ANGLO-JAP ALLIANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 1, 1 January 1921, Page 5

ANGLO-JAP ALLIANCE.

CONSULTATION WITH AMERICA AN INFORMAL DISCUSSION. (By Cable.—Press Association.--Copyright.i WASHINGTON, December 31. It is intimated that Britain will consult the United States on the subject of the renewal of the Anglo-.Tapanese Alliance. Informal discussions began a few months ago, and their resumption is likely when Mr. \V. G. Harding assumes office. The belief prevails in official and diplomatic circles that a renewal of the alliance is inevitable, as the Far Eastern interests of Britain and Japan require stabilisation. Britain will reach a decisiou before the Imperial Conference in May, when the Dominions will announce thoir attitudes.

Mr. H. C. Lodge's statement in Philadelphia recently that there is reason to believe that the Dominions w-ould cooperate with the Cnited States in the restriction of Asiatic immigration was made with the idea of developing sentiment in the Dominions, and not to cause negotiations to be initiated. The senator refuses to elaborate his views.

rJiubassy circles explain that Mr. Mark Sheldon (Australian Trade Commissioner) bad no intention of endorsing a specific method of controlling immigration, but- he simply welcomed common action among the white races in the solution of such problems. —A. and N.Z.