Evening star., 1921-12-02
ANGLO-JAPi|N PACT
IS HELD '0UEW0RN'
Arms Agreement WoaIId Spell
Its End Is View of kapa-
nese Leader.
OPINION AGAINST TREATY
Alliances Declared to Belong to Old
School of Diplomacy and Har-
Dor Treachery. I
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
From an authoritative japanese
source here, although not officially
connected with the Japanese delega-
ton to the Washington conference.
there comes today the view that the
Anglo-JaDanese treaty of alliance is
,, "outworn,' and could very well be
hot in treaty form-with regard to
the far east can be entered into at
the present conference.
This is the view of Kotaro -Mochi-
zukl, leader of the opposition party
in the parliament of Japan, who has
come to Washington to follow the aC-
tivities of the conference on the lin
ltation Of armament. He is heartily
in favor of such a Limitation. In his
/. opinion this view of the Anglo-Jap-
anese alliance question is becoming
stronger and stronger in Japan.
Would Bring End of Pact.
The feeling in the United States is
very clear that. if the United States s
to enter into the agreement for a limi-
tatlon OF naval armamentS and naval
building holiday lasting ten years, the
AnGio-Japanese alliance must be dis
continued. The Senate of the United
States. il was made clear today by one
influential republican member of tne
ratify any agreement for limitation of
armaments if the Anglo-Japanese
treaty remains effective.
The statement of Representative
Mochizuki, therefore. is of no little in
| terest as giving. the point of view of a
, party at the present is not in power
Discussing the Anglo-Japanese alli-
ance and the probability of its abandon
ment, Representative Mochizuki said
| in an interview today:
Treachery in Alliances.
| The world is anxious for recon
| struction in every respect in every
! country, for the sake of peace and
| humanity. Therefore. the old school
of diplomacy must first be re-
| constructed. Arrangements such as
! dual alliances or triple alliances be-
long to this old school of diplomacy.
| founded on secrecy and intrigue and
harboring treachery. The new dlplo-
macy must be based on open knowl-
edge. and every nation must kno"
/ every arrangement and every idea
| connected with all treaties.
THAT was the principle on whlch
, the league of nations was begun. ano
| that must be the idea of any ne"
association Of nations. and ! am gla"
A
! conference, out of which new as
| sociation of nations may eventual
| come has been epoch making in re
gard to this new diplomacy.
| No Need for Renewal.
| IN our Anglo Japanese alliance IT,"
, chief object was to prevent Russia
ACKNOWLEDGMENT toward India, China
Korea and the Pacific. Now tha
Russia is not a cause for anxiety IL
this respect: now that the Washing-
j ton conference is about to settle upon
a Limitation of naval armament be
tween the most vitality interested
| countries and now that the Wash
ington conference is about to settle
upon a far eastern and Pacific policy
| for the three big powers-Great Brit
ain, America and Japan-with the
F! other powers approval, there is no
need of renewing the Anglo japanese
alliance.
! Let this alliance be effaced and let
| us set up in its place an understand
/ ing between Great Britain, Americ:
| and Japan on far eastern and Pacific
| problems.
With America. Japan has already
entered into four different under
standings, under which diplomatic
! documents of definition have been
exchanged.
First. In November. 1908. we en-
tered into the .gentleman's agree
: ment.'
Freedom OF Pacific.
Second. On November 80. 1905. was
written the Pacific memorandum
providing for free and peaceful de-
velopment of commerce i'm the Pacific:
| providing for the open door and equal
opportunity in China as well as mutual
! respect of territorial possessions: TO
preserve the common interest of all
powers in China and supporting
Chinas independence and integrity:
and providing that if any threatening
event should occur the two countries
would consult as to what steps to take
| Third. On May S. 1908. the arbitra-
| tien treaty was signed. to be revised
each five years. and il is now i'm effect
I until 1923. the vital point in this treaty
being that disputes between the two
countries should be referred TO The
Hague tribunal. provided such contro-
verSieS have no bearing upon the vital
| interests, independence or prestige of
the two powers.
| Hopes for Agreement.
Fourth. In July. 1917, the 1shii-
| Lansing agreement was signed. in
which the special interest of Japan
in China was guarded.
/ An understanding-in no matter
i what form expressed-reaffirmin and
continuing in effect the provisions of
the four agreements mentioned, and
, now to be newly agreed to by Great
1 Britain, America and Japan. in my
opinion could very well take the place
| Of the outworn Anglo-Japanese alii-
ance. and ] hope to see such an under
! standing, to be reached by the prin-
| cipals of the new school of open di-
plomacy which l suggested at the be-
| ginning of this. arrived at as the
result of the present Washington con-
ference, and l have no doubt it
will be-