OCR Text |
Show jii?riurs 7AR7iTIIUS " ' Japs unci n::ia Said to Ce Paving Wcy fcr Alliance With Great Critsin and . France.' ' WASHZNQTON, Maxell, 23. Ofldal and diplomatic Washington is 'deeply Interested in a report emanating from ofilclal aoorces that Japan and Bnssla are paving the way ton effeasiva and def enslya aUianca In which Great Britain Brit-ain and Trance will participate. If it be true it will be the biggest -diplomatic, coup which has occurred since the alliance between England and Japan, which mad the Russo-Japanese war possible. 'For the recent enemies it will mean that the armed truce probably will -give way to a permanent peace in connection with the Far East. The attitude of the American Pacific slope towards the Japanese has caused statesmen of the Mikado's empire to reckon with the possibility of the United Uni-ted States as an enemy, and to. deal firmly with this country it is necessary that Russia should be converted into a friend. This is an additional argument argu-ment used in support of the report that Russia and Japan are about to become allies. |