' C- . The British. Chambers of Commerce in China jietitioned the British Government, urging that the Anglo-Japan-eso Alliance should only be renewed on the- following conditions: Reversion of Manchuria to China; restoration of TsingtaO' and Shantung railways, and a clear interpretation of phrases as “equal opportunity, 5 territorial rights,” and “special interests.”