Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-17

American Government with a considera-
ton of the proposals submitted on be-
half Of the Chinese delegation in connec-
tion with the appropriate head to which
the several proposals relate.
The subcommittee then adjourned.
! The full committee Is to be convened at
time found to he convenient for the
members of the delegation
CONFERENCE COURT
OF LAST RESORT.
Behind the great bronze doors of the
Pan-American building, symbol of peace
and justice among nations, and screened
away from the gaze of press and public.
the thirty odd delegates comprising
the committee on Far Eastern affairs
Went ilto session promptly at II o'clock.
Before them was a new Chinese 'biIl
of rights'-ten general principles, the
practical application of which would
make the great celestial republic of the
Far East once more a nation freed from
foreign greed and aggression.
Denied a hearing at Paris, her terri
tory seized and her international affairs
conducted by outsiders, China has come
to Washington as a court of last resort
TO try to recover her lost provinces, the
right to regulate what goes on within
her own borders and her Independence
Of action as a nation.
CASE OF CHINA MOST
DELICATE OF CONFERENCE.
The fate of China which is woven so
intricately into the whole fabric of the
Far Eastern questions, is the most deli
cate of all the questions that the powers
will be called upon TO settle here. 1t is
the most prolific of dispute and dissen-
/ sion among the powers assembled and
for this reason it is being taken up be-
hind closed doors. From these doors
will come only what the powers and
China herself wish to have known. Ulti-
mately, of course, it will all become
known, as the case at Paris
While the diplomats of the nine ma
tions were engaged in seeking : solution
OF the troublesome issues of the Orient
the Committee of Admirals" of the five
major powers were meeting privately to
endeayor to reach an agreement on the
details of Secretary of State Hughes pro-
gram of naval limitation.
The policy of concurrent consideration
of naval limitation and the problems of
the Far East, so strongly insisted upon
by Secretary Hughes, is being carried
out
AGREED UPON BIG NAVAL
DESTRUCTION PROGRAM
Thus, within six days of the initial
session. the conference has agreed upon
the greatest program of naval destruc-
tion and future regulation the world has
ever known and has launched fully into
the most difficult part of the agcnda.
The progress already attained has set a
new mark of efficiency for international
gatherings
Publicly the diplomats engaged in
settling China's fate and the future pol
icies of the Orient profess themselves
optimistic of success They proclaim
their belief that despite the delicacy of
the negotiations and the vast interests
involved they will be able to reach an
agreement that vii. restore to China
what Is rightfully hers and at the same
time protect their own interest. In prt-
vate conversations they candidly ad-
mitted that if there is to be any failure
in the conference it will hinge about ths
matters that are being taken up today.
POLICY HITS SQUARELY
ON "OPEN DOOR" PRINCIPLE.
OF all the nations sitting about the table
in the Pan-American building, only the
United States has no territorial conces-
sions or special privileges" in China's
mainland. The American policy is con.
structed squareiy on the principle of open
door laid down by John Hay twenty
two years ago. 1t has for its object
equal opportunity for all in the develop.
ment of Chinese trade and resources and
special privileges" for none.
China's general principles" were be-
fore the diplomats. They will be fol-
loved by a Chinese program of practical
application of those principles to exist
ing conditions. How far China's pro-
gram is possible of execution is a mat
ter for conjecture. The opposition is for
midable. The japanese have Shantung,
Mongolia and Manchuria: the British
Hang Kong and Wei Pei Wei; the French
Indo China, and the smaller powers have
interests commensurate with their size
aid influence.
How soon there will be a public ses-
sion at which will be discussed the ques-
tions of the Far East was not forecast
by any of the diplomats. 1t was regard
ed as certain that there will be no pub
lie exhibition of pickering until salts
factory progress has been made in some
specific points. Then it is probable that
n plenary session will be arranged in or
der that the diplomats can give voice
publicly to their policies.