Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09

Copyright, 1907, by Central News ana
Press Exchange and Published BHclu-
sively In Utah by the Deseret Newsp
r. IN DANIEL o'CoNNoR, K.c,sG.,
for 2s years a member OF parlla-
} ment In New South Wales. former
postmaster-general for Australasia
and minister Of the crown with cab
inet rank, stands behind statement
OF such far-repehing Importance in com
nection With the diplomatic relations
existing and likely TO exist between this
country, England. Australia and Japan
that II Is likely to be the subject OF
underground" inquiry at the various
seats Of government. Seen at the cath
Ollie club In New York Immediately
after q private Interview with President
Roosevelt the former fninirter OF lie
crown said:
While 1t must appear To any one
who soberly analyses the situation that
war is not Immediately Imminent be-
tween the United states and Japan,
] am frank 20 say that with my
knowledge OF the Japanese character,
OF Japanese ambition IN Il national
sense, and Of ommeycial-industrial
conditions IN the Far East. war ~ in-
evitable sooner or later between the
two countries.
'.If, however, hostilties should oc-
cur as result of the present compli-
cations In California, the United
States can absolutely rely upon the
active as well as moral support OF
Australia
This statement, bearing practically
the weight of Australian colonial au-
thority, comes as a revelation Ii is
likely to be regarded as an official hint
from Great Britain to her ally While
Great Britain, owing to her alliance
with Japan undoubtedly would sup
port that nation in the event OF
trouble, there il no doubt she would
seek a convenient means OF exit from
the scene of difficulty In the event of
Japanese trouble with the United
States And the fiat statement that
she would not be able to hold Aws-
tralia in line as against the United
States may be the means she seeks
to explain her attitude toward this
country.
"We in Australia" said Sir Daniel
scout the idea OF any immediate
trouble arising out OF the schooling
question on the Pacific coast, The
Japanese are not so foolish as to i'm
sist upon apanese-American educa~
tion and unrestricted emigration to
this country when they are not toler-
ated I'm Australia In other words, the
United States are all the more neon
sistent in view of her treaty relations
with Great Britain, Some Is years ago
We took parliamentary action toward
the exclusion of the yellow races from
Australia, That being the case, the
fact that British colony has done ex-
actly what Japan is protesting against
over here, what reasonable ground has
England 10 support Japan in the pres
ent controversy?
LETTER TO CORTELYOU
Special interest attaches to This
statement In view of a recent confer
ence between Sir Daniel Who is now
a guest OF the Catholic club in this
city. and President Roosevelt at the
white House and also with Secy. Cor
telyou. BY special Invitation the en-
inent Australian statesman spent sew
eral hours with Secy. Cortelyou dis
cussing the Far Eastern situation. Sc
quential 10 which the following letter
Is Indicative of what transpired at the
White House conference:
Dear MIR. CoTtelyou--I have the
honor 10 acknowledge receipt of your
annual report for the year ending
June, 1906, and for which I beg TO
thank you most sincerely. [ have
read some portions OF 1t and intend to
go right through today. az 1t is most
interesting 10 me ana or considerable
value You will remember in the long
Interview you afforded me in yotff
Office on the 6the inst, | expressed my
opinion that sooner or later America
would have TO fight Japan. ] repeated
TO you what | had already said in my
Interview with Your distinguished
president.
You may for time postpone war
with that nation, but 1t is Inevitable.
| have studied the rise of Japan close
ly for some years. delivered a