No Devision Prior to Imperial Conference: Korea. Outside the Alliance London, June 7.
In the House of Commons today, Mr.. Neil Maclean repeated his question with regard to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, as __to whether the Govermrent intended to renew the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, whether the terms of the Treaty would be submitted to the House of Commons for ratification, when ther the Government would insist on Japan's recognizing her obligations to maintain the independence and territorial integrity of Korea and China, and whether the restoration of Korea's ational institutions and the cancellation of the Sino-Japanese Treaty resulting from Japan's ultimatum to China in May, 1915, would be made conditions of the Treaty.
Mr. Chamberlain said he had uothing to add to his previous.reply to the effect that the question of the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance would be considered at the forthcoming meeting of the Imperial Cabinet, and that he was unable at present to make a statement in that connexion. He pointed out that Korea had been annexed to Japan under a Treaty between Japan and Korea in 1910, and that the independence and territorial integrity of Korea were not_ men tioned in the present Anglo-Japanese Agreement. The Treaty, he stated, would undoubtedly be consistent with Great Britain's, obligations to the League of Nations. He reiterated that the Gov ernment would come te no decision until it had consulted the Dominions Prime Ministers, as the Dominions were greatly interested in the matter, and the Government Was anxious to have the advantage of their advice before coring to a decision.
The Government, he concluded, would make an announcement in the House of Commons as soon as it could. He had no doubt that the House would be able to discuss the matter if it wished.—Reuter.
Demand for China's View to Be Heard.
London, June 9.
Increasing attention is being devoted to the approaching meeting of the Empire's Prime Ministers. Imperial foreign policy is regarded as the most important subject to be discussed, and particularly the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
Mr. Ormesby-Gore, M.p., in an article contributed to the Nineteenth Century," boldly urges the Premiers to insist on the public discussion of this loiter question and to ask that they be allowed to hear the American and Chinese views regarding it before committing the Empire to any decision. He advocates that all the cards be thrown on the table and that the problem be treated as a whole in the full light of day. in
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