RECEPTION IN JAPAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17965, 15 December 1921, Page 7

RECEPTION IN JAPAN.

SOME DOUBTS EXPRESSED. Australian tnd N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 9.40 p.m.) TOKIO. Dec 13. Editorial opinion ( on the. Pacific Treaty varies-over a wide range. The Yonvuri Shimhiin accepts the pact whole-heartedly, and expresses the hope that all nations will reach the high pinnacle of virtue therein indicated. The Jiji Shimpo is pleased with the agreement, which, it hopes, will prevent war in the Pacific, but is afraid that it is too loose and vague, and that it disregards. Japan's vital interests that have been hitherto safeguarded by the AngloJapanese Alliance. The Osaka Mainichi finds the pact significant, since it supersedes the arbitrauonal powers of the League of Nations in tho Pacific. The Yaraato Shimbun condemns the treaty as weakening Japan. The Asahi Shimbun sees a fundamental change in Japan's foreign policy, but does not believe that this should 'cause disquiet. , The Ghugai Shogyo Shimpo says:—"''The United States will be relieved by the elimination of the so-called Japanese menace in the Pacific, and Japan will be equally relieved of the alien menace to Asia/ . Most newspapers express a hope that the treaty will he followed by a reduction of Pacific fortifications.

The Tokio correspondent of the United Press of America interviewed the Prime Minister, Baron Takahashi, who declared that the Pacific Treaty Would prove an efficient preventive of future wars in the Pacific. , „'