New-York tribune., 1918-12-20
United Effort
To Aid China
Is Urged Here
Commissioner of Toxic
Outlines the Changes
Needed to Gain Results

The monetary system of China, based
obstacles to reconstructior within the
big republic Of the Far East, accord
ing to K. Yamashna, commissioner Of
the Toxic Chamber Of Commerce, who
has come to the United States to pro-
mote better commercial relations be-
tween this country and Japan.
Mr.. Yamashina expressed this thought
yesterday at a luncheon in his honor
at the Lawyers Club given by few of
the American members Of the Japan
Society. Among those present were
Oscar Straus, Judge Ebert H. Gary, ia
cob H. Schiff, Louis L. Clarke, U. N.
Bethel and Elmer Sperry.
The Japenese guests included Con-
sui General Chorosuke Yada, S. Sheba,
secretary of the Toxic Chamber of
Commerce commission; Y. Iwanaga,
former manager in Peking of the i'm
FDerial japanese government railways
in China, and r. 1chinomya, New York
manager of the Yokohama Specie Bank.
Richard Washburn Child, the writer,
who returned some time ago from a
Change Monetary System
Mr.. Yamashina, as interpreted by Mr..
Sheba, said:
"China is hard country to handle.
The Chinese are difficult people to
deal with. 1t is like an old man who
has a certain dignity to uphold. This
dignity must be respected. We must
not have any ulterior purpose in ap-
preaching China. The Chinese are too
shrewd people for any one to at
60 there in a sincere spirit of helpful
ness, with spirit of give and take.
And if we arproach China in a helpful
frame of mind I do not see why China
1hould close the door.
$50 our question is: How can we
reconstruct China and help her? First
the monetary system must be reformed.
China is y silver country, and silver
fuctuatcs from day to day. We must
help her to q new monetary system.
All the chambers of commerce of Japan,
about sixty, advocate as the first step
in assisting China the reform of the
we are sure all countries will benefit
by the reform. Silver is high to-day,
so the reform should be brought about
before silver depreciates. We must
initiate the change while the iron is
hot. The iron is hot mere now."
Lindsay RUSSELL president of the
Japan Society, said:
There has been some fear expressed
in Japan that America will become
more serious competitor for Japan's
trade with China and Siberia. First Of
all, Japan has the stimulus of neces
sity, which is the greatest of all in
centives to human activity. Then
there are proximity to market, port IA
cilities and spheres of influence, and
the advantage of superior shipping.
"In addition to this you have solved
the problem of supplying the Chinese
with purchasing power. Cooperation
is the solution. Already several of
our great American corporations have
established branches in Japan on
lifty-tifty basis.
"a league having as it's dominant
partners Great Britain, the United
States and Japan would be effective.
These countries might preserve the
peace of the world by acting as re-
gional directors-Great Britain for
Europe: the United States for this
hemisphere and Japan for Asia; any
upon the others. Under this arrange
lnent Japan, with the cooperation of
Great Britain and the United States,
could constitute a trusteeship for the
reorganization of China"
Mr. Child, in opening the discussion,
said that the bad friend of the Chinese
is he who administers the anasthetic
cf false hope.
Help From Without
The material resources of China will
rot be developed nor the human re-
sources developed no matter how much
money is loaned to China unless there
follows actual administrative help from
without.
bad friends of the Chinese encour-
age us to listen to the eternal wall of
the Chinese politician. 'let US alone
To let China alone will be to allow
a large fraction of the worlds popula-
tion and territory to grow into the big
gest running sore on the face OF the
globe.
Accordingly, when l came back from
China | submitted to those VINO handle
the foreign affairs of this Administar-
tion brief of proposal that the
United States should take the lead in
Offering China the administration of
joint commission, upon which should
be two Chinese and administrators
from the United States, Great Britain
and France, with a Japanese statesman
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