Evening star., 1934-11-29
ANGL0-U. s. NAVAL
ACCORD HELDSU
Japanese Objection to 5-5.3
Ratio Seen as Lever to
Merge Policies.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

oCoPlOC OAuCldl ucIlldlS lIOIH WhSIl-
ington and London that no Anglo
American understanding regarding
future policies in the Pacific is con-
templated, in well-informed quarters
in Washington it is believed that such
an understanding will materialize in
the future.
Neither the United States nor the
British government had any idea of
coming to any political agreement
when the preliminary naval confer
ence began in London early in No
vember
The Japanese, by trying to play the
British against the United States.
managed to get these two countries
closer than they have been since the
end Of the world war.
Many Angles Bring Accord.
The coming into Office of the Lyons
cabinet in Australia cabinet with
nationalistic tendencies-the reluc-
tance of the Japanese to make any
concessions in the economic field 10
the British exporters. the danger to
the British treasury of having TO
spend more than the British tax
payers can afford in case of an Ameri-
can-Japanese naval race, all these
facts have brought home forcefully
TO the British government the neces-
sity Of coming to some working agree
ment with the United States whereby
the danger to Great Britain in the
Far East might be lessened.
In diplomatic circles it is pointed
out that relations between nations are
never dictated by sympathy or an
tipathy. There has been a coolneSs
between America and Great Britain
ever since the end of the World War.
Americas foreign trade had replaced,
in many countries. Britain's, with
The result that the British people and
the British government we're looking
upon this country as an impertinent
upstart.
Depression Great Leveler.
The economic depression, which hit
Great Britain as severely as the
United States, Softened this natural
jealousy: the slump in the foreign
trade Of both countries made any
rivalry immaterial But on the
other hand, the dumping policy of
the Japanese in all the markets where
American and British trade reigned
supreme made it clear to the Ameri-
can and the British business men
and their governments that unless
some means of meeting this danger
were devised their factories would
find it difficult TO place their goods
in many sections of the world.
The British people now are used to
the idea that Britannia no longer
rules the waves alone and have ac-
cepted with more or less good grace
naval parity with the United States.
They realize that such a parity can
not harm the British Empire The
question of the payment of the war
debts is still irksome. but for all prac-
tical purposes it is considered as a
closed chapter in the British -Ameri-
can relations.
Commercial Rivalry Less Acute.
The commercial rivalry is much
less acute than it was a few years
ago and conversations are proceed
ing between the heads of certain
business interests in England and
here to get together in order TO avoid
unnecessary competition.
Under the pressure of the domin-
ions. especially Australia and New
Zealand. the British government is
gradually veering toward better
understanding with the United States.
Interests Run Parallel
Such an understanding, diplomatic
observers say, will not be caused by
the fact that the two countries speak
the same language or by the fact
that there is a certain racial afilia-
tion between the people of this coun-
try and those of the British Empire.
1t will come about merely because
political and economic interests run
parallel and each country compile
ments the other.
II may take some time, it is stated,
before the slow-thinking British for
eign Office comes to realize fully this
change in relationship. Equally. it
may take some time before the Amer
lean Government can be convinced
that the British are playing fair ami
IIldG ClOocI NO-OpcIdll VIhcoI
London and Washington will not
draw this country into some interna-
tional entanglements because of Brit
aims commitments in Europe.
But. those observers who have been
following closely the most recent de-
velopments agree that in case Of an
international emergency the policies
of the two powers are bound to meet.