The New York herald., 1921-11-16
JAPANESE TO PRESS
|LANSlNGPACT TOGET
ADVANTAGE IN China
Say Special Interests in
Asia Are Same as Ours
in North America.
DANGERS IN CONsORTIUMS
Sides Are Lining Up for Far
Eastern Problems at Par
ley Tomorrow.
DANGERS IN CONSORTIUMS
Special Despatch to THE New YoRK HERALD.
New York Her,ld Bureau,
Washington, ID. g., Nov. Is.

Special Despatch to TIE New York HERALD.
New York Hersld Bureau,
Washington. d. g.. Nov. 10.
With its machinery prepared to deal
naval armaments the arms conference
will take up the Far Eastern prob
lem tomorrow. Both the United
States and Japan are prepared with
concrete plans for dealing with this
question, while China has a plan of
her own so far as this country is con-
cerned.
China's two chief delegates, DR.. AL
fred SIZE, Minister to the United
States. and DR.. Wellington Koo. Min
lister to Great Britain, went over the
Chinese question to-day with Chow
Tzu-Chi, former Minister Of Finance,
who arrived to-day from Pekin with
the latest directions of the Pekin
Government He Is not q delegate,
but will act as financial and commu-
nications adviser.
Governments Observe Secrecy.
The Chinese plan was held in allegiance
pending the arrival of Mr.. Chow. who
had purposeiy remained in Pekin to
bring with him the latest reactions OF
the Pekin Government.
On the eve OF the meeting OF the
committee on Far Eastern questions IL
is possible to forecast the general out
line of the positions that vii, be taken
by the governments. Their details are
shrouded in the same secrecy which
guarded the American position on the
Limitation of naval arrnaments.
Japan is planning to make proposal
10 the world Powers which her spokes-
men believe win go far toward convin-
cling doubters OF Japan's intention to
remove from srself the suspicion Of be-
ing over ambitious In the Orient. The
Japanese plan on the Far Eastern ques-
ton Is regarded as the large card In
the diplomatic development OF Japan's
position in this double barrelied confer.
ence and is feared as much BY the
Chinese as It is hopefully rolled upon by
the Japanese.
Just which country will succeed In
placing It's position before the confer
the progress OF the gathering. While
Great Britain is not expected to present
a concrete plan in competition with the
other Powers, she will have much to say
in the decisions. The British delegates
will walk warily on this subject reali2-
Ing that the fate OF their gigantic In
dian empire is at stake.
The general position of the United
States toward China and the Far East
ern question generally may be summed
up In the policy of open door" and the
preservation of the territorial integrity
of both China and Russia. In its inter-
probation of the open door the American
delegation will mean equal opportunity
for ALA doctrine which will oppose
any political or comercial advantages
such as are suggested by spheres of in
fluencc. commercial advantages con-
tanned In monopolistic privileges In con-
nection with methods OF comrnunica-
tion-the elimination or any special polit-
icai advantage such as may be contained
In the SinSlJapanesc military agreement
of 1917 and other secret agreements
growing out Of the twenty-one demands,
and more detailed developments OF this
idea.
Hughes Explains 20 China.
Secretary Hughes made II clear in a
recent letter to the Chinese Minister that
he does not interpret the Lansing-lshii
agreement ae giving to Japan or her ma
tionais any superior rights in China, nor
Ia it TO be interpreted as giving to Japan
any other advantage than that OF pro-
pinuuity so far as her national defence
Is concerned.
The constructive position which the
American delegation Will take toward
the China question Is a guarded secret
Ii is realized that China Is the sick man
of the East In a more definite sense than
Turkey ever was. There Is only the
semblance OF a government-the recog-
nized one at Pekin and the unrecos-
nized one at Canton. Military governors
or Touchons control the provinces. col
iect the taxes and are growing rich
through the process OF squeeze" while
the Pektn Government is forced to de-
fault on its obligations. 1t IL realized
that some action must be taken 60 bring
cohesion out OF this anarchy---some
semblance of Capitalization In the flnan-
cial control OF the country so foreign
carital may be invested safely In It's
DEVELOPMENT
The consortium plan of handling in
ternat tional loans to China involving
control Of the concerns TO which the
money is TO be lent Is the most popu-
lar one under consideration, but II Is
realized that this means joint inter-
national action IN China, a possibility
that suggests i,s own difficulties TO the
Harding Administration.
II is this difficulty which Is sensed
by the Japanese delegates and probably
VIII furnish the basis OF their pro-
gre mme. Und erlying the entire japanese
programme is the patent desire TO cleo n
the slate OF nisundersto ndings with this
Government, p!us tho japanese policy
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