ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.

Bruce Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 52, 11 July 1918, Page 4

ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE.

PROPOSED A'mkcAN AGREEMENT. to ct:;R'B <? re km a x •.•vaon-Kssrox. Senator •Sfuilsl.tury intvodurvil in the Senate resolution urging tlic United Stares, Brit;sin and .Japan to come to an agreement lo prevent German agression in the Pacific. The resolution stipulates that Germany will be permanently barred from naval bases in the pacific. The resolution also provides: "It is opportune for the Government of the United States, Britain and Japan to enter into a lasting agreement to render it inexpedient for anyone and impossible for the Central .'Powers to pursue methods of warfare in the Pacific Ocean which are not justified by the laws of warfare." It further provides that China, Russia and any other iGovcrnmcnt- on the Pacific littoral 'may be admitted as signatories to the agreement; also that no warships of any Power which has or shall pursue illegal methods of warfare on the high seas be permitted to hold ports or possessions in the 'Pacific whence such warfare may be waged. The resolution stipulates that the agreement shall be enforced by the united power of the signatories. The resolution is interpreted as the first fruits of Mr 'Hughes' declaration favouring (Australia ? 3 'Monroe doctrine in the Pacific.