Bisbee daily review., 1921-08-30

5. The country's finances must be
reorganized completely through GUS
toms, tax, currency, and similar re-
forms. u - ~ ~ w ,tpGsf' So
| 6.BIhe powers must agree to give
up special Spheres of Influence"
and adopt the policy of 1.-The open
door," with equal opportunities for
ALL
z. They must agree, furthermore,
to cease their secret chickering's with
the Chinese government or factions.
or Provincial officials, and 90 what
ever business they have to do with
China through a sort of International
Concortium.
8. A plan for the reconstruction
of China should be studied so that
the county, with the advice and help
OF Consortium, or International
Board of Advisors could Immediately
begin on urgently needed pubic
works.
8. Additional railroads, such as
that projected from Hankow to Can
ton, and the one already surveyed
through Szchuen province, are i'm
peratlve if the country is to achieve
lasting unity.
10. A system of highways must be
given China at the earliest possible
time, and other means of commune
cation, Geographic, and so on, improv-
ed.
Must Cease Meddling
IL. The department of education,
perhaps more than any other, is in
need of reorganization and funds set
aside for schools all over the land
II. Last, and most important of all,
the powers should agree to quit med
ding in China's domestic affairs, as
they hitherto have done to her ever
lasting damnation and, through the
Consortium, or board of experts, help
China to help herself so that ultimate
ly international tutelage should cease |
To carry out such a program the
powers will have to exercise infinite
tact. To, offend China's amour propre |
would be fatal to the whole irea, ana |
upon this idea depends the whole |
problem of disarmament.
Face" in China is everything. If |
China is to lose face in the Wash
ington conference, the conference |
might as well be called off. Every |
Chinese. high or low. puts his digni,y
above all else and this the Pacific |
powers will do we'll not to lose sight |
of for second.
Question of "Face"
If an employer wishes to discharge |
a Chinese clerk. he does not tell him |
he is fired, as in America.
Instead, he writes the clerk a nice |
long letter, telling him how good he |
is, how sorry he is to lose the clerks
services without which the business !
is bound to go to smash
The clerk knows quite we'll his ser.
vices are no longer required and he
resigns" forthwith. His face" is
saved and the employer is rid of the
clerk. Everybody is happy.
This story is not exaggeration.
tell it because it illustrates precisely
what the Washington conference will
be up against, and serves to indicate
the procedure which will have to be
followed.
Proof of Pudding
Ii the occidental delegates TO the
conference pooh-pooh
this face" business they will do so
at their peril.
The United States, Great Britain,
France, Italy and Japan are power
ful enough. assuredly, to tell the
Chinese delegation what's what and
get away with it-at the conference.
But the success or failure of Presi-
lent Harding's disarmament project
will depend upon the practicabilty of
he plan agreed upon, and China's
face must be spared if the measures
adopted at the conference are to meet
With success when applied out here. v