Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-02-14
LIBERALS FIND FAULT
Henry Norman in House Of OsmmsHs
Objects to New Treaty.
NTERPRtTs IT As ANTLHUsslAN THREAT
lays Il Ties Great Britain 70 Wheels Of
the japanese Pslisy.
CONSERVATIVES De- -qE COMPACT
Il Nests Hearty Approval !. 2 H. Japan
and America. II
NTEsPRtrs IT As ANT-sUssIAN THREAT
CONSERVATIVES De- -sE COMPACT
RusslA's ATTITUDE is BEING wATC.>
Ez-AttOrney General Griggs Conn
nends the Treaty as Carryins out
Principles of American
MI Diplomacy.

Principles of American
Nh Diplomacy.
LONDON, Feb 1s.-The parliamentary
Decretary Of foreign affairs. Lord Gran
borne, replying In the House Of Commons
today to Henry Norman QiberaD, who
nsked whether the Anglo-Japanese treaty
Of alliance was communicated to the United
States government before its text was pub
Iished, and, II SO, whether the government
of the United States expressed any opinion
thereon, said the substance Of the agree
ment was communicated to the United
States government before publication. The
United States did not express any opinion
on the subject.
Lord Cranborne added the information
that Manchuria was no more excluded from
the scope Of the agreement than any other
province OF the Chinese empire. The sub
stance Of the agreement, Lord Cranborne
said. was also communicated to Germany.
Mr.. Norman said he objected to the
Anglo Japanese treaty on the ground that
It was evidently an anti-Russian threat
and that It tied Great Britain to the
wheels Of Japanese policy in such a way
that it might be forced to go to war against
Ats own interests.
Made for Mutual Defense.
Lord cranborne explained that the con-
kracting parties were only bound to un
dertEke mutual defense of their interests
when the danger was due to the aggression
Of others, and the power called upon to
help the other must judge whether the con-
ditions Of the treaty have been observed
The liberal leader, Sir Henry Campbell
Zimmerman, thought that the Identical In
terests of Great Britain, the United States
and Japan could have been sufficiently Sc
cured by an interchange Of notes instead
of by an explicit undertaking of this kind.
The government leader, A. ]. Balfour,
said there seemed to be an impression that
yomething hostile to peace was behind the
agreement That was not The treaty
was not based on secret information Of i'm
pending dangers. but on the broad facts OF
British interests The treaty made
strongly for peace, because even the most
Adventurous nation would shrink from at
Z fAeking Japan with the knowledge that
Great Britain would also have to be en-
countered The treaty was not unfriendiy
10 other nations. 1t would, Mr.. Balfour
hoped, have a sobering effect on the con-
tinental schools OF thought, which imper-
lied the worlds peace. An interchange Of
notes would have resulted in ambiguity.
No Violence to other Powers.
The foreign secretary, Lord Lansdowne.
in the House Of Lords today made some
what similar reply on the subject OF the
new dual alliance to the one made In the
House of Commons by Lord Cranborne.
Lord Lansdowne added that nothing in the
agreement did violence to the accepted
policy Of the other powers. So far as the
treaty concerned the integrity OF China,
Manchuria must be taken as forming part
of the Chinese empire. The object of the
alliance was the -fold-the mainte-
nance Of the status quo, the policy OF the
open door and the maintenance OF peace in
the far east.
No powers In this, the far east, we're at
ell comparable with those Of Great Britain
ana Japan While II was true that all al
IiAnces Of Great Britain with other powers
had been regarded with considerable sus-
picion, he frankly averred that the govern
ment was not going to be deferred by these
facts. They saw on all sides tendency OF
the great powers to form groups and ever
Increasing naval and military armaments,
Involving sver-increasing burdens on the
people.
war BECOMES SpasmOdic.
In these days wars broke out with a
Buddenness which was not the case In
former years So the country, adoptine
without reservation the doctrine that al
alliances must be avoided. must be en-
dowed with extraordinary self-sufhciency
Britons must not be swayed by old-fash'
toned superstition In regard to isolation
but must consider whether the objects o.
the alliance are commendable; whether the
price is too great. II these questions are
satisfactorily answered. then the alliance
"a a good thing. There was much create,
danger In leaving questions OF interna-
IiGnal policy to vague understanding
i. than in embodying them publicly in al
agreement.
Great Britain desirad to protect Japar
kgasnst what it conceived to be the graves
peril that might menace It, namely.
coalition Of the powers against It. Tn,
agreement would compel Great Britain 4
come to the rescue OF a friendly eountr,
whose obliteration by a coalition OF tn
powers Great Britain could not, under an
circumstances. tolerate. The treaty wa
not connected with the government decisio
regarding Wei Hat Wei. The maintenance
OF the independence OF Japan and the indie
pendencr Of Korea were OF great importanc
to Great Britain.
Rosebery Expresses Approval.
Lord Rosebery expressed approval Of II
treaty. He said that the effect OF the treat
would be felt In a greater part OF EuroT
and in the rest Of the civilized world.
Continuing. Lord Cranborne said Russl
had recognised Japan's special position
Korea. by the agreement Of 1898 and almo
every power had endorsed the principle
the op4n door and the territorial integrit
Of China The new treaty, therefore, W,
merely along lines already accepted by a
most every power. Great Britain's comme
eial position In China was Of the create
Importance and who could say what (
Importance would become In the future vii
Chnas inhnite capacity for expansiong ,
Great Britains commercial position. a
though great, was not unchallenge
Spheres OF influence did not suit IT,