Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-12

Weekly Times gives summary Of the
opinions gained by its correspondents
in various parts of the world when
the renewal of the amended alliance
was announced.
We find that the Acting Prime Min
lister of Australia is satisfied with the
treaty. assuming that the renewal
interposes no obstacle to the Anglo
American treaty" He looks upon 1t
as ten years in which Australia may
perfect her defenses.
The sydney Daily Telegraph said.
THE treaty has evidently ceased to
be an entangling alliance while re-
tanning its efficacy as a peace pre-
server. Australia may reasonably
count on breathing space of ten
years to develop her defences and en-
courage the influx of immigrants into
her empty spaces. The alliance is a
welcome respite rather than a guar
antee of lasting immunity"
From the Sydney Morning Herald
comes the same thought couched in
milder language: Australians are
forced TO consider the real basis of
their white policy, which depends not
on sense of inferiority but on,
recognition of irreconcilable differ
ences. To treat our allies otherwise
than with dignity and respect would
be to stamp ourselves with mark
of civilization inferior to theirs
Cabling from Toronto, Canada, the
Times correspondent says:
"The practical exclusion of the
United States from its operation re-
moves the only objection in Canada
to the Anglo-Japanesc treaty. In
British Columbia there is a strong
disposition to cooperate with the
United States against Japanese i'm
migration and. perhaps, increasing OPP
position to the admission of Asiatics,
but with the danger of friction with
the United States removed the new al
lance is heartily approved In the Do
minion."
The greater friendship of the Brit
ish colonies for the United States than
for Japan is noted in the editorial
comment of the Times when discuss
ing the renewal of the alliance. Says
the Times.
"We have reason to congratulate
ourselves not only upon the conclus-
ion Of the new treaty, but also upon
the conditions In which It has been
effected. When the first unofficial re-
port that II had been accomplished
reached us from New York the Times
drew attention to its Significance in
relation to the now Imperial foreign
policy happily inaugurated at the I'm
perial Conference. II is indeed graft
flying that within few brief weeks
of its adoption this policy should af-
ford us, and should afford the world,
so signal proof of the fresh strength
II has added to our diplomacy. 1t is
gratifying, we may perhaps say,
above all to those who, like ourselves,
have long insisted without visible
response on the wisdom and on the
necessity of the new departure TAX
en- by Mr.. Asquith and Sir Edward
Grey. They must know better than
most Of us that. had they not taken
IT, the prolongation of the Japanese
treaty would almost certainly have
given rise to discomfort and to mis-
givings in the Dominions which need
not now be apprehcnded. BY admit
] ting the Prime Ministers of the Do
minions to complete confidence, and
by submitting to them the general
foreign policy of the Empire, the Gov
ernmenu will have overcome many
prejudices, soothed many suscep-
Utilities, and conjured many phan-
toms.
ut Is notorious, to name but one
of these phantoms. that large sections
of opinion In the DominiOns have
looked askance at the Japanese alli-
ance, because they were haunted by
the fear that one day It might en-
tangle us in contest with the Uni
ted States. The renewed alliance Is
the best answer to such fears. II has
been approved. we have no doubt, by
the most trusted statesmen of the Do
minions. On the face Of II II shows
that the japanese themselves have
helped us towards the conclusion OF
our treaty with the United States
That cogent proof Of Japan's friend
ship for the two great English-speak-
ing nations and of her readiness to
see the bonds that unite them multi
piled and strengthened speaks fol-
itself, while the Dominion Ministers
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