Pall Mall's" Strong Support London, June 1.
The "Pall Mall Gazette," in a Teading article to-day, says thab events have brilliantly justified the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. "Cooperation between Great Britain and Japan," the journal continues, "Gs vital to the tranquillity of almost half the world, With a clear understanding between Great Bri-ain and Japan, it should be possible, not only to advance the development of China, but also to effect a great economy in the military and naval force in the oversight of the Pacific Ocean and even to prepare the way for a closer understanding between America and Japan. It should be possible in renewing the Alliance to introduce safeguards which would allay American and Australian nervousness. Japan cannot avoid an overflow of her population, but there are areas of expansion more access. ible and more congenial than any which need trench upon the vital interests of the British Empire or the United States."—Reuter.
British Representations from China.
London, June 2.
The annual meeting of the China sociation was held in London today. My, F. Anderson, the Chairman, said that the Committee had brought to the notice of the Government the representations British residents in China that neither the spirit nor the letter, of the Anglo-Japanese Treaty was being observed in Shantung. He added that he was confident that, if Japan spontaneously offered China' a settlement on neighbour ly and amicable terms, she would do much to promote harmony in the Far Easy and to disprove the criticism which ascribed to her a policy of aggression.
Mr. F. Anderson paid a tribute to the late Dr. G. E. Morrison who, he said, did his best to guide the Chinese Government into wise principles which, if followed, woud have brought about a better position than at present.—Reuter,
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