The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-22
POWERS ARE
AGREED TO
help China
Roots Declaratory Reso-
luton Adopted by
Big Nations.
BULLETIN.

Washington, Nov. 22-By
The Associated ress-)-COn-
sideraion of Chinese aspects Of
the FAR eastern problem was
continued today al a meeting
of the Washington conference
committee on Pacific and far
eastern questions, and it was
decided to appoint a sub-c0m-
mittee to study Chinese nscaI
affairs
No additional resolutions re-
garding policies affecting China
were adopted today by c2mmIt-
tees and further consideration
of Chinese problems was post
pOned until ) O'CLOCK tomorrow
when another meeting OF the
delegates of the nine powers in
committee of the Whole Will be
held.
Washington, Nov. 22.-(By the
Associated Press with the Far
Eastern negotiations advanced to
the stage of an agreement on gen
eral principles by the powers de-
claring their intention to respect
the administrative as well as the
territorial integrity Of China, the
Washington conference was pre-
pared to resume discussion on that
basis today at a further executive
session
AS proposed by Elihu Root of the
American delegation, and adopted
by all the nations after two hours
of debate in executive session yes
terday, the declaratory resolution
constituting the first definite agree
ment of the conference, commits
the powers also to a policy OF pro-
viding fullest opportunity for de
velopment OF a stable. government
in China and at the same time re-
training from seeking specia.
rights and privileges that would
abridge the rights of other nations
China Gratified.
While not providing for settle
ment of any Of the specific prob
lens confronting China, the decIa'
ration touches in general terms
most of the principles for which
China asked in her bill of rights
and its adoption was manifestly
gratifying to her spokesman here
The effect of the declared policy
of the international situation il
China, was generally viewed today
as depending on how far the ''ad
mintstrative integrity" and tht
special rights" provisions nigh
be carried in their application.
Admiral Baron Kato, head of tht
japanese delegation, has expressed
=-f1 nth hn
olution, and some members of tha
delegation have interpreted it a.
to be applied probably only to thu
future They have so far declined
to go further in their analysis o
of these special rights, as thei
analysis might affect the leases
which Japan holds in China, an,
Interference with which she is re
garded as certain to resist.
Hughes BaIfour, Kate Meet.
1t is also indicated that any at
tempt to construe the principle O
administrative integrity" as put
ting an end to the extra-territoria
rights of the powers would NEE
opposition from several quarteri
With negotiation ON the America
naval armament proposal appal
emily approaching some conclusiv
/ stage, it was believed that Secre
tary Hughes Arthur ]. Bahou
and Baron Kato would resume t6
day their conference OF yesterda
which was attended by naval e.
perts OF the three powers Tt
American group in this conferent
were understood to have unde
taken to furnish, at the reQne
of the other powers, certain tecl
nical data bearing on the nav
plan. The informal meeting of Il
heads of the three delegation
chiefly concerned in the naval pr
gram was taken az an Indicate
of some definite progress towal
agreement in the naval commits
on the American proposal.