The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-05
MOST CONCERN IS
. CAUSED BY CHINA
lcoNFERENcE WORKING ON PLAN
y FOR TINE OPEN DOOR WITH
EQUAL PRIVILEGES.
.(JAPAN SHOULD Be SATISFIED
She Would Have Special Trade oppor-
i tunitles With Her Neishbor-Aow
BRAND, 5ahour and Others Appear
In tho Conference. -G',' s@"' 7's !
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK

u - .
\ BY EDWARD 3. CLARK
! Washington.-China, much more
than Limitation Of armament or any
Iother subject to come before the great
international conference. has been
and, in some measure, still is the most
outstanding rock Of trouble In the
course Of peaceful conference settle
ments.
Today it seems as If the Chinese
questions are to be answered to the
satisfaction, or at any rate to the
|seemfng satisfaction. Of the nations Of
the world. Japan, Of course, Is most
Vitally Interested in the outcome Of the
negotiations as they affect China, for
Japan a, s,ays has intimated that she
fought to have some kind Of Mon
iroe doctrine right" in the eastern seas.
Under the present plan, rs proposed
Iby members Of the international con-
ference, the intention is to keep Chi
tna's doorway open, with equal priv
lileges for all the national traders, The
iJapanese interests, it is said, Will De
cared foc adequately. This spresuma-
IDLY VIII satisfy Japan and viii make
flor peace in the conference and FOR fu-
lture peace in the world.
: Tie expected has happened so far
as preliminary plans to settle the Chi
|neSe question are concerned Secre-
|tary Hughes has taken occasion to In.
timate that Japan should be satisfied
with the opeu-door proposal because
she is ION the threshold" Of the door
tway: =
L.. Equal Privileges In China.
1t has been possible prior to this
time to give forecast Of this plan.
occupied with the statement that 1t
Eprobably would be agreeable to the
Japanese. What has been written be-
fore Is entirely pertinent to the situa-
ton today. The extract Of explanation
Of what was to como is as follows:
Equal privileges :. for trade with
China does not mean at all that some
one will not have special privileges.
This sounds like contradiction, but 1t
is no contradiction: 1t is believed that
the Japanese will be entirely agreeable
Ito the equal privileges proposal and
readily will lend theAr sanction.
Equal, trade opportunities for MI
nations with China me cans, Of course
THAT each nation will have, thesright ia
trade freely and under the same condl-
tons as all other nations. But other
things enter into the, matter-7-geo'
graphical position, which means much
Ian understanding of the Chinese tenn
lperament and an understanding, also
OF Chinese conditions.
! "Japan Ia q close neighbor of China
1.-The Japanese are .Asiatics. Their pO
fsition on the map, the quickness with
(which they can reach sources Of sup
fplies In China, and some other things
will give to Japan special trade priv
Mleges In China which other nations
cannot; enjoy, although the words
l'eQual privileges may be written into
any agreement"
i Naturally there will be objections te
some Of the proposals as they affect
China. The Japanese will seek more
than 1t is intended to give them. but
there Is nothing today to show thai
Eventually Japa1's representatives viii
mot accept the proposals which have
been made and which, in some meas
lure, are the offerings Of China itself
! h oratory ~ the Conferences.
| The speaking methods. Of ,tBriant
and Balfour are ms unlike as thu
languages in which they express theil
4 thoughts. BRAND is DRAMATIC, while
IBalfour IS not. Bach after his owY
\ manner makes his way into the mind:
n of the listeners.
BRAND is dramatic. but with hi!
oratory seemingly running fast, ant
with his gestures keeping pace will
Them, he separates his words SO mark
a edly that the American book .studen
or French can understand him. Thl
makes it pleasant tor those Of us wit
can read French fairly easily, bu
who ordinarily cannot get word 1,
\ the rapid.flre replies Of Frenchmal
a 70 questions put in the timid and hest
Il tnting manner Of a man who is tryin,
to remember his genders and hi
d
4 lenses.
Balfour literally gropes for words q
"A times He gets close to the end of I
sentence and then seemingly canno
nick the word with which he want
ia. end 81. About three words befor,
a the end he puts his hands in the nj
with tile fingers arranged for a clutch
ing process. Finally after three o
four genuinely English 'ers'' he dis
covers the lair Of the word that HI
wants. pulls It forth. brings It down
and gives 1t lltterance.
Balfour, however, holds his auditors
It has become a game with his hear
ers to try to fix In advance on tn,
word for which he gropes. Sometime
the audience hits It right, and some
N times wrong; generally wrong, how
ever, for when the British Statesman
H finally finds his word it frequentl.
lproves to be an unusual synonym 70
| the word which the audience think
& The, is after. 50: u; E.,.
Interpreter Canerlynck's Methods.
Il IA good deal has been written abou
Balfour, but the real continuing TO-