ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160692, 3 July 1920, Page 5

ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE

JAPANESE VIEWPOINT By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. Received July 3, 10.30 a.m. NEW YORK, July 2. The New York Times’ Washington correspondent reports that according to advices from Tokio the Marquis Okuma has made a statement pointing out that England needs the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in order to maintain order in India, and Japan needs the Alliance in order to- maintain integrity in Siberia and China. Marquis Okuma said that American participation in the Alliance would be welcomed, and added: “It ap pears that Britishers in China and Australia think the Alliance throws an un due obligation on England, and that Japan acted in Siberia and Manchuria during the war without taking England into her confidence, but this is an entirely superficial view, since Japan helped the transport of Australian and New Zea land trops to Europe, and also played a significant part in frustrating the aggressive plans of Russia and Germany.” SAN FRANCISCO, July 2. According to advices from Tokio, the proposed changes in the Anglo-Japanese Alliance will not be made unless the United States joins the League. According to a despatch from Tokio, announcement was recently made that British and Japanese diplomats conferring in London had decided to revise the entire A n glo-Japanese Treaty in or der to make it conform to the League of Nations. The despatch adds; It if. planned to complete revision before M Chanda leaves London for Japan, and to have the Treaty ready for signing before the Prince of Wales visits Japan in the spring of 1921.