Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-05-06 | Page 1 | British Deride Idea of War on America to Assist Japanese

British Deride Idea Of War on America To Assist Japanese ONDON May 6 British G.-British British overseas dominions dominions' would not tolerate LONDON an Anglo Japanese treaty having as its object opposition to the tho United States declared the weekly Spectator today The newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper devoted considerable space to a discussion of Anglo-American Anglo relations and Japan and cited facts to show that an alliance between England and Japan was ws never meant and never never could be used against America r Blowing of the British empire into smithereens in in a a. single instant would be the result f vie wo went welt to war against America merica not to s support ort some rights rights' of our own but but in order to help the Japan Japanese se the c continued newspaper I If the th people pe of Australia Aus and nd New N v Zealand Zeala d. d were asked on which side they were going to be In to a a war w r between America America and Jap Japan n they would not h hesitate a se second ond Th They y w would uld not waste vist waste time in r reading diplomatic papers or considering legal points The They would x say y spy With our own flesh 1 sh and and blood If the poor old mother country has gone mad we cannot help it Help the Japanese to take take San San Francisco by by byass ss a assault Good heavens what are you talking abo about t 1 Th There re could could b be on only y on one place for Canada in a finish fl fight ht betwee between Japan a and d America America America America- by y the side of Affi America rica White S South uth Africans would have the same answer answer- The rhe spectator Spectator asserted one Q of the reasons for continuing f ing the alliance with Japan had been th the keeping or of peace toi to be able to to help help calm down Japans Japan's should it become po o. o ex excited t on a V Vi point of honor i The r hy g ij S gg g tt ti p i to the United States The first of these the the newspaper newspaper says say would be bo to make male our position absolutely clear to the whole whole American Americ n people and also to todie the die the people of our own wn empire declaring we wo would not renew renew the Japanese alliance al although though of courS course we would remain in perfect amity with Japan Next we we should propose a naval convention with the United States We should hould say say to America America- You shall t take le over command of the sea throughout the Pacific and carry carryon on the policing of it Just as you ou will be answerable for the Pacific so we will have command of the sea in the Atlantic which means not all the northern waters of Eur Europe pe and the Mediterranean but also the waters encompassing the western and southern coasts of Africa Afric