JAPAN AND BRITAIN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2047, 6 September 1920, Page 7

JAPAN AND BRITAIN.

NEED FOR ALLIANCE. A MAINSTAY OF PEACE. By Calte. — Press Association. — Copyright. (A. A NX) LONDON, Sept. 4. Baron HayashJ, the new Japanese Ambassador, has arrived in London. He eulogised the spirit and purpose of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, for which, he said, there was a greater need than ever. The cordial friendship between the two nations was the mainstay of peace and order in the Far East. RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. A NEW IMPORTANCE. (A. a n.z.) Washington, sept. t. Relations between Japan and the United States have assumed a new importance in view of the fact that the American, British, and Japanese Governments are engaged in informal conversations respecting the terms of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. There is no suggestion that the United States shall become a third party, but the United States is interested in getting Japan to include an interpretative clause within the Alliance defining her attitude to China. A feeling exists here that Japan is not so much interested in preventing the enactment of drastic anti-Japanese legislation in California as obtaining the United States' recognition of Japan's special rights in China. It is expected that the new arrangement of international affairs may result in having a momentous bearing on present world history.