ANGLO-JAPANESE PACT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 181, 27 April 1921, Page 5

ANGLO-JAPANESE PACT

CONSULTATION WITH AMERICA ADVOCATED SAFEGUARD OF WORLD’S PEACE . - i By Telegraph—Press Association-OoDyrlght. (Rec. April 26, 10.15 p.m.) Washington, April 25. The Chicago “Tribune’s” Tokio correspondent interviewed Baron Sakatani, ex-Minister of Finance, and tho present leader of the Barons in the House of Peers, who said; “America, Britain, and Japan are so friendly that if the statesmen of each country sat at a common table, many complications could be avoided. The League of Nations cannot be trusted without America, and the peace of the world would be best assured with America’s presence among these three Powers, Tho occasion of the renewal or revision of the Anglo-Japan-ese Alliance affords an excellent opportunity for such a conference. America should bo consulted if the Alliance Is renewed, since it would promote a clear and definite understanding. The reasons for the Alliance wore tho menace of Russia and Germany. These are now gone. It is, therefore, no longer necessary to continue the Alliance, but if it is renewed, America should be as a safeguard of the world’s peace.”—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.