ANGLO-JAPANESE TREATY

an agreement between Great Britain and Japan, first signed on June 30, 1902. Its chief object was the safeguarding of both nations in China and Korea. A declaration was made in the treaty that neither of the contracting powers was to use its influence, by design or aggre ion, in the countries named, and equal opportunities were promised in China and Korea to carry on commerce with all nations. The treaty emphasized the peculiar interests of Japan and Korea, and each nation promised aid to the other in the event of disorder, or if any aggre ive action should be taken by any power on the countries named. The two countries agreed also to make war and conclude wars in common. The new treaty was signed on August 12, 1905, which preceded the earlier one. Its provisions were practically the same except that it included the regions of eastern Asia and of India. The treaty was to run for ten years, and it was renewed for an additional ten years on July 13, 1911. The Anglo-Japanese Treaty was one of the reasons for Japan’s entrance in the World War. At the Conference for the Limitation of Armament held in Washington in 1921-2, the abrogation of this treaty was one of the e ential requirements of the so-called Four-Power Treaty,. by which the parties participating in the Conference agreed to respect each other’s rights in the Far East. Japan finally consented to the abrogation of the treaty, which was superseded by the Four-Power Treaty.