ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 May 1920, Page 5

ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY.

SITUATION' .REVIEWED. By Telegraph— Press Asan.—Copyrijln. London, May 2S. The Times' Tokio correspondent reports that the Foreign Office states that the Governments at Tokio and London have not yet discussed the conditions for renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, although the time to give notice of its abrogation or amendment Expires in July. It seems to be taken for granted ttiat the revision of 1911 will be allowed to stand. Confidence therein is apparently reciprocated in London. The official calm at Tokio strikingly contrasts with the atmosphere of distrust resulting from newspaper speculations in Japan and abroad. Critics in the Far East are particularly prone, to overlook that the larger benefits of the Alliance were never greater than to-day. Its abrogation would foster revolt throughout the Middle and Near East and play directly into the hands of the Bolsheviks. Japan does not object to the British Dominions consulting their best interests, but regarding the cabled report that Australia desires to be considered before a final decision is reached, it is felt that the Australian position could be made clear without the creation of an erroneous impression that the country is wholly opposed to the Alliance. Similarly, news from Washington overlpoks the provisions of 1!>19 safeguarding Anglo-America. This caused much heartburning in Japan, but the nation is now reconciled to the limitation. That Japan greatly desires good relations with America is not gainsaid. There is a widespread anti-Japanese sentiment in China and Russia, the effects of which cannot be ignored.— Times.