The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-15
.JAPS' ALLIANCE WITH BRITAIN IS
 CAUSING UNREST
Nipponese Protest that Eng land Has Too Many Ad-
 vantages By Pact.

TOkio, March 15-Baron 1Sh1i, min
 ister for foreign affairs, told the i House of Peers on Feb. 13 that Japan 1 is negotiating with Great Britain con- l cerning the anti-Japanese agitation in l British colonies. The foreign office, ] however, denies the report consistently i circulated in Tokio that fresh nego- | tiatiOns are going on between Japan l and England for the revision of the | Anglo-Japanese alliance The idea
 put forth, as the basis of the report l is that Japan seeks from Great Brit ain some definite recognition of 1 Japan's superior position in China. i The alliance with England, as a re- suit of which Japan declared war
 against Germany, continues a favor1te topic of discussion. A good many disparagaing remarks have been made about it by Japanese who feel that Great Britain is asking and receiving too much under it's terms and that 1t | has ceased to be instrument use full to the Japanese nation. Baron Ishii referred to these criti-
 ciSms in his remarks before the Peers He deprecated them. he said, as being
 exceedingly regrettable because they
 do harm ito the friendly sentiments
 between the two nations He re-
 gretted also that British residents in China, occasionally gave voice to un- friendly utterances about Japan. But he pointed out that these criticisms should not be interpreted as the op1n- ion of the nation whole. At a recent dinner of the Japan
 Trade Association, Ichiro Tokutomi,
 the editor of the Kokumin, declared Pthat there prevails an opinion among
 a section of statesmen and politicians
 that the AngIo-Japanese alliance has
 become superannuated and should be reframed to meet the changed S1tua- ton of Japan-the growth, of exalta-
 ton of her position and influence in
 Far Eastern affairs. He considered it
 most probable, he said, that the time will come before long when this opin-
 ion will be seriously taken up and emb bodied in the form of negotiations for the revision of the existing treaty He insisted that this view was shared
 by several members of the cabinet and privy counciH
 The present negotiations with Eng land to which reference was made by Baron Ishii are believed to include the status and treatment of Japanese em- igrants particularly in Australia. but refer particularly to an alleged boy colt of Japanese goods.
 The case of those Japanese who are demanding a revision of the alliance with Great Britain is summarized by the Nichi Nichf. It declares that in Canada, Australia and other British colonies Japanese are refused treat ment on an equal footing; that the British residents in China. official and otherwise are bent on curbing Japan's interests in that country; that Japan'sel position in China is of vital import 1 ance to Japan but that it's predom- | finance is not recognized, and that moreover in case of misunderstand- |
  nese questions the British government | is known to be bent on avoiding the of rendering assistance to this country.
 The newspaper further alleges that Britain is restricting Japan's free ac- ion in India. Under these circuna- stances the journal deems it natural hat there should be a feeling of dis F. concerning the alliance as 1t now exists. The paper further points out that Great Britain on ac- count of the war is not in a position o protect her interests in the Pacific md has to depend solely on Japan in hat respect. In other words, Japan s now the only nation able to protect he interests of Great Britain and , ,ther nations in China. and the paper hinks that this position of Japan de- erves to be fully recognized by Great $ Britain by formally allowing Japan | O have her pOS1L1On III the r ar ELdSC z dearly defined U
 As for the provisions in the alliance concerning the peace of India the ( ,aper points out that they were made t vhen there was a fear of Russian ( dyance to the South. Those provis- ons were made against a Russian : menace, but the present relations of treat Britain and Russia are practi- ally those of an alliance and the aper finds no reason or necessity for ( laving the provisions in the alliance i oncerning India Moreover, the i paper thinks that the wording of hose stipulations is rather ambigu- } JUS and calls for a more explicit ar angement concerning Japan's obHga- ions on that point.
 The Nichi Nichi does not want the reaty annul1ed but it recommends a evision so that Japan may receive what it deserves as the only power in he Far East that is now in a posi- ion fully and efficiently to protect British and other interests in this ,art of the world.