The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-28
REINSCH QUITS
POST AT PEKIN
Unable to Accept Presidents
Policy Regarding Disposition
of Shantung.
IS DISLIKED BY JAPAN
Had Made Marked Success as
Minister to China Until
the Award.
IS DISLIKED BY JAPAN
specia, DespofcA to The sus.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-Secretary
Lansing announced to-day that Dr.
Paul 8. Reinsch. United States Minis
ter to China, has resigned for personal
reasons. Announcement of the resig-
nation also was made at the White
House. Ill health in the latter case Is
mentioned as the cause.
Reports from the Far East show
that DR.. Reinsch has not been we'll
He returned to PekLn from Peitaiho
on July "a, and the Pekin newspaper
men who talked with him said he
looked distinctly better for his few
days break"
But the condition of DR.. Reinsch's
health has little to do with his resigna-
tion. according to all advices from China
The American Mipister has resigned
primarily because he has been unable
to accept President Wilson's attitude
toward China In the matter Of Shan.
tung. The fact that he has been per-
soma non grata in the eyes Of many
japanese also admittedly may have
made him regard his usefulness as at
an end.
DR.. Relnsch has made his position
clear to his friends in China, to mem
bers of the diplomatic corps there and
presumably to the Administration in
Washington. He has felt that he might
continue to be OF service to the United
States Government in China provided
the time honored policy Of American
support for China and the open door
were to be maintained along lines al
ready mapped out. But on the other
hand. he feels that he will not be able
to do himself or his Government JUS
tice In pursuance OF a radically difrer-
ent American policy In China.
DR.. Relnsch has owed his marked sue
cess in China to the fact that he has
not been a diplomat of the old style,
but has been straightforward Ameri-
can citizen. speaking his mind frankly
and fearlessly and working for the good
of the United States and China without
regard to threats or insinuations from
Japanese sources. The Shantung de-
Nelopment has placed him In an un-
tenable position, because he assured the
Chinese that the United States Govern
ment would stand absolutely on the prin-
ciples laid down by President Wilson.
Spec ches by DR.. Reinsch -to-this effect
and his exposition OF the steadfa stness
of America to principles have featured
developments In Pekin. Therefore when
the principles went down in the Shan.
thng crash 1t was impossible for Dr.
Reinsch to maintain his position.
A curious fact in connection with the
resignation Ia that II DR.. Reinsch leave,
: the American Legation will be left ir
| charge Of Willing Spencer, one of the
younger American diplomats, known tc
be even. more pronouncedly against the
Shantung decision than DIR. Reinsch him
self. The entire American colonies In
Pekln and Teintsin are distrustful OF
consequences which will result IL the at.
titude Of the United States Government
shows a tendency to yield entirely to the
Toxic Government.
At the time OF his appointment in 1911
DR.. Reinsch was recognized as an au
thority on Oriental topics and Fai
! Eastern politics. He was professor o.
| political economy at the University o.
Wisconsin and also was active In Pan
American conferences. societies for tn,
! study OF international law and historica
I research. DIR. Reinsch's works on Orien
/ tai subjects have been translated into
Japanese. Chinese. Spanish and German