Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-22
DELEGATES WANT DEFINITION
BYNATIONS OF WHAT IS CT1INA?"
ENJOYS Intend to Talk of Wrongs InR::ted
on Country In Past as Well as Pitfalls
Threatening in the Future.

ment on China's administrative in
tegrity. which her delegates are
quite willing. to continue. despite
their talks for home consumption.
The nineteen-Ietter word puts ma
tionals of countries having treaty re-
lations with China under the laws of
their own countries.
Several nations maintain their own
courts. the United States has quite a
troublesome one at Shanghai, and
nese judge sitting en- banc with a
foreign vice consul, according to the
nationality of the defendant. either
criminal or civil. to decide the case.
The long word applies entirely to
courts, though, as the latter are
closely associated with business and
personal department. it plays larger
China. 1t was originally established
because China did not have any cod
flied law. China now has a code. but
its statesmen do not want to take
responsibility for the foreigners for
several years to come. Extraterri-
just been abolished in Siam.
France has said that it is willing to
abolish extraordinarily If the other
nations will. Several Of them are
willing to return their concessions
and settlements. The United States
does not have any, even going so far
in the past as to refuse offers of them
in Shanghai. Tientsin and Hankow
The only property this government
owns is in the legation quarter OF
Picking and the post office and con-
sulate In Shanghai. A concession is
under several foreign governments, a
settlement under one. They are areas
in treaty port cities. Foreigners gov
ern the concessions and settlements,
htv1A
property in them, and foreigners, ex-
cept missionaries, cannot own prop
erty outside of them. However, both
do through dummies"
Costs China Revenue.
The United States has a post office
in Shanghai and other nations have
several in different parts of the coun-
Try, all with domestic rates of post
age to their home countries. Japan
has the most, the Chinese, complaint
ing that Japan established an office
with complete personnel in Chung
king. 1900 miles up the Yangtze. when
a barber was the only Japanese resi-
dent. Their competition with the ma
tive offices costs China considerable
revenue and the opportunities for
bringing in morphine and other con-
sfders them too small an incident for
this conference.
The maritime customs are more Sc
rious. Under separate treaties with
different countries since 1912, the Gus
toms have been collected by foreign
powers. The rate is per cent ad
valorem. They were revised in 1905
and again in 1918. but taking the
average prices for 1876 as a basis
Some power always objects when tht
, others assent to China's request for {
revision to normal prices. The con
ference is, expected to establish {
method for giving China an equitable
income from her tariff, ;
Foreigners are at the head of thi
Chinese post Office and of its telegraph
and in responsible positions in many
other public offices. Those are mere
ly cases of private employment ane
mot required by treaties. China be.
Iieyes their experience il OF value t
her and she has no prejudices against
employing foreigners.
Copyright. 1917