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Show iH Till IPO AMrDIPfl TO filvltnlbli 10 0 U Id I li ii I L II Fil I J 1 L Pre - War Balance of Power Expected to Be Retained by the English-speaking Peoples. Will Effect a Combination Combina-tion Which No Other Group of Nations Is Likely to Challenge. By HENRY WALES. (Chicago Tribune Cable, Copyright.) PARIS, Siarch The United States will add the necessary weight to Great Britain to make the prewar balance of power remain among the English-speaking races, is the belief of close students of the international political situation. Although Al-though the league of .nations w ill do away with tich alliances as bound up tjie entente en-tente powers, it is believed that England and America will come closer together politically and economically than ever before be-fore and their representatives on the council of the league are expected to always al-ways vote solidly together. All other powers realize that the cooperation co-operation of the two English-speaking nations na-tions makes a combination which no other group of powers will dare to gainsay, even though the next triple alliance com--prises Germany, Russia and Japan. LLOYD GEORGE AND WILSON IN ACCORD. That the Japanese are tending to be weaned away from the allies is the belief of the military experts here as well as the students of economics since, firstly, it seems unlikely that Japan will be permitted per-mitted to benefit by the only military operation op-eration it undertook the seizing of Kiao-chow; Kiao-chow; secondly, Japan already has lost the opening bout for freedom of immigration immigra-tion of Mongol subjects by lifting the Asiatic exclusion laws in tho United States, Australia and Canada. Lloyd George Is standing solidly by Wilson on this subject, empowering Lord Robert Cecil to state publicly that such a, question ques-tion is purely internal and not under the jurisdiction of the league. . Close followers of events do not fail to recognize the fact that Great Britain is finding the Japanese alliance rather awkward, and it welcomes the erection of the league of nations with its provisions abrogating all existing treaties of alliance. alli-ance. ANZACS OPPOSED TO ANGLO-JAPANESE PACT. This permits Great Britain to split up Its partnership with Japan amicably and at the same time strengthen its position as an empire. It is no secret that Australia has been regarding the Anglo-Japanese alliance al-liance with Increasing coldness, and since the war openly has been against the pact. Canada has held the same vhsws, and En-gland En-gland also realizes the existence of an English-Japanese treaty hampers the establishment ' of closer ties with tiic United States. England is aligning herself more strong-y strong-y beside the United States as the peace ! conference progresses, and Lloyd George, 1 Kaifour and Cecil are backing up President Presi-dent Wilson, Colonel Houso and .Mr. Lan-i Lan-i sing always, not only in the council meet-; meet-; ings, hut in the meetings of the subcom-j subcom-j mittees. ARE RELUCTANT TO FORCE A SHOW-DOWN. I The French and Italian delegations have ! not failed to notice the growing Anglo- American rapprochement and many Latin ! objections and demands which tend to oh- j struct a peaceful solution ha o b.'tai with- i ' drawn or smoothed away bocausu they are unwilling to 'nrtempt to force an issue I agaimi the English-speaking deii--,uious. I ; Jf the league of nations degencrai.es into i la weak and f'abby scheme, Gieat Britain and the United Slates will virtually be-; be-; come allies, holding the woild's baiance of, power and commanding the respect of anv j other alliance formt d, no matter haw , strong. ' The. mililary students look eastward for 1 t lie next world menace, seeing Germany gobbling up Russia from the west and japan doing likewise from the east, with Lhe pair reaching an ami. -able understand- ' ing for the ai-dmilaituii of the Luisiau . empire. FEAR OF GERMAN AGGRESSION AT END. ".-.ilher France nor lla'. !o-c'.c: ere:',v Min'ed by cv.-cits in ea-'t. ami the Kre:w !i .n-? V.'-.Tipinc i. ssri- i.-ai there is rothinc l.) i'-.T from i en -- ari'ien wr a i.mi.' time, a r. iiou ii ,k i opinion d"-s not see t! ill t'.reat - nu-re!v shif'ed ;;om t'c v.. (, t;,,- ,..n0t''.i,i"t'':e'rec-ii';;! 'r t'.f --:ivz V" the h :': ". .a :il; if the '::.:'-. w . ;r.-.it l'.rttaia the fn'.-tl - -r . , i., ont of de:,-:-e:i'-" to t .' I'l ! ' t : v ;.. : an inrc'-n.itir.r.iii army ..i" i.r n; 1- - ih,w kr.im e Vnl he i-.i : lie I mc.rV v. :t pruihiticu t .1-: cienr:a!is fyuin : ir t; :"y tile rc-'"ii. |