New-York tribune., 1921-11-18
Five Powers
Support China
In 10 Demands
(continusd from pass sns)

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claims. At that time it was said he
was indisposed. Baron Kato, Minister
OF Marine, appeared in his stead.
Definite Statement Postponed
"Will Japan consent to cvscuating
| Chinz?" he. was asked.
"The Chinese proposals are being
considered in detail and until that is
completed nothing further can be said
beyond that they afford q foundation
for discussion" BARON Kato replied.
Criticisms that the Chinese pro-
! posals were vague were answered by
DR.. SEE and Dr.. Koo to-day with ex-
plsnations that they pnrposely were
made general.
Absence Of any mention Of Man
churia. Shantung or Mongolia, in the
way Of provinces. or Port Arthur,
Tsingtao or Weihaiwei in the way
of ports, for instance, was described
as a surprise. 1t would have been a
surprise if these or any other specific
geographical terms bad been employed,
for then contests would have ben pre-
| cipitated at once, whereas China by
laying down first a set of principles
which every nation would accept in
principle" has merely paved the way
for an unbiased APPROACH to her com
plants as they are brought before the
conference one, by one and in detail
international bargaining respecting
China, no one doubts, is sure soon to
arise. First there will be the bargain
ing with China left in and then there
will be the bargaining with China
left out.
Ready to Turn Back Shantung
In the first category will be China
versus Japan. Overtures already have
been made by the Mikado's govern.
nent respecting Shantung. That part
of Shantung now controlled by Japan,
and the county of Kiaochau, in which
Tsingtao is located, and the 800 miles
of railroad with important coal mine
auxiliaries will be given back to
China. That has been indicated.
Japan proposed before the Washing
ton conference opened to enter into a
joint partnership respecting the prop
erty, but China refused it. The pur-
pose of Japan was to exclude it from
consideration here. Now everybody is
familiar with the name Shantung. It
came up in Paris, and the action Of the
United States in confirming Japan's
/ favor of China. SO the Chinese, look
ing upon the province with its 40,0oo,-
600 Chinese and with its shrines
sacred to Confucius, who was born
there. want it back
That will be one of the bargainings,
with China left in as principle In re-
turn Japan will want to hold on to
Manchuria, with Port Arthur and
Dairen and the South Manchurian Rail
way connecting with the Siberian.
She viii want to continue her part in
the dual government there because that
is Japan's rail connection with Europe.
mo chance" is the response in dip
lomatic circles when the question is
put whether Japan will part with Man
churia. Retention of that province on
the present ninety~nine-yea lease is
the privilege which Japan will ask for
surrendering Shantung.
British Holdings Involved
Aside from other Swaps" which
Japan is ready to make directly with
China, other bargains are beginning to
loom up in which China will remain
passive. For instance, after giving up
Shantung, Japan may cast her eyes to
another part of that same province.
where Great Britain has planted her
flag. 1t is Weihaiwei, q small port,
: but nevertheless Il naval base, which
was annexed to the British empire in
1893, under a nnety-nine-year lease.
Japan may ask, what are you going to
do about that? Is territorial integrity
to prevail by unfurling the British far
there?" Kiulung is another British
port under ninety-nine-year lease.
Hongkong is regarded as British terri
tory, irrevocably severed from China.
But those ninety-nine-yea leases, in
cluding one held by France, another by
Italy and another by Portugal. are GO,
ing to develop some transactions in
which China will have little, il any
thing, to say. Then there are two
other possible causes for making agree
nents without Ch;na's advice. Among
these are the so-called spheres of in
fiuence." On the maps they are shown
as huge blue or pink tinted slices or
strips running across China. They
give to certain powers the right to
exclusive trading in the respective
spheres. China runs the country, but
the. particular power skins cff the
trade.
China Objects to Spheres
To end this condition, Dr.. SEE says.
- otiS VI vhS oDJSCtS VI The CcmanQS
presented by him to the conference.
Another object is to abolish the imita-
tion imposed upon China by all the
powers, which prohibits her from col
lecting more than per cent import
duties. The purpose OF this limitation,
imposed in 1912 when the British
effected the Treaty of Nanking. is to
enable Europe to sell what she pleases
to China wishout the danger of en-
countering q protective tariff. Free to
tax imported luxuries, China, DR.. SEE
says, will be able to recuperate her
finances. which have been wrecked by
revolution and foreign control.
What will China get?" was repeat
edly asked among the delegates to-day.
The belief prevailed that she will get
something. Obviously she has nothing
TO lose, having already lost much in
the way Of autonomy. she will get
Shantung. How much more? The best
answer is that a program will be
worked out by which, receiving some
thlng now, she will be able, perhaps in
the course of half century, to assume
her place among the nations, according
as she shows her capacity to do so.