New-York tribune., 1919-01-16
China Clashes
With Japan ON
Peace Envoys
Denies Tokio's Claim She
Agreed Interests Should
Be Represented Jointly
Seeking American Aid
Peking Piqued at Inter-Al-
lied Councils Limitation
of Mission to Three Men
Nero York Tribune
Special Cable SerUtce

NeW York Tribune
Special Cable Serusce
Copyright. 1919. New York Tribune Inc.)
PARIS, Jan. 15.-Many heartburn
lngs are being caused by the limitation
of representations of the minor coun-
tries at the interAllied conference, the
first full meeting of which occurs Sat-
urday. The actual effect of the limita-
tons in membership amounts to moth
Ject to being classified as secondary,
either in size or Importance.
One of the serious cases is China,
whose primary purpose in entering the
war was to get place at the confer
ence table. China, even, recently rear
ranged her internal differences and
reached an agreement between the
northern and southern factions and ter
minated hostilities in order to present
united front here in Paris. Five
commissioners arrived here, headed by
Llu Cheng Hsiang, Peking's Foreign
Minister, but they find China's repre-
two, representatives.
Chinese Chagrin Is Deep
Their chagrin is deep, and they seek
the American delegations assistance
and support in attaining a better rep
resentation, regarding America os a
traditional friend.
Opposing China in this matter are the
Japanese. Six weeks ago, the Toxic
government officially announced it had
reached an agreement with the Chinese
that their interest should be repre-
sented in common at the peace confer
ence. This is emphatically denied by
the Chinese commissioners They seek
to attain an inter-Allied agreement
regarding their territories and status,
rather than an agreement between
themselves and Japan alone.
Proportionate representations do not
really matter, because representatives
OF no nation can be required to agree
to peace terms. Complete accord will
have to be reached or a Joint peace
cannot be reached with Germany. Vot
ing on problems does not take place as
IN Parliament or Congress. The cues
ton is, therefore, only one of prestige
and classification, and in such case
the powers are able to compel recogni-
ton, while the smaller nations must
submit to classification
Separate Representation Sought
In this connection 1t is also inter
estlng and important that the British
Empire desires separate representation
for Canada, Australia, New Zealand.
South Africa and India, and the Amer
lean commission supports their contcn-
ton on the ground that India is a suf
flclently important geographical factor
for special recognition, while the COL
onies hold such independence that anv
one of them could have refused to enter
the war. The American commission will
be pleased if Britain can obtain such
extensive representation, which no
other nation is claiming, because the
Americans believe their liberal atti-
tude on many problems will be sun
ported by the British colonial repre-
sentativcs.
The American commission has def
nltely decided not to send American
troops to Poland, and it is reported
the British have not yet sisnified their
Willingness to participate in any East
European campaign.
Discussion Consumes Much Time
Discussion on the subject of Poland
consumed considerable time in the
Quai d'Orsay at the first conference h.
tween representatives of the five great
powers, and it was agreed that the two
Polish divisions which operated on
the French-Italian front should be
dispatched to Poland, and that the
German railway between Danzig
and Thorn could me employed ac
cording to .the terms of the
armistice. One of the French papers
reported yesterday, and probably cor
rectly that "The Command" meaning
Foch, will require this privilege on re-
newlng the armistice January II.
The question is an all important one
for the American commission, which
will probably take the view that Con-
gressional sanction for the use of
American forces terminated when Aus
trla and Germany signed the armistice.
The President is quite capable, as is
we'll known, of disregarding Congress-
and Of forcing the issue for Congress,
but in this instance his policy OF non