The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-27
PROPOSE ASIATIC
TRIPLE, ALLIANCE
Think China Should BE
Admitted Into Anglo
Japanese Pact.
HAS NOT BEEN ASKED
Chinese Paper Thinks Inter
ests 'of China Would Be
Safer Under Plan.

PERIN. June 2s.--chlna should
be admitted as "A memOo. oi the
Anglo. .Sapaness alliance, thus mas
ina 1t "a triple alliapc. for thc tar
cast, nftcordinR to the conclusions
reached BY the pckin aud rten-
TSin Times ~ lengthy series OF
ncticSs CealinC with the approach
ing grncva OF the Anglo 'Jhpanese
I1ct. The PAPER says
IN t~caty HhouLi he modified
insAfnr "a, Necessary - make sh''a
"A party. IL 10 "a TO- q. 'cpaiurc
from Ia" usual ptit' zee IN ini"rna
tlanal relations for two powers TO
eater into an agreement respecting
the interests OF a third power Win
out the latter'a assent ana one
Z which In our view ought not, ~
this instance, TO he pcrpetuated
The inclusion OF China In what
would then become a triple alliNnco
for tho preservation OF peace IN the
fnr east and the maintenance of her
integrity and Independence and OF
the principle of equal opportunitles
for the commerce and Industry OF
all nations. would constitute the
most effective guarantee that moth
ing affecting her welfare would be
done by either OF the other parties
without fun ana frank consultation
with her"
Besides the admission Of China
to the pact. the Times proposes a
series OF conditions In the renewa
OF the alliance. by which China shall
bo suft guarded. one OF these would
bring about tho restoration or CHI
mas sovereignty over tho Lao IuDg
peninsula. including Port Arthur
and the rcversion of the South Man
churia railroad to Chinese control.
at tho expiration OF definite pc
riod. Other conditions proposed are
summarized as follows;
''Thc Independence OF China to-
day Is violated by the presence upon
her soil of foreign garrisons other
than the troops provided for under
the igOl protocol and the limited
number of railway guards per
mittcd for the guarding of the South
Manchuria and Chinese Eastern
railways. Great Britain should In
sist. therefore, az condition prece-
dent TO the renewal of the alliance
upon tho withdrawal OF all Jap
anese troops on Chinese soil whose
presence is not provided FOR by
treaties or agreements In opera uon
on July IA, 1911.
Although Tsingtao was forcibly
occupied by Germany In 1898, hor
leased territory aroused no serious
opposition until 1914. when Tsingtao
became base for warlike opera
tons against allied shipping. The
German methods of administration
were liberal compared with those OF
Tho Japanese. who are aiming te
make II a closed port. The restora.
ton to China OF Tsingtau, under
conditions which guarantee equality
Of treatmopt to all tho powers
should therefore, be insisted upon
by Great Britain.
THE Shantung railway, which Ia
at present being used mainly to ex-
plot japanese interests. and as u
rretext for the presence OF Jap
enese garrisons In Shantung, should
become a Chinese government state
railway. operated by a Sino-Jap-
anese administration. on terms sim.
liar to tho state railways operate d
under British supervision.
The practice of treating the ma
tionality OF members Of the Gus
toms service employed In the high.
er branches OF the service at Using.
tao and Dairen as test OF fitness
which In effect, places thu ueads OF
the customs In these ports under the
jurisdiction OF an interested power
should be discontinued
Britain ana Japan should mu.
tually agree 70 withdraw their post.
offices from China as soon as
France, italy and the United Statol
are prepared To do likewise"