28th July.
We claim. high authority in stating that negotiations are now going on between the Marquis of Lansdowne and Viscount Hayashi for the renewal and extension of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The outcome of the negotiations is still dangerous to prophesy, But we notice that a desire is generally expressed in well-informed circles in London and Tokio that the Alliance will be made an offensive and defensive one, and it will cover Central Asia and India, besides the Fur East.
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