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Show CONSENT NOT ASKED. It has developed that the United States has no part or lot in the proposed pro-posed invasion of Siberia by Japan; also that what information the Washington Wash-ington administration has upon the subject sub-ject came through the British foreign office. Japan has not asked either our advice or our consent, all her dealings having been made with Great Britain, with whom she has had an alliance since the. close of the Russo-Japanese war. Unless Viscount Ishii, who has just landed at Pacific port and is now on his way to Washington, has been empowered to make representations upon the ubject, it is highly improbable improb-able that this country will take any action one way or the other'. Our position po-sition as regards the far east is well known and we shall not be a party to any plan involving territorial aggrandizement. aggran-dizement. The British statesmen do not fully subscribe, to President Wilson Wil-son 's views in this matter and as the British alliance with ,Tapan is very close, it is of course possible there may have been a private understanding as regards the proposed invasion of Siberia Si-beria by the Japanese. Yet we would hesitate to believe that such is the case for any number of reasons, chief among them being the fact that this country has. insisted that secret diplomacy diplo-macy be eliminated and all agreements made in the broad light of day. However, How-ever, we shall see what we shall see. |