| Show ALONE ill IN THE FID FAH MST france negotiating with japs with view to reaching an agreement great br tain bains a D c maneuver ing for the isolation of germany seer a to be bearint a fru t at last and emperor W I 1 I 1 am stands alone pans paris official confirmation has been obtained of the report that ne tie are in progress between france and japan 1001 ing to an un der standing mutually g guaranteeing laran teeing the political and commercial of the two powers in the far fat east harmonious conferences on the sub eject act have been going on at tokio france has recognized that her pos sessions in indo china and slam as well as her commercial interests in the far east would be extremely lerable in the event of war and deemed it wise to make an arrange ment with japan which is willing to guarantee french interests in return for recognition of the japanese claims in korea at the same time it is explained the entente will be strictly limited to the maintenance of the status quo it does not tot ch china and has not anything resembling an offense offe nhe or defensive feature nevertheless tak en in connection with the russo jap anese indea standing which shortly will be concluded and the anglo jap abebe u and franco russian alliances the entente creates q comi in the far east and a new grouping of the powers ill europe of extreme ig ance it constitutes in effect another significant way great britain s diplomatic mane iverine for the isola tion of germany it is learned that the recent japan ese loan floated in paris and london was mas involved in the negotiations and that great britain and russia already have approved the general lines of the arrangement |
