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man treaty will recognize that
Japan alone Is to deal with the
transfer Of German holdings in
China.
Second. through the wording OF
Article XXI. OF the league plan,
Japan can and win at the proper
time insist that her Far East
policy. as embodied in the Lam
sing Ishii agreement, shall be made
valid.
While Japan did not obtain the
racial equality clause. she still has
this in reserve to bring before tho
league. meanwhile having used 1t eff
fectively to gain concessions of
greater value at the present time.
What excites the admiration OF
Japanese diplomacy among observers
here, particularly as Japan appeared
to be up again the fourteen points as
much as any other claimant. is the
way the Mikado's ENJOYS were able to
wait until II was time for them to act
and the manner in which they got
that they were in a peculiarly isolated
position at the conference. British
ardor for Japan having cooled greatly
In the last year. Japan could almost
DO said to be without friends at the
conference. Y
Great Britain and the other Euro
pean nations take less interest in Far
Eastern affairs than does America.
though evincing at times concern over
the possible menace of the yellow race
in the distant future.
The Japanese showed such an early
lack OF interest in the league plan that
they were the subject of much regret.
full comment by the Presidents friends
among the league workers. Neverthe-
less at the right time Japan suddenly
became interested in the league to the
extent of injecting the race question,
knowing well the league couldn't be
born without unanimity. Then. when
the President and Premier Lloyd
George had planned to postpone the
Chinese question until the German
treaty was out OF the way, she sud
denly laid before them the Shantung
demands, with the insistence that they
must be settled before she would sign
any German treaty.
This demand was not pressed until
the Italian crisis came about. The
result of this combination Is the vic
tory she has now achieved in having
German-Chinese territory turned over
to her without any written pledge to
the President that she will carry out
his fourteen points, her only writ
ten promise being with China, and
this fixes no date. In other words
Japan can wait Ave or ten years be-
fore carrying out this pledge IL she
desires, though the Presidents idea,
undoubtedly is that she would not
dare do this in the face Of the League
of Nations.
1t is understood from the Presi.
dents friends here that while he feels
China has lost out in one esense in
these decisions she has gained In get
ting In the League Of Nations This
idea seems to close observers to
permeate the Presidents policy. He
feels, In other words, that the league
Will make everything right in the
end, no matter what is done now.
Yet II is pointed out here that he
used the league argument against
Italy In favor OF the Jugo- Slavs, and
for Jajan against China. The Presi-
dent and Col. House are believers i,,
the present covenant as world
panacea to an extent which has
caused amazement in conference cir
cles, and the President and Col.
House are the only two real negoti-
ators for the American mission.
The President seems to have de-
INJURED some time over the japanese
Chinese police arrangement for the
railroads, but here again Japan won
her point. insisting she must have Chi
nese police with japanese officers,
which in the Chinese mind means
domination by Japan. The Japs saw
that when the police force becomes
efficient she will withdraw Japanese
officers.
AS to when they will return the SOW
ereignty rights in Shantung 10 China
they decline to say. although there are
inumations that 1t will be shortly. The
diplomats here represent the Japanese
Government as more on less anti i'm
perialistic. but 1t was the imperialistic
party which exacted the agreements
from China, and this party may be
returned to power at any time.
The Hdtin speaks of the Americans
having made many concessions to
Japan to avoid a conflict in which they
would directly suffer"