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Show jMAKt EFFORT Tq'rENEW ! ANGLO-JAP ALLIANCE TOKIOl May 20. (By the Associated Associat-ed Press) The cabinet yoslerdav de-icidod de-icidod to open negotiations for a renew-j renew-j al and revision of the Anglo-Japanese j alliance, which Great Britain is said lo bo willing to maintain with modifications, modi-fications, said Yorul Uri-shim-un today. to-day. Though some covenants' will bo changed to harmonir.- with the league of nations, the newspaper says it believes be-lieves there will be no alteration of theT)rinc'ple with regard to safeguarding safeguard-ing tlie peace of eastern Asia and India In-dia and the integrity of China and the maintenance of tho-respective rights 'and special intprests of Japan and Great Britain in the far east. I . 1 A Tokio dispatch of May 2S quoted the Asahi as saying that Baron Con-suko Con-suko Jlayashi, new Japanese ambnr-sador ambnr-sador to Great Britain, would take up negotiations for a renewal of the Anglo-Japanese alliance Immediately on his arrival in London. |