The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-16
DOCTOR RE|NSCH
DISCUSSES CHINA
Former United States Min
lister to Represent That
Country in U. S. A.
JAPAN HAS MADE NO
SHANTUNG PROMISE
Nothing Definite About It's Policy -
More Cables and Shipping for East
ern Trade Needed on the Pacific -
China Has Prospered During War.

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. l6-Dr.
Paul 5. Reinsch, retiring United States
minister to China, arrived in Honolulu
on Wednesday, Oct. /, on his way to
Washington where he will act as legal
| adviser to the Chinese government.
In view Of the delicate situation in the
! Orient concerning the Shantung award,
the Chinese government has apparently
considered it advisable to have friend
at court so to speak, and evidently con
slders DR.. Reinsch best qualified to act
IN that capacity in Washington in an eff
tort to secure a square DEAL for China.
Just before | left Picking for the Unit
ed States, the Chinese government re-
quested me to act for China in my pro-
fessonal capacity as adviser on interna-
tional law, and | have consented to do
So, DR.. Reinsch said
Concerning the Shantung award, the
only definite statement Dr. Rensch would
make was that Japan had, up to the
time ! left China, made no formal state
ment as to whether or when she intends
to return Shantung to China. The Jap
enese government has not declared it.
ELF definitely concerning its policy with
regard to. Shantung. 1t may be said that
the Chinese people consider the Shantung
question of the utmost Importance
Il am going to Washington to live,"
DR. Reinsch continued, ''and will engage
IN practice as counselor at law, and de,
vote my time also to writing ON various
phases of international law
The former minister said that although
conditions change very rapidly in China,
at the time he left the situation for
complete formal reconciliation between
North and South China was very favor
able
The people throughout China are COM
pletely united he said, but there are
certain remaining controversies between
the politicians and military leaders which
are by way of being settled within a
short time"
DIR. Reinsch said he would take up. inn
mediately upon his arrival in Washing
ton, the question of placing additional
American ships, both freight and passen-
ger, in the Pacific ocean, and also the
need for another cable line from the
United States to Japan and China.
The matter of additional cable COM
munication is becoming serious" DR..
Reinsch said. with conditions in Europe
settled and the land telegraph line from
China across Siberia to Europe working
again, American business men trying toll
secure more trade in the Orient will be
under a severe handicap because of the
cable situation. We need another cable
and more steamers in the Pacific if the
United States is to meet trade competi-
ton from Europe in the Orient on an
equal footing
Present economic conditions in China,
DR.. Reinsch declared. are very good, and
the war has aided China to develop her
primary resources. particularly mining and
agriculture, as its demands have stimulat-
ed the development of both.
Business demands in China are so
great that capital available is not suffi
Gent Dr. Reinsch said Commercial
rates are consequently very high, and two
per cent month interest on commercial
loans is not considered unreasonable