The Washington times., 1908-11-28
American Japanese Agree
ment Is fastened by Death
of Kwang Hsu.
PEACE ON PACIFIC
NOW is ASSURED
Accomplishment by Secretary Of
State Is Regarded as Wonder
ful Diplomacy.
By ]. c. wELLIvER.

Actuated by a realization OF the IN
ternationaI possibilities Of the dynastie
crisis IN China due to the deaths Of
the Emperor and Empress the Ameri-
can and japanese governments have
bsstiIy permitted the world 10 learn
thai they have Just reached an entente
which pledges them mutually to policy
of preserving the territorial and admin
istrative entity Of the Chinese empire.
The United States and Japan, as the
two paramount Pacific powers. have no
stomach for the possibility OF interfeT-
ence by ambitious European nations
with the Internal politics OF China. just
at this time The situation al Peking
is delicate and uncertain. Any MSchia-
vellian diplomat might manage 20 secure
some advantage during the interregnum
at the Chinese capital, which would be
Of commercial advantage, OF might even
menace the territorial integrity OF the
empire. such a thing involves all the
possibilities Of q great conflict which
might involve a number of countries.
Plan to FoTestal.
The most enective method OF fore
stalling any such complicating enter
pricse is. manifestly. the announcement
that Japan and the United States have
composed all their differences. and
reachedNa agreement 10 stand together
with China through the crisis.
With the AngIo-Japanese alliance IN
the background, this means that the
sentimental partnership or the United
States. Japan and Britain. for the pur-
pose OF preserving China. which de-
veloped the Russ0-Japanese war, has
become something like a binding fact
in world diplomacy. China, on the eve
Of a great step toward her awakening
to civilization and real national exist
ence. Is guaranteed against interfer-
ence-
Exchange Of Notes
By the process OF exchange of notes
dominating their views on the great
set Of quastions A~cieed IA the rela-
Gore ~ sse C'1rf p 50 tss nd JaDap.
their mutual attitude toward China.
their territorial interests and CONNER
ciaI concerns fra the Pacific, the Tokyo
and Washington governments have
reached a substantial agreement which
sets az rest all the uncertainty about
their relations In future, and assures
amity and cooperation where there has
az times been possibility OF friction and
clash.
The arrangement is not in the form
OF a treaty 1t has been effected by
the process OF negouation-eNchange OF
notes, definition Of attitudes. COnstTuC-
tiOn of treaties heretofore made-which
has brought the two governments to
meeting OF the minds. and effected as
surance Of perfect understanding IN he
future
The negotiations have been in prog
ress for months past and have not yet
been concluded. But the basis Of agree
ment has been reae ehed, according 20
partmeut today, and it is considered
certain that the details vet TO be
worked out VIII involve no menaCinE
possibilities OF disagreement.
No Formal Treaty.
There will be. as already stated. no
formal treaty, because the situation is
not such as to demand a treaty. Am
bSsador Tskahira called at the state
Department this morning. and the con
ufmatiOn Of the foregoing statements
was given on the departments author
-ty. Tt is considered that the agree
ment constitutes a tremendous triumph
for the diplomacy Of Secretary Root, and
likewise that II guarantees indefinitely
the more than friendly relations Of the
United States and China.
The agreement will be erroneously
ItIeifed 70 as a treaty, and even as a /
treaty or alliance. In truth, it decided
" suggests both, but Il is neither But
T. clears up differences and places rela-
tons on basis Of perfect understand /
ing, quite as effectively as a treaty /
would do. It assures, too, that the
United States and Japan viii mutually
consider their interests whenever any
thing shall arise which involves pos /
sloie change of the status quo. This |
does not mean alliance for the enforce
ment Of the policy on which, in such 4
event they may agree; but it does
mean tnat a most significant entente 4
or the two greatest Pacific poWers will /
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