Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-11-25

with u program. Dul CHlnd, WAOSc
status is the crux of the situation,
set before the committee on far
eastern affairs the demands of the
Asiatic republic. DIR. Alfred SEE,
head of the Chinese delegation, was
the spokesman and he held a pre-
liminary conference with American
officials and in his demands followed
their advice in all except one point
the creation of a permanent court OF
arbitration in the Far East. China
asks respect for her territorial integri-
ty, restitution of seized provinces and
regions, abandonment of special rights,
monopolies, privileges and extraterri-
tOrial rights, and withdrawal of foreign
troops from her soil and permission
to direct her own domestic affairs
and govern her own internal and
| foreign policies. She does not demand
that all foreign monopolies and
privileges in China be abandoned at
once, but that she be given a chance
to put herself on a level with other
powers and that as time goes on and
conditions warrant the economic and
political letters on her be loosened.
The British delegation approved the
Chinese demands in general, especially
the open door policy and the abandon
ment of spheres of influence" The
Japanese, 1t was understood, accepted
the Chinese program In principle but
would insist that withdrawal of in
terest In China should include all
foreign powers. The Chinese dele
gates say they make their demands
in behalf of all China, including the
southern part where Sun Vat Sen
holds somewhat precarious sway,
and that Manchuria, inner and outer
Mongolia, Tibet and Turkestan are in
Guided in "the Chinese republic"
1t is believed n result of the dis
cussion of China's program may be
the friendly abandonment Of the Anglo
Japanese alliance, and the British
would be glad to see this source of
trouble replaced by some form Of agree
ment by the great powers.
ORANGE, as has often beer pointed
4 out, is especially interested in the
matter of reduction and limitation of
land armament, and Premier BRAND
took the lead in this, though he had
no concrete plan nor any working
agreement with the United States dele
cation. In his speech he discussed
the military situation in Europe,
particularly as 1t effects France, set
forth the number of men under arms
in the various European countries and
made plain the menace Of the Red
forces, especially in Russia. Nor did
he neglect to call attention to Frances
peril from Germany which, he noted,
Is a nation of 65, 900 while France
numbers but $4,000 DOC 1t is plain
that the French will not consent to
plans for radical military armament
reduction until the Russian and leu
tonic threats are removed.
OVER in Europe the League Of Ma
lions feels that its authority is be-
ing fouted by Jugo-Slavia, and it has
determined to show that 1t car stop
a war. Therefore it advanced the
date of its Paris meeting and took up
the matter of the invasion of Albania
by the Serbians. The latter had been
ordered to get out Of Albania and to
observe the boundaries Of that state
as established by the allied ambassa-
cc s, but in effect, at least, they dis
regarded both demands. They did,
however, disown the troops In AL
bania, claiming they are irregulars
over which their government has no
control. Meanwhile those ''irregulars'
are said to be threatening T1rana. the
Albanian capital, and the situation
the league scored d failure.
u ARL and Zita, ex-rulers of Austria
~ Hungary, have been landed on
their island of exile. Madeira. Portu-
gal consented to care for them there
but the expenses, reckoned at about
$4,000 a year, will be paid by the
| states which formerly made up their
empire If the plan Of the council of
allied ambassadors is carried ont.
president Harding last Monday
L signed without any ceremony the
proclamation of peace between the
United States and Germany and there
is much debate as to whom he will
select for ambassador to Berlin. First
choice among the guessers is Con-
gresham Alanson B. Houghton of
Corning, N. 7. He was porn in Massa-
chusetts fifty-eight years ago, gradual
ed from Harvard and the universities
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