Evening star., 1921-06-10
Editorial Digest
Anglo-Japanese Alliance,

Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
On the eve of the renewal of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance outspoken
, demands sponsored by Australia and
Canada are voiced in the Toronto
Globe. which declares that any new
treaty must bear notifications that
| under no circumstances will Britain
become associated with. Japan in a
war. defensive or offensive. waged
against the United States" While this
statement Is wholly satisfactory to
| most American new spapers some feel
that Britain should not bind itself to
Japan at all. while others urge that II
this Is done the United States should
be taken into the agreement. which
should be commercial rather than
military in its nature.
Among thOse who oppose the alli-
ance is the Des Mo:nes (la.) Register
tindependent republican,. The best
thing, 1t says. would be no treaty.
ahe drd ,,me next in,, BIS, would be modi,
is between two fires" on the one
hand. the danger of encouraging
counter alliance il she should drop
Japan brusaucly." and on the other
risking "a growing misunderstood
ing in America" the Register con-
finues: The conventional answer of
European diplomacy to this situation
would be 10 make the alliance three
cornered. including America. But that
can be even proposed seriously. The
between Britain and Japan. one that
VIII be more than a mere comm mercial
treaty. out less than thoroughgoing
military alliance. The purposes Of the
alliance Will likely be defined with
care and its exclusion of America
| d lo,
Even more emphatic in its disap-
proVal of Great Britain's proc Bile
course is the Lexington Leader IRE
puohcano, which feels that "the Brit
they refuse to support "a plan which
u:res apo ogy and defense" No
sound reason" says the Leader. "has
yet been offered for the renewal of AN
a alliance which from the inception OF
the policy appeared to the American
disquieting agreement
ne emphatic statements. however.
tnat nave come from Australia and
the Dominion are taken by most
%riters as suficient assurance that
Great Britain has anything but a
desire to take any step sufficiently
unguarded as to give the United
States ground for suspicious of un-
friendliness. Besides the colonial
sentiment. which is largely the same
as our own" there is further. as the
New York Post dndependenD points
out. England's appreciation of the
fact that friendliness and co-opera-
ton with the United States are of
Post concludes. we may dismiss as a
monstrous absurdity the idea of
military menace to this country in
herent in an understanding between
Great Britain and Japan. Quoting
the London Spectator to the effect
a he
United States would be blowing the
British empire to smithereens in a
single instant" the Kansas City
journal (republican) agrees that such
a situation is impossible to imagine,
for that Canada would ever side with
the mother country in conflict with
America is as inconceivable as that
Australia and her other colonies would
side with the Asiatic elements of such
a contest"
The terms OF the treaty itself. with
the reservation exempting either coun-
try from aiding the other in case Of
war with US. the Dallas Times-Herald
Independent democratic) considers
welcome to the United States" as at
least proof of friendship on the part
of Japan and Britain"
Approval OF the pact. the Burling-
ton Free Press independently believes
is "in line with our policies for:
"Manifestly. If America were to i'm
the alliance. while Australia and other
dependencies of Great Britain op-
posed 1t as menace to them. the
United states would be paving the
way for better feeling on the part of
Japan"
The question of actually enrolling
Uncle Sam as member of tri-
partite agreement. which includes the
other two great powers, is discussed
with sympathy by number of
writer's. Typical of those who re-
fleet this view is the Wheeling CW.
Va.) Intelligencer (republican). which
finds that one advantage" in such an
arrangement for this country would
be joint discussion with Britain con-
cerning the troublesome question OF
Japanese immigration. provided that
Japan were also an ally to this ma
ton
The Detroit Free Press Gndepend-
enD says: "A proper tripartite treaty
that would not violate our traditions
and our Constitution could be
used to minimize national and racial
antagonism by taking away causes of
friction