As we have explained elsewhere the first thing, in our
opinion, Is to get rid of the Japanese Treaty ; not because we have the least complaint to make against Japan, who has been a fair and loyal ally, but because the Treaty is in every sense obsolete. The one thing that really matters is to prove, through thick and thin and come what may, that Britain and America will stand together. There is every probability that the peace of the world would be secured by that course. There is no other policy which can be compared with it. In this connexion we are very glad to observe the wholeheartedness with which the Times and Lord Northcliffe's other papers are urging the need for denouncing the Japanese Alliance. Commentators on public events must, of Course, be deeply convinced of the truth of a drastic proposition before they can be persuaded to back it. Lord Northcliffe and the Times have at length been convinced by facts and arguments which are indeed, as we think, incontrovertible. We may be allowed to congratulate them on the courage and cogency wits which the case for denouncing the Treaty was set forth in the Times on Wednesday.
