Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-25
JAPAN AND ENGLAND.
Revise Their Treaty So As to Leave
Out United States.

Revise Their Treaty So As to Leave
Out United States.
The Anglo-Japanese alliance, says
a London dispatch, has been modified
to exclude the United States from
Great Britain's possible enemies and
the life of the alliance has been eX-
tended nearly six years by the ne"
version of the treaty which Sir Ed
ward Grey, the British secretary OF
foreign affairs, and Count Kato. ia
panese ambassador to London signed
yesterday. The original agreement
which was signed August II, 1900
included eight articles and a pream-
BILE.
Article 2 of the original agreement
Of special interest to the United
States, reads: "If by reason Of un-
provoked attack or aggressive action
wherever arising on the part OF any
other power or powers, either con-
tracing party should be involved In
war in defence Of its territorial rights
or special interests mentioned in the
preamble Of this agreement, the other
contracting party will at once come to
the assistance Of its ally, and will con-
duct the war in common and make
peace in mutual agreement with 1t. y
This clause made IT possible that In
the event of war between the United
States and Japan, the arms Of Great
Britain will be turned against theiI
cousins on this side of the Atlantic
To make impossible such contin-
gency, revision of the treaty has
been urged in high places, and an
associated press dispatch from Toxic
on July IL set forth that Japan, be-
ing convinced that a war with the
United States was beyond belief, read
lily agreed to such u qualification OF
the treaty as would make possible a
permanent arbitration treaty between
England and America.
The only practical difference be-
tween the original agreement and the
new version is embodied in article 4
which reads:
should either high contracting
party conclude a treaty Of general ar
bitration with a third power, it Is
agreed that nothing in this agreement
shall entail upon such contracting par
ty an obligation to go to war with the
the power with whom such treaty OF
arbitration is in force"
The preamble dates: THE govern
ment of Great Britain and the gov
ernment Of Japan, having in view the
important changes which have taken
place i'm the situation since the con-
clusion of the lo-Japanese agree
ment of August ~, 1905, and believ-
ing that a revision of that agreement
responding to such changes would
contribute to the general stability and
repose, have agreed upon the follow
ing stipulations to replace the agree
ment above mentioned"
Then follows the objects of the alli-
ance as set forth in the previous draft.
These include the consolidation and
maintenance Of general peace in the
regions Of eastern Asia and India, the
preservation of the common interests
of all the powers in China and the
maintenance of the territorial rights of
the contracting parties in the regions
of eastern Asia and India and the de-
fense of their special interests in those
regions
The revision of the treaty is known
to have been largely the result of the
discussion of foreign affairs at the inn
perial conference and was responsive
TO the wishes of the colonies, particu-
larly Australia. That it was consum-
mated so soon was a surprise to the
diplomats. The extension of the time
of the alliance is another surprise.
Although it has not been expected
that the revision would be so speedily
arranged. the changes made coincide
with public expectations and the
greatest satisfaction is felt that the
dstasteful publicity of great Britain
being drawn into a conflict between
Japan and the United States no long
er exists.