Evening star., 1934-11-11

was the first direct intimation of
something people in this country have
been suspecting for long time, name
ly, that the British are not as opposed
as they seem to appear to giving the
japanese naval parity.
Considers Alliance.
The fact is that Great Britain, en-
tangled as she is in many cumbersome
combinations in Europe and facing
economic and political difficulties in
the Far East, is considering seriously
a renewal of the old Japanese-British
alliance.
Those ,Uho look torward to see
formal understanding signed and
sealed in due form will be much
disappointed. Nothing of the sort
can happen any longer in these
days OF open Diplomacy" Politi-
cal alliances are out of date cru
ditieS. The same purpose can be
attained in less straightforward
1Cdys.
The corner stone of the renewed
JapaneSe-BritiSh understanding was
laid two years ago at Geneva, when
Sir John Simon, the British secretary
of state, did his best to prevent any
effective action of the League of Ma
tions when Japan was ravaging China.
He was almost friendly to the ag-
gressor. In his private talks he was
indorsing the point of view prevalent
among British exporters that British
merchants would sell more in that
country if it were under the firm and
progressive rule of the japanese.
To the idealists in the British Par
lament who we're hollering against
the Japanese aggression, it was said
on the quiet, I'VE can do nothing.
Through your fault and stupidity, the
work at Singapore has been delayed,
and we are not ready to face the
Japanese"
Scares the World.
BY a remarkable turn of the wheel
of this changing world, Japan, a ter
ritorially small country, but with a
population only third smaller than
that of this country, has become by
ruthless tactics one of the most fear
inspiring nations in the world.
Little Japan today is not afraid to
challenge Russia, Great Britain, the
United States and other smaller coun-
tries, either individually or collec-
lively.
The political and economic chaos
Which prevails in all Western coun-
tries has permitted that country
to establish itself as the Uirtudl
dictator in the Pacific. Japan is
today, and may be for some years
to come, the handspring OF nloDe-
nent on the international scene.
That nation is possessed of un-
tamable energy and ambition. Grind
ing poverty. which reduces others to
impotence, seems, in her case, to in
spire only the ruthless will to con-
quer and expand.
She has consolidated her position
in Manchuria. China, abandoned by
the other powers, is falling numb and
intimidated under her grip.
She faces Russia, her heretofore
traditional enemy, without fear, and
in London her delegation has flung
the gantlet to the two great powers
of the world-Great Britain and the
United States-demanding naval par
ity with a determination which Is
causing sleepless nights to many dele
gates attending those preliminary
naval talks"
Last week she brlIally broke of
trade negotiations with Holland, over
certain differences concerning Java
and Sumatra, and The Hague govern
| ment is worried.
Boldly Expands Trade.
Parallel with this effort to grasp the
scepter of the Far East runs an in
credible industrial expansion. Every
where throughout the world tariff bar
riers are rising to stem the influx OF
the japanese cheap products, but still