BRITAIN AND JAPAN

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 180, 26 April 1921, Page 4

BRITAIN AND JAPAN

BENEFIT OF TREATY TO AUSTRALIA MR. HUGHES URGES NECESSITY OF ALLIANCE By Telegraph—Press A Bsociation-Oopyright. Melbourne, April 25. Mr. Hughes, in liis speech at Bendigo, referring to the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, mentioned that Australia had never before been consulted on this subject. Declaring that it w’as well the Treaty was in existence during the war, he asked, “Do you think it would ho.ve been an extraordinary thing, if there had been no . Treaty, that a great nation like Japan, with its teeming millions, with its great military reputation, had struck a blow at this great fertile continent of ours, full of those things which Japan requires ? Tho possibility of another world war arising over a tiny island like Yap would be a disgrace to civilisation. Thera must be some other means of settling the question, and wo must do our share.” In urging the necessity of a satisfactory alliance between Britain and. Japan, and one acceptable to America, he declared that it would save Australia millions yearly.—Press Assn.