Text of Protest Against Reference Therein to China Peking, May 11.
Representations made by China to Great Britain concerning the renewal of the AngloJapanese Niance, which were presented during May 1920 and have now been published, are as follows "We are repeatedly informed, in view of the approaching expiration of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance and in pursuance of the stipulations therein concerning renewal one year prior to its expiration, that the British and Japanese Governments have already begun an exchange of views thereon, and that if renewed the treaty will have to be revised. As this matter vitally concerns China and the Far East, the people of China are alarmed.
"Fortunately it has been international that when friendly nations conclude a treaty it can only cover rights and interests rightly belonging to the nations party to the agreement, and this usage has acquired fresh strength as a result of the great war, in that international equality has become a watchword with the "If, as hitherto, the terms of the Alliance still contain such words as "China" and "Ohina's _integrity" without China's being a party thereto, it is in fact an af-: front to the honour and dignity of a independent nation, and the Government and people of China cannot allow the matter to pass without expressing their protest."—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.