Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-16
CHINA WANTS
TO BE MEMBER
Of ALLIANCE
Seeks Admission Into Ang.
o-Japanese Alliance Of
Far East.

Pekin, May 4.-iBy Mail.)-china
should be admitted as a member Of
the Anglo-Jabanese alliance, thus
making 1t a triple alliance for the
Far East, according to the conclusions
reached by the Pekin and lTfen-Tsin
dealing with the approaching re-
newal of the Anglo-Japanese pact.
The paper says:
THE treaty should be modified in
solar as necessary to make China y
party. 1t is a. serious departure from
the usual practice in. international re-
lations for two, powers to enter into
an agreement respecting the interests
OF a third power without the latter's
assent and one which in our : view
ought not, in this instance, to be per-
petuated. The inclusion of China in
what would then become a triple al
q for the preservation Of peace
IL the Far East and the maintenance
OF her integrity and independence and
for the commerce and industry of all
nations, would constitute the most
effective guarantee that nothing af-
fecting her welfare would be done by
either of the other parties without
full and frank consultation with her"
Besides the admission Of China to
the pact. the Times proposes a series
of conditions in the renewal of the
alliance, by which China shall be
safeguarded. One of these would
bring about the restoration OF China's
sovereignty over the Lao Tung pen
1nsula, including Port Arthur, and the
reversion of the South Manchuria
railroad to Chinese control. at the ex-
piration of a definite period. Other
conditions proposed are summarized
as follows:
1.-THE Independence Of China today
Is violated by the presence upon her
soil OF foreign garrisons other than
the troops provided for. under the
1901 protocol and the limited number
OF railway guards permitted for the
guarding of h South Manchuria and
Chinese Eastern railways. Great
Britain should insist, therefore, as
condition precedent to the renewal of
the alliance upon the withdrawal Of
all Japanese troops on Chinese soil
whose presence is not provided for
treaties or agreements in operation on
July IL, 1911.
Although Tsingtao> was forcibly
occupied by Germany in 1898, her
administration Of the port and leased
territory aroused no serious opposi-
ton until 1914, when Tsingtao be-
came a base for warlike operations
against Allied shipping. The German
methods of administration were lib
Sdi WIN those OF the
Japanese. who are aiming to make it
a closed port. The restoration to
China of Tsingtau. under conditions
which guarantee equality of treatment
to all h powers should therefore be
insisted upon by Great Britain.
The Shantung railway which is at
present being used mainly to exploit
Japanese interests and as a pretext
tor the presence of Japanese .garrisons
In S%hantung, should become q Chi
nese government state railway, oper-
ated by a Sino-Japanese administra-
ton, on terms similar to the state
railways operated under British sup
ervision.
The practice Of treating the ma.
tionabty of members of the customs
service employed in the higher
branches of the service at Tsingtao
and Daireh as a test of fitness, which
In effect places the heads Of the Gus.
toms in these ports under the juris-
diction Of an interested power, should
be discontinued.
Britain and Japan should mutually
agree to withdraw their %postoficee
from China as soon as France, Italy
and the United States are prepared
to do likewise"