§ MR. BLACK (Banffshire)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, under the Anglo-Japanese Treaty, the Government is empowered to conclude a general alliance on the part of Great Britain with any other European or American Power without prior consultation with or consent of Japan.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Lord CRANBORNE, Rochester)The only provision of the Anglo-Japanese Agreement which has reference to the point raised in the hon. Member's Question is Article IV. If the hon. Member will refer to that Article he will see that its language is perfectly clear.