New-York tribune., 1920-06-07
Says China Should
Be Admitted to
Pact in Far East
Newspaper Declares Treaty
Should Be Modified in
SO far as Necessary to
Make the Nation a Party

PEKING, May 4.-China should be
admitted as member of the Anglo
Japanese alliance. thus making it a
triple alliance for the Far East, ac-
cording to the conclusions reached by
"The Peking and Tien-Tsin Times" in
lengthy series Of articles dealing with
the approaching renewal of the Anglo
Japanese pact. The paper says:
THE treaty should be modified in so
far as necessary to make China a party.
1t is serious departure from the usual
practice in international relations for
two powers to enter into an agreement
respecting the interests of third
power without the latter's assent, and
one which in our view outRht not, in
this instance, to be perpetuated. The
inclusion of China in what would then
become triple alliance for the preser-
vation of peace in the Far East and
the maintenance of her integrity and
independence and of the principle of
equal opportunities for the commerce
and industry of all nations, would con-
stitute the most effective guarantee
that nothing affecting her welfare would
be done by either of the other parties
without full and frank consultation
with her.
Would Safeguard China
Besides the admission Of China to
the pact, the "Times" proposes a series
of conditions in the renewal of the al
lance by which China shall he safe
guarded. One of these would bli,c
about the restoration of China's SOW
erelgnty over the Liao Tung peninsula,
including Port Arthur. and the rever-
sion of the South Manchuria railroad to
Chinese control at the expiration of a
definite period. Other conditions pro,
posed are summarized as follows:
The independence of China to-day
is violated by the. presence upon her
soil of foreign gasrisons other than
the troops provided for under the 1901
protocol and the limited number of
railway guards permitted for the guard
ing of the South Manchuria and Chinese
Eastern Railways. Great Britain should
insist, therefore, as conditions prec-
edent 20 the renewal of the alliance,
upon the withdrawal of all Japanese
troops on Chinese soil whose presence
is not provided for by treaties or agree.
ments in operation on July 13, 1911.
Wants State to Take Rails
Although Tsingtao was forcibly oc-
cupied by Germany in 1898. her ad-
ministration Of the port and leased
territory aroused no serious opposi-
tion Until 1914, when Tsingtao became
a base for warlike operations against
Allied shipping. The German methods
of administration were liberal com
pared with those of the Japanese. who
are ar aiming to make it closed port
The restoration to China of Tsingtau
under conditions which guarantee
equality of treatment to all the
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 for
the presence of Japanese garrisons in
Shantung, should become a Chinese
government state railway operated by
a Chino Japanese administration. ON
terms. similar to the state railways op-
Grated under British supervision.
The practice Of treating the na-
tionality Of members of customs serv-
ice emp Dyed in the higher branches of
the service at Tsingtao and Dairen as
a. test of fitness, which in effect places
the heads of the customs in these
ports under the jurisdiction Of an in