Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-04
U.S.Minister 10 China, Visitor ln Warren District, Tells or
 Conditions In Far East Nation

Conditions in China, that little known and less understood empire of a hundred ages, recently become a republic. were described yesterday by Dr. Charles D. Penney, United States minister to China, who has been visit ing here at the home of his son. J. B. Penney, local mining geologist.
 Penney went to China 3S years ago to engage in educational work for the Chinese government. For years he was head of the great Chinese school at Tientsin, and resigned this position to enter the United States legation at Pekin as Chinese secretary. In this capacity he acted as interpreter for the legation. and as intermediary be- tween the United States and Chinese officials. Later he assumed in addi- ton the duties of diplomatic secre- tary and then was appointed to the office of counselor of the legation. When Paul s. Reinch of Wisconsin re- signed as minister Penney became head of the legation
 An interesting feature of the lives of Americans in China is that under extraterritorial rights granted by treaty American residents are not un- der the jurisdiction of Chinese courts. An American court has been establish ed under Judge Lobingier If the plaintiff is Chinaman and the defen- dant an American the case is tried in the American court. but if the plain tiff is an American and the defendant a Chinaman the case goes to the Chinese courts.
 Friendly to Americans
 Penney said that the Chinese at large view America with a friendly spirit and with high regard, princi- pally because they are not suspicious of America and have no reason to suspect ulterior motives in the rela- tions bewteen the two governments. Their reliance on the United States, however, received serious setback when it became known that at the peace conference President Wilson had yielded to the Japanese Gemands for Shantung, instead of insisting on the return of the peninsula to China, as had been promised by the Japan csc when, with the assistance of the British they drove the Germans out. All foreign officials at Penkin, Ten ney said. deplored this act, and it left a very unfavorable impression on the minds of Chinese as to what sup port they could expect from America When the question came up at the peace conference Japan threatened to withdraw unless her demanqs were met with. Penney said that United States diplomats in China were net called upon for advice in the matter but that if they had been, and their advice followed, the territory would have been returned to, China. He pointed out that Japan has no more right to hold Shantung as result of the war than the United States has to demand portion of AIsace- Lorraine from France.
 The feeling against the Japanese in China runs high and increases every day The Japanese have assumed an extremely aggressive attitude in eastern Siberia and AIanchuria and working hard for control of the Chin csc Eastern Railway. They have de- manded and secured immense con sessions in China. In word Japan, in the opinion of Penney, seeks to close the door that has so long been open. As result of the natural bit terness with which the Chinese view these aggressions, the great national boycott of Japanese goods has Come into existence. and has been remark ably effective in injuring Japanese trade. It is voluntary movement on the part of Chinese merchants. and Japan is powerless to combat it. The feeling has run so high that in some cases where Japanese goods were dis played for sale the shops were wrecked
 Government Not Strong
 Penney said that there is very apparent anti-American sentiment in Japan. He believes that the white population in China is endangered by the aggressiveness of the Japanese. who look upon Americans as standing in their way
 When asked why the United States