THE FAR EAST

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10815, 3 February 1921, Page 5

THE FAR EAST

JAPAN AND U.S.A. APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED TREATY. QUESTION OF PROCEDURE. Bv Telegraph—Press Assn.—Oo T>y right Australian nrd N.Z. Cable Association. (Received February 2, 10.25 p.m.) WASHINGTON, February 1. There is reason to believe that- the State Department and President Wilson are considering whether to proceed to a Ke:tleinent with Japan by adopting Air Morris’s recommendations or • to leave the entire question to the Harding administration. Some officials are sceptical as to the possibility of obtaining approval of the proposed treaty by the present Senate on account ot the brief space of time left before Congress expires on March 4th. CROWN PRINCE TO VISIT ENGLAND. NEW YORK, February 1The Chicago "Tribune’s” correspondent at- Tokio- says that unusual significance is attached to the forthcoming trip of tlie Crown Prince to Europe. He starts on the 2.4 th. It is taken to mean that the health of the Emperor has been satisfactorily restored, and is coincident with the period for the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The Prince will proceed directly to England aboard the battleship Ivatori, taking with him the highest decorations and exquisite samples of Japanese art, for presentation to his Royal British hosts, llie Prince will be accompanied by Baron Uchddu and Air Hara*. lie will not visit America.