Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-10
JAP ALLIANCE
TO STICK UNLESS
u. s. WILL JOIN
Three-Party Treaty Between
England, America and u. S.
Hope of Britishers.
BECOMES BIG ISSUE
Special to. Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.
By FREDERICK WILLIAM VILE.

W[AoA1NG1ONs nov 1U.-GreAC BTU
ain will not consent to abandon the An
gIo-Japanese alliance unless the United
States is prepared to offer full compen-
satory concessions. British policy at the
armament conference from the outset VIII
be one of closest cooperation with Amer
lea, but the exigeneies Of tho British EN-
pire are such that the naval and mill
tary partnership with Japan can not be
sacrificed without quid pro quo. That
blunt epitome Of the British attitude
can be supplied on high authority. II
the United States program for regula-
ton Of Ear Eastern affairs calls for
abrogation of the nineteen year-old alli-
ance between Britain and Japan, the
British position will be submitted
promptly and unequivocelly. There VIII
be nothing truculent in its presentation,
Coordination, accompanied by a counter
proposal, will mark the British reply.
1t viii be to the effect that the British
Empire would rejoice to find the United
States prepared to join itself and Japan
in some kind Of a community Of interest
for preservation of peace and the open
door in the Orient.
The writer can speak with authority
In saying that statesmen Of the three
powers concerned-Britain, Japan and
Anglo Japanese alliance is the overflow
ering conference issue. 1t dominates the
situation as the Washington perspective
itself is dominated by the monument. On
it's amicable solution is said to depend
not only settlement of Far Eastern con-
troYersies but the major problem of
the Observation-Disclosures Of armament.
MANY BRGTISHERS
OBJECT TO TREATY,
For the first time since the Anglo
japanese pact has been subject Of con-
ference considera tons, it is possible to
reveal In detail the British attitude to-
ward its renewal or discontinuance.
There is VIGOROUSLY a wide difference
of opinion among Britishers in the United
Kingdom and the oversee dominions
about the alliance. In the first place, mil
| lions Of Britishers are unfavorable to the
alliance because it is repugnant to the
United States. They do not think the
cause Of Anglo-American friendship
should be subjected to the risk of going
on the rocks because Of the alliance. The
views Of class Of Britishers found char
acteristic expression by Lord Northelina
in the Far East a few days ago.
What is not clearly understood In the
United States is that far from demanding
the abregation of the alliance at lass
L
summers imperial conference in Lou
don, Australia and New Zealand, adj
vecated its maintenance. Canada opposed
renewal for the obvious reason that
Canadians consider their territory i'm
| mune from the danger Of Japanese at
tack because of the proximity of big
Brother America, which in vindication
OF the Monroe Doctrine, II for no other
reason, Canadians are persuaded, would
rush to their aid against any Japanese
! aggression. Australia and New Zealand
| for geographical reasons can not rely to
| the same extent upon the all powerful
/ protection Of the United States. Their
| fears Of a possible japanese attack are
topen and avowed. The British navy
! could not reach the south seas for their
| protection until long after a surprise
attack by a japanese fleet had established
the Nipponese on Australian and New
/ Zealand soil.
ENGLAND FACED
BY THREE ALTERNATES.
From the British point of view, there
| fore, the Anglo-Japane alliance Ques-
| ton presents three alternative solutions:
1. Continuance of the partnership.
2. Abrogation by Great Britain and
| the resultant necessity of stationing
| a strong British feet In the Pacific
to protect Australia and New Zealand.
8. Cancellation of the alliance and
| its substitution by a tri-partite An
gIo-American-Japane agreement em-
| bracing the Pacific and Far East
Britishers cOncede the widespread I'M
popularity of the alliance among numer-
Gus elements of the empire. 1t is thought
to have served its primary purpose-the
destruction of both the Russian and Ger
man dangers" in the Far East. But
/ with Australia and New Zealand in their
fearful state of mind anent Japan, many
Britishers feel the best guarantee Of
good Japanese behavior" is maintenance
of the ally. If the alliance for the sake
of purchasing American friendship has
summarily to be thrown overheard by
the British, they are face to face with
the manifest peril Of estranging and iso-
lating Japan-a Japan whose menacing
possibilities for Australia and New Zea-
land, and for a restless India chatting
under the British yoke, would no longer
be theories but conditions.
The British fatty say this is the way
they must look ct the situation. If they
cancel the Japanese alliance and If the
United States declines the compensatory
tri-partite agreement the British declare
but one alternative is open to them-the
prompt establishment and perpetual
maintenance OF a strong fleet in the Pa
cifc. Such a recourse, they point out,
would hardly be conducive to the move
ment toward limitation of "ea armament
which the Washington conference aims
to promote.
BRITISH KNOW
ATTITUDE OF SENATE.
The British appear none too confident
their suggested quid pro quo will be
forthcoming from the United States. They
know the nations traditional hostility to
know the Nations traditional entangle-
ments abroad. They are aware of the
United States Senate's Incorporating
antipathy to commitments of that sort.
Yet, even those considerations, they say,
cannot deter them from facing the iron
facts Of their imperial situation and
molding their conference policy accord
ingly.
Japan her official spokesman in Wash
ington say, will approach the question
of abrogation Of the alliance open
mindedlw' The Japanese resent the
suggestion that Nippon desires the al
lance as a continued cloak for political,
military and territorial aggression in the
Far East. They declare the alliance has
just as much value for Britain, If not
more, than it has for Japan. The Jap
anese assert their policy. regarding the
alliance as in other matters is primarily