Hankow, June 30.
In a leading article this morning under the heading "Great Britain's Far Eastern Policy," the influential daily, the "Ta Kung Pao," states that "Britain must be held largely responsible for what is happening in the Far East today.'
It Britai$ with the object of bringing about peace, intends to pacify Japan, the newspaper declares, she will only aggravate the situation and sacrifice her interests in the Far East.
Such action, the "Ta Kung Pao" adds, would also encourage aggressors in Europe, The attainment by Japan of her position today, the journal continues, is entirely due to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1902, "without which probably there would have been no Russo-Japanese war in 1904."
The alliance, the newspaper asserts, lasted several years, "resulting in Japan becoming one of the world Powers—a baby milked by Britain.
"But what happens"
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