, 1921-07-14
Is BRITAIN DECEIVING

view OF a recent announcement which
the Department Of State felt impell.
ed to issue it will not be surprising
II the people of this country road
with a large measure Of suspicion
dispatches which cOme from across
the Atlantic regarding international
relations" says the Republican Pub
licity Association, through its Pres
ident, Hon. Jonathan Bourne. Jr.
The statement given out by the de-
partment reads:
In view of . despatch OF the
Associated Press. with respect to the
renewal of the Anglo"Japanese alli-
ance. to the effect that at Is under
stood that the State Department has
been kept fully informed OF the plans
OF the British government and that
1t has been kept fully informed of
the plans Of the British government
and that 1t has been given assurance
that in the renewal OF the treaty
every precaution will be taken to
guard against the inclusion of any
thing inimical to American right"
it is deemed proper to say that the
State Department is not informed
with respect to plans Of the British
government and has received no
oACC6 i'll lux ulall6I.
When the Associated Press cor
respondent in London asserted that
1t is understood that the State De-
formed he undoubtedly had received
such Information from some official
source. The correspondent Of a
news agency with the high standing
of the Associated Press must also
have had Official authority for his
statement that the State Department
has been given assurances that in a
renewal of the Anglo-Japanese treaty
every precaution will be taken to
guard against the inclusion of any
thing inimical to American right.
ut appears, therefore, that mis-
leading statements are given out
from official sources in Great Britain
for the Information of the people of
the United States. The i%naccuracy
was so great and the subject matter
30 important that the Department of
State felt 1t necessary for its own
protection and for the guidance OF
American people to issue a denial.
II, as seems an inevitable inference,
British authorities are thus spread
ing untrue propaganda in the United
States, this will not be the first in
stance Of the kind. Moreover. II
further explanation in this particular
instance, to which the country is en-
titled and which 1t will certainly ex-
pect, discloses that British authori-
ties have been deliberately resorting
to deception. the people OF America
will find a way of manifesting their
resentment.
at must be admitted that the
United States. owing to the delin-
quency OF some Of its officials. has
not always dealt entirely with frank
ness in the performance of its under
takings. When the treaty OF peace
with Germany had been completed
and a treaty of alliance for purpose
OF defense was negotiated between
Great Britain. France and the United
States, the concluding paragraph Of
this second treaty provided that this
treaty would be submitted to the
senate at the same time a. the treaty
Of peace. Notwithstanding that ex-
plicit provision, President Wilson did
not submit the treaty of defense al
lance at the same time that he sub
mitted the treaty with Germany.
Neither did he inform the country OF
the existence OF such a treaty until
forced by public discussion.
"While this breach of faith on the
part OF a high American official must
be admitted with no small degree OF
humiliation. yet it can be said in de-
Tense of the people OF the United
States that at the first opportunity
they repudiated the official who had
thus brought discredit upon their
government. II officials in Great
Britain have been guilty Of mislead-
ing the peoples OF that nation and
the United States they should be re-
buked in q n no less decisive
than that by which the people Of the
United States rebuked their chief
executive. There can be no salts
factory relations between two great
world powers unless there IL frank
ness and sincerity in international
communications"
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