The Washington times., 1921-12-02
ny PHILIP FRANCIS.

The British library Of informa
ton. at "A Whitehall street. New
York. which is really a salaried
staff of British propagandists, made
an awkward mistake the other day.
There is at present In India, on
tour with the Prince of Wales, a
Prof. l.. r. Rushbrook Williams.
whose business it is to prepare
propaganda presenting British rule
In India In light that is as fsur
as II is false. This Williams per
sons salary is paid by the British
indian government and his propa-
Banda books are printed by the gov
eminent printing office at Calcutta.
1t so happens that a Mr.. Cuth-
bert Hicks, In charge of. the British
propaganda bureau I'm New York
mailed a copy of one of Prof VIII
liams' propaganda documents to
your correspo ndent. which was in
tended to be accompanied by sar-
castle note, and at the same time
wrote letter to Prof. Williams I'm
India, telling him that he had done
this, and also revealing some very
private propaganda affairs. Then
Cuthbert got his letters in the
wrong envelopes and your CORE
pondent got The one meant for
Prof. Williams. and Prof. Williams
IN due time will doubtless get tine
sarcastic note meant for your cor
respondent,
Interested In Propaganda.
What hearing has this on the
Conference here, you ask?
Well, this much bearing. In this
laff 6A L.. ~ Il...s
ish propaganda at A Whitehall
street, New York, anxiously in.
quires of his fellow propaganda in
India what Japan is doing by secret
propaganda and instigation OF other
sorts to encourage the boycotts and
munitions In India?
And right there you can lay your
finger on of the principal anxietirs
which has brought British diplo-
macy to Washington in search OF
an Anglo-American alliance of some
sort under any old name that sounds
sweetest to American ears.
Look at the map and see what
Japan can do to British rule in In
dia, and then look at what japan
can do to China and the open door
II she once gets a grip, friendly or
hostile, on India. She could seize
and hold China against the whole
white race.
Now, anybody who knows any
thing at all about conditions in
India and Afghanistan and Russia
in central Asia, as well % in tie
Near East. knows that England'o
hold on India ia slipping faster and
faster each day. and that her only
possible chance Of keeping her en-
IN nj L. tD 10
stronger alliance with JAP ian, where
by the two can divide the hegemony
of that continent.
Alliance. With Japan.
The only first-class power which
could put an effective obstacle in
the way of that division of Asia.
with its ultimate object of shutting
the door to commerce with Asia in
the faces of other white nations. Is
our strong America.
What lines of policy, then. nat
urally present themselves to British
diplomacy?
Why, these three:
First, q hard-and-fast alliance with
Japan and war against US II we in
terfere with the conquest and d.
vision of Asia or resent the shut
door;
Second, bard-and-fast alliance
with America to curb the japanese
aggression and expansion in China,
India, and Siberia
Third, to persuade America to
enter into, an agreement to scrap
part of her navy and to pledge her
self to abandon naval construction
for a term of years long enough to
make sure that her navy was harm
less, after which British and Jap
anese armies. ferried in merchant
ship transports. IL necessary, could
do the work in Asia.
OF these three alternatives, Eng.