New-York tribune., 1921-05-18
British Alliance
With Japanese
Held Defeated
Chinese Envoy Finds Senti-
nent in U. S. Opposed to
Renewal; Declares Salts
factory Terms Impossible
Hands of England Tied
Dominions Will Not Consent
TO Treaty That America
Finds To Be Unacceptable
By Carter Field,


WASHINGTON, May II. - The
American people will never approve q
renewal OF the Anglo-Japanese al
lance, important Republican leaders
have told an agent of the Chinese gov
ernment here in the last few days.
Putting this with the recent public
declarations of Premier Hughes, of
Australia and Premier Massey Of
New Zealand, this agent of The
Chinese government, Bertram Sinlp-
son, sees hard shedding ahead for the
British and Japanese diplomats. The
Australian and New Zealand leaders
have declared in public statements
that the Anglo-Japanese alliance
must be drafted in a form satisfactory
to the sJnited States if they arc TO
approve it.
!. With the sole mission of opposing a,
renewal of this treaty, Mr.. Simpson.
has Just completed a tour of Canada,
and is now inquiring as to the Amerl-
can sentiment prior to sailing from
Quebec next Tuesday for London.
While here Mr.. Simpson talked with
u
mittee, Secretary Hughes and many
other officials in an effort to get the
American viewpoint.
Satisfactory Treaty Impossible
81 am very much impressed" he said
tors with whom I talked that it would
be impossible for this treaty to be
written in such shape as to meet Amer
lean objections. This is of tremendous
significance, it seems to me, in view
of the public utterances of Premier
Hughes, of Australia, and Massey, of
New Zealand, that the treaty must be
renewed in such shape as to be salts
factory to the United States.
Senator Medill Mccormick one of
the members of the Foreign Relations
practically these words that while it
might be possible to make such treaty
that would be acceptable to the United
States Government, it would be impos-
sible to make such a treaty in terms
that would be acceptable to the Ameri-
can people. Further, he said that as it
is the voice of the American people, in
the last analysis, that decides all af-
fairs, you may draw your own infer
ence as to the practicabiity Of drawing
treaty with view to making it salts
factory to the United States.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Repub-
lican leader of the Senate and chair
( man of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, heard Senator Mccormick make
this statement to me and evidenced
approval of it, Senator Lodge then
added for my information that, while
ro doubt great empire is to be con-
sidered in this matter, the English
should not forget that there is an
equally great empire on tnis side of
the water to be considered
Senators William L. Borah of
Idaho, and Hiram Johnson, of Califor-
MIA, also were present when these
statements were made, and they added
to them. found among many Sena-
tors the idea that the United States
has, so far as territory is concerned,
greater stake in any such question
as that of guaranteeing the peace of
Eastern Asia than any white nation.
This stake is the Philippines. Yet this
American stake has been disregarded
in the last twenty years, during which
the expiring treaty has been in effect
II am firmly convinced that, in view
of the declarations of Hughes and
Massey, these opinions held by leaders
of the American Senate make it i'm
possible for Britain to continue her
present relationship with Japan. I am
convinced that England must get down
, on one side of the fence of the other
and that she cannot continue to strad-
die the fence.
Senators johnson and Borah told
me they we're glad to hear that the po'
sition of China toward this treaty was
the same as their own, and they de-
clared their belief that it was essential
that the British people should realize
This situationH
American officials were much inter.
ested in MIR. simpsons information
about the Japanese occupation of ths
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