Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-10 | Page 6 | Entertain Lansdowne

ENTERTAIN lansdowne who says anglo japanese alliance ia not a threat london nov 6 lord secretary of foreign affairs was the guest of the junior constitutional club at a dinner given in dionor of the signing ot the anglo treaty lord ashbourne lord chancellor of ireland presided while among the large number present were viscount hayashi the japanese minister to great lord salisbury earl percy and others prominent in party and diplomatic circles lord ashbourne proposed the health of the guest of the evening and lord lansdowne Lans downa replying look occasion to reiterate that the anglo japanese alliance was not intended as a threat to other nations or as au evidence of a desire to encroach upon their rights ha said that this was not a sinister conspiracy against other people but that the object of the alliance waa he maintenance of peace the integrity and independence of china and the preservation of the open door all of which policy was affirmed by all inter ested powers