The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-04
Territorial Concessions
Made by Far-East Com
mittee in Large Part.
JAPAN TO YIELD
SHANTUNG RULE
ACCORD Of Nations Fore
casts Surrender in Time.
And Marks Stride.

me greatest ITEM oI progress hN
the Harding armament inference
WAS made yesterday. according &"
statements from American "m,iai
sources.
This development fU"I place 40
IA" session OF th- comm ttao sr
Pacific and Far Eastern ur1bIcme
The result H. not - YET rully an
parent Behind the doys1 .rulcuts
are much that must remain l,utE-
tive
china was assured that -hs viii
receive back certain territorial
rights held under lcaSeho1H N0ef
of il already had hsou sldsret
with conditions attached Tuf arr
after all this Is tho g-.at "rfstand
ing result of the conference .a fafr
the offers made yesterday were clzsc
crete in form.
There was no hual darfS.rH- an
offers were made With due -sserse.
The general tone 81 fhc corIuiittes
was simply that ir china 10 reads
10 take her place In the con-ert
Of nations; II she actually csu ss-
sure complete protection 60 for-
eiEn lives and foreign interest.
then she j. sure 10 recciy" event
the round table here
The developments of the ueCotia-
tions here simply places the burden
of responsibility M O. Chiua 81"
must show perfornls noes. not prom q
lses. II her performances are ar
ceptable worldwide she will berc-
NJ enormously. " she fails wei
then she will get very little Aud
then the problems that look 80 ni.s
today surrounded as thcy are vff'l
academic promises and academic
phrases for nerfoTna nee. viii re-
turn Hike ghost to trouble all ns-
uons concerned
Grstis~d ny R~suIts.
The results n Yesterday -orrer-
"nce were extremely gratifying 20
everyone. The suggestion uT a..
"ord. missing Friday. was ~ crf-
ten"e. The speeches wcre move
than brotherly in forc A. .v~'u-
sively was pointed out h,- Tho 1Fs-.
aid. Japsn explained why Sr. rprrr.H
not surrender Dalny-Purf Arthur
Sacrifices of blood brought raff-ur1
honor 10 the front Eut So rar as
Shantung was concerned JarN-
stiil was willing 10 make the ,-ur-
T cessions that she already hps .ru-
dered to Pekin and which har.. EsaeuH
rejected TO date. Eut with the
ShantunE direct neg"tiatirr- Co..
progress this suggestion car nTth
extreme renewed force II Hsars
after all. that II Noudsy's r--#.fs-
tions can arrive at a dohn
clusion on the Shzn'unE T4.r--.
4 then the legacy reaching W fr--
3 ton via the Versailles ire. r s.T
have been safely disposed
There will be little that inn
portant developing hctvo, eay-
. and Wednesday. Their, vi
further big meetings. Mon H.
direct negotiations Iatvar. r
and Japan over Sha1tuuu H.
continued. But Tuesday res..-
/ we'd as holiday 50 that the dele
/ gates may Sc. an America con.
gress in session with an Anne
/ can President addressing IT, AL
not until Wednesday will there Boz
! another session Of all Of the dole
gates.
Communique Most Important
Yesterdays communidur ON tho
/ Pacific and Far East was the most
important Vet issued. Each nation
concerned gave its own side - tho
7 case. II was a. follows
The committee on Pacific aud
Par Eastern Questions met All.
morning. December 3. At - u'Io,-I
in the Pan American Building. At
the delegates were present except
Ambassador Shidehsra and Baron
/ Kato.
The committee discussed tho
question OF leased areas in China.
Mr.. Koo stated that the eNIs-
] -
China was due in the original In
stance to the aggressions Of Ger
many whose forcihle occupation or
part n ShantunG PROVING, cor
strained the Chinese government 90
grant a lease for ninety MIN, ycar-
of tho BAY OF KIaochau in a..
ShantunE province on March 6. 1S's.
This was closely followed by de-
mand on the part Of Russia FOR an.
lease OF the Liaotung Peninsula. iu
which are found the ports of Port
Arthur and Dalny. along win tr,.
demand for the right % building =
railway TO be guarded by Russian
soldiers trsversinE the Manchurisn
province from Port Arthur and
Dalny to join the Trans oerian
hallway and N1adivostuk. Th,
was later the cause Of the Russo
]
1905 in the transfer of those terri
tories TO Japan with the consent or
] China. Following the lease 81
kiaochau Bay 20 Germany and that
OF Port Arthur and Dalny 10 Rus
sia. France obtained from Chiua
on April %. 1898. the lease 81
kwangchouwan on the coast or
kwangtung province for % wears
and Great Britain the lease. also
for 80 years. of an extension OF
kowloon and the adjoining terri
tory and waters close 10 Hong
kong on June 9. 1898. nd the leasr
for so long a period as Port Az
thur should remain in the occu-
patton Of Russia Of the port Of
weihaiwei on the coast Of shan
tung on July /. 1895. Both Great
Britain and France based their
claims for the leases on the ground
Of the necessity OF preserving the
balance OF power in the Far East.
IF he might be permitted 80 -"
into the history OF the question, De-
might add that while the un.s. s.i -
and extent OF control By go ivt
powers over the leased territories