The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-03-08
CHINA TO STIR
Up TROUBLE IN
PEACE COUNCIL
She Plans Bitter Opposition
= to Japan'S Claims,
BY John O'Brlsn.

PARIS. March S-lhere Is golnH
10 be one oi the llyclicst sessions "' /
the council OF ten when the japanese /
claims to Tsing Tao and the Pacific I
Islands conc mp Tor formal consider
Ation The delegation from feking
is ready to fight 10 the LAST against |
permitting Japan to yet away Win
wha, the Chinese openly denounce
AZ aggressive Imperialism Baslng
their attitude on the Wllsonlan idea
of the league oi nations the Chinese
delegate make no secret ol their
hone that from the peace conference
will come new China tree from
alien interference Nor do they he's
tate 10 affirm that unless that the
Jar Eastern question Is solved ~ ac-
cordancc with the fundamental prin
riple oi the rirh, of every nation to
t.,pu.t OF itself freely the hope oi
preventing or minimizing the chances
oi future wars hy the league OF ma
Ton, is lllu'ory
Envoy Calls Reporter.
Ever since the publication ot de-
mails and countef-asscrlionS regard
ing the alleged secret treaty between
Iapan and China there has been a
feeling here that an explosion IS
bound to come. II came last night.
1, was heralded by the apparently
yuilelcss invitation, 'Mr. Lou TSeng
Tsiang requests the pleasure OF your
company at tea Tuesday Being
Mardi Gras. we regarded the party
as merely an oriental courtesy 10 Tor
cign mwspapermen /, was more
than that Gathered at the Hotel
Lmenia, we found the entire Chi
nese delegation to the peace confer
cncc Before Mr Lou welcoming II,
there were Wellington Zoo, amha'
sador to Washington. who has a seat
on the league OF nations commission;
Tchedu Wei, secretary OF the Chinese
delegation 10 the conference; Chant
ing Thomas Wang. Chuas repre-
sentative on the ports and waterways
commission; dozen MINOR mem
hers OF the delegation and several
technical experts, including Quo Tar
Chi. who told me proudly he was a
graduate OF the University oi Penn
syl,ana and was hoping I, learn
newspaper work IN America when the
war called him back 10 China. lie
j., the expert adviser Of the delega
tor ON international politics.
There was also a Sprukllng OF Of
fccr- ol high rark including Gcn-
cral Brusc,. who hl, spent many
year, 800 China and intends to return
there after peace has been signed.
Wang Voices Appeal. n
T. was before this assembly attCi
\ iew words OF greeting N French
hy the Chinese envoy 10 Pan, that
Chanlng ]. Wang delivered a speech
IN English setting forth Chlna'S de
sire for liberation or release from
the burdens and conditions imposed
on her IN the interest OF aggressive
imperialism and necessarily N con-
ilict with her freedom to adapt her
sell 10 conditions ot life Wang.
who is Yale graduate referred %
the unfortunate series Of wars,
which brought China into the orbit
OF alien civilization recountlng Tie
difficulties she encountered IN adapt
ing her LIE to the new environment
He detailed the obstacles placed M
her way by Japan 10 prevent China
from entering the war ON the side OF
the allies and made a plea Tor In
,crnational order IN which We shall
be free TO live lie uuirammeled and
unthrcatcned by type OF state whose
material greatness l' based on war
Wang several times emphasized the
fact that he was speaking TO Amcrl-
cans. Wellington koo, Tchedu Wei
and Lou Tscng TSlang nodded APP
preciatiyely. Ambassador koo rc.
marncd TO me. "Our main hope Is
American love Of Justice"
Japan Selfish, Claim.
To my question. "iS rot Mr. Wang
speech a pretty plain intimat,on thai
Japan entered the war for purely
selfish ends''
Koo made this cryptic reply:
According 20 what he says YES
Quo Tai Chi was less secrctlyc
lie showed me mass OF document
which he said were unpublished Off
cial Japanese letters proving that Ia
pans sole reason for entering the wa
was TO obtain full control OF In
Shan,ung peninsula and possession
of the Pacific islands north OF tn
equator.
These documents will he used \
supper, OF China'S contention bcior
the council OF ten.
Until then they are not TO be pub
l,hcd
stripped Of minor features sal
Mr Wang in his speech the Chi
neS question may be said to ccnte
on the maintenance OF the ndepen
dence and integrity OF China wh,c
is guaranteed IN a series OF conycn
tons and agreements concluded sew
orally by Great Britain, France Rus
sla and the United States with Japar
The necessity for these internatlona
guarantees springs from the inabllt
oi China TO prevent assaults on he
sovereignty owing largely to III
weakness marking the transition c
state in the throcs OF readiu,,in
its lie to the demands OF the ne,
environment,
Within the category OF burden
against which we protest is include
the system OF imperialis,ic rights, il
terests and privileges which German
established in the province of Shar
tung in 1893 This German sys,c'
was typically expressed in the lease
territory OF kiao Chow lapa