tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127420739337011079.post4708764014785185615..comments2024-03-20T14:21:39.697-07:00Comments on Guelph in postcards: Merry Xmas Tokyo, 1908!Cameron Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13955793238851330677noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7127420739337011079.post-45206150477752758032019-04-07T11:33:22.142-07:002019-04-07T11:33:22.142-07:00Your post brings to mind the role Canadian PM Arth...Your post brings to mind the role Canadian PM Arthur Meighen played in 1920 by arguing successfully at an Imperial Conference for Great Britain to repudiate its alliance with Japan. Meighen feared the growing competition between the USA and Japan in the Pacific would lead to war. As the Empire had a formal alliance with Japan, this would make Canada liable to attack by the Americans. Indeed, Canadian defence plans were still based on this contingency. The Japanese took the end of the alliance as additional proof of the racial bias of the west against them and strengthened the isolationist and militaristic elements in Japanese society.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645926298602128433noreply@blogger.com