The New York herald., 1921-11-24

preted to convey complete moral In
dorsement Of the French position.
British spokesmen. who. while speak
ing unofficially. are regarded as re-
fiecting the official views of their re-
spective domfnions. concede the i'm
probability Of procuring the consent Of
the United. States Government to par
ticipate in any tripartite understand
ing regarding the future management
Of Chinese affairs and the exact defini-
ton of the rights and privileges of
Japan on the Asiatic mainland and in
the Pacific Ocean. Still the subject is
constantly agitated and probably will
continue until the United States has
expressed definitely it's official views.
which are certain to put an end to the
agitation.
Representatives of Great Britain to-
day devoted most of their discussions
to speculation as to the most suitable
processes for unscrambling interna-
tional affairs in China and restoring to
the Chinese people the actual control
of their Government, at least the Pekin
wing of it. At the conference between
Lord Riddell and the newspaper cor
respondents this afternoon the chief of
the British publicity bureau clearly irf-
dicated English sympathy with the
proposal to stabilize, under interna-
tional management, the finances of
China, the control of the heavily mort
gagged and intricate railway systems
and finally the abrogation of extra ter
ritorial privileges. But when he was
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tional control of the affairs of China he
insisted that the British Government
had no such plan in mind. When the
British suggestion was put up to the
Chinese delegates they instantly ex-
pressed their opposition to it.
1t is understood the American pro-
gramme for disentangling the affairs
Of China contemplates the clearing up
of the mysteries of Chinese finance be-
fore proceeding to the more definite
features OF the resolution adopted by
the Far Eastern committee at the sug-
festion of Senator Root.
Forecast of Next Step.
1t is quite probable the next step will
be to determine the scope and stability
of the Pekin Government, to be fol-
lowed by shutting the door against
special privileges claimed by foreign
nations, and finally the enunciation of
the open door" principles, which will
give all friendly Powers equal oppor-
tunities there.
Members of the Chinese delegation
are anxious TO have the conference
move as speedily as possible to clear
up the matter that they regard as vi
tally important, including the control
of Shantung and the abrogation of
the Anglo japanese alliance. The jap
anese delegate who figured but little
In the developments to-day WIN un-
doubtedly oppose any Intervention on
the part of the conference in the Shan
tung controversy on the ground that
the matter Is one of concern to only
China and japan and is the subject
of negotiations now pending.
The continued illness OF Ambassa-
dor Shidehara has resulted In in
creasing from three to four the num-
ber of delegates from that country to
the conference. Prince Tokugawa. the
head of that delegation, announced to-
night that Vice-Minister Hanihara
would sit as a member of 1t. The
japanese Ambassador has been or
dered by his physician to withdraw
temporarily from the conference activ-
tiles. Hanihara is one of the ablest
men in Japan. He served in Washing
ton as Secretary to the Embassy,
speaks English fuently and is n man
of remarkable versatility. He has
been acting as chief adviser of the
delegation. The fact is he has dictated
the policy followed by the delegation
to the conference.
Baron Tokugawa took occasion to-
night to deny some silly reports"
that have been current in Washing
ton. The substance of these reports
Is that Ambassador Shidehara
and Baron Admiral Kato. the Secre-
tary Of the Imperial Navy. had quar-
relied over the methods employed by,
the delegation in presenting the case
Of Japan. The Prince said that the
report was untrue.