The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-19
CHINA IS TO
 PRESS CLAIMS
 SAYS C. C. WU Peace Delegate Declares His Government Wants Shan
 tung Back. WANTS RESTORATION
 OF EVERY RIGHT Sees Expansion of Trade With America-Treaty
 Abrogation.

| Ol tiie utleSdItS Ol OIll1ld dl the IT eat6 | Conference and a son of Wu Ting | fang, former Chinese Minister to 1 Washington, In an interview yester- l day, indicated what would be the ad- | vice of the Chinese delegates to their Government with respect to Shantung l and the treaties with Japan which 1 followed on the 21 demands. wu | will leave for China at the earliest op- pOrtunty.
 With respect to Shantung"he said. "our advice to the Government and l the people of China will be to main tain their attitude of protest against the decision of the Peace Conference which refused to give back Shantung to China Not only did the decision go against us, but when the delegates wanted to sign under reservations they refused to permit even that.
 AS for the twenty-one demands, we shall advise that they be taken up with the League of Nations, and we shall suggest that China. continue before the League of Nations the work begun at Paris"
 Wu said he did not want to give the impression of criticising Japan. Japan and China are neighbors and are placed there by nature," he de- clared. We cannot move away as you move d mousse put we uO want to be free from aggression on the part of any and every body, whether our neighbors or not.
 Japan has had some rather i'm periaistic governments. I say this not on my own authority, but I am quoting what the Japanese them selves admit. Under these imperial istic governments China has been the principal one to suffer. If what Ja- pan has done in the past Is any guage of what it is going to do in the future, there is plenty of ground for the apprehension of the Chinese peo- pie.
 we only hope that those in power in Japan will bring about a radical change of policy from that of their previous Governments. We are not against the Japanese people. We are simply against the Japanese policy as it has hitherto been shown in deal ings with China. We are not preju- diced against Japan. To quote an tn- stance: In the Russo-Japanese War the entire sympathy of the Chinese was with the Japanese. There is not bit of doubt about that"
 Asked as to what effect the neyo- tiations at Paris would have on the difficulties between North and South China, wu said: Since the diplo- matic defeat at Paris there has been a general desire on both sides to come together as quickly as possible with out a violation of their prin3 rles. Having gotten together, the task will be to put an efficient Government at the helm and to reorganize the coun- try"
 Wu expressed him self as confident that the treaty of the Allies with Austria would be submitted to the Chinese delegates for their signature, and that in this event the delegates would sign. thus placing China in the League of Nations. The Austrian treaty will, of course, contain no references to Shantung, and the Chinese delegates will be free to sign 1t without any stipulations, and Wu said they would do so.
 China asked the impartial tri- buna1 of the world assembled at Paris to declare null and void the treaties made between Japan and China following the submission of the 21 demands of Japan" continued Wu. '"The Peace Conference having failed to do this, China will remain firm and consistent in her policy on the treaties and the disposition of Shantung.
 The Chinese government contends
 
 Kiao-Chau, that Japan's declaration of war on the Central Powers in Au- gust, 1917, abrogated all existing treaties between China and the for mer German government The Chin ess government also contends that China is the only country which has the right to claim back all interests and privileges conceded to the former German government The fact that T. Germans does not give Japan the right of succ eSsion over the interests and privileges enjoyed by the Ger mans since 1898, because China sign ed the lease with no other power ex- cept Germany Since peace has been declared there is apparently no ex- cuse for Japan's military occupancy of KiaoIChau or of any other terri tory in Shantung Province.
 China demands the nulliflcation of the S;no-Japanese treaties of 1913 on three grounds: First, because they were made under duress; second, because they destroy the independ- ence of China. and third, because they cannot be enforced without menacing the peace of the world. The treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Budapest were annulled because they were made under duress. These Chi nese people want to manage their own affairs, as they have done for thousands of years. The recogni- ton of the Sino-Japanese treaty of 1915 is q sanction of imperialism and will be sure to result in further con- hicts nong the nations having in terests in the Far East, again setting the world on fire. For how can there be permanent peace when 400, ,000.- 900 inhabitants of China are arrayed against injustice?''
 Wu explained that Japan falls heir to Gerrnanya rights in China not only through the decision of the Peace Conference, but also through Article of the treaty of 1915, by which China, to avoid war with Japan, gave full as- sent to 'al1 matters upon which thA Japanese Government may hereafter agree with the German Government concerning the disposition of all rights, interests. and concessiona which Germany. by virtue of treaties or otherwise, possesses with regard to the Province of shantung."