Tokio, January 30. The papers express disappointment with the speech of Count Hayashi in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
They point out that the Franco-Japanese Agreement has hitherto been of no benefit to Japan except in so far as it has brought about a reduction of French military expenditure in Indo-China; while the Russo-Japanese Agreement is a dead letter in view of the fact that the ante-bellum conditions in Manchuria are still maintained.
Count Hayashi, it is said, ought to dispel all misconceptions of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The relations of Japan and China remain unsatisfactory. Finally, Japan's attitude towards America is perfectly friendly, but how America reciprocates Japanese feeling is de~ cidedly open to question.
The papers demand that the course of diplomacy must be for mutual satisfaction, not mutual dis~ satisfaction—Our Own Correspondent.
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