The Washington herald., 1921-12-07

S TO EXTEND
VKCONSORTIUM
Safety Rests in Open
blomacy, Says Chung
Shu Kwei.
BY CHUNG sHU KwE..

japanese proposal to broaden
international banking Censor
IN to political agreement among
four or five big powers. on the
htention that In the period of
brld reconstruction economic es-
Isentials must necessarily constitute
the basis for political agreements
as to the Far East. including es-
pecially China.
Pending a detailed construction
OF the proposal it is futile to COM
ment upon its merits. and equally
SO is 1t to disagree on a universal
truth that international relations
are closely. il not inextricably, al
lied with economic considerations.
Much of the acceptability of the
proposal to the Chinese. however,
depends upon the cognizancs Of one
supreme fact at the present moment
That is the present mood or psy-
chology Of the Chinese people
Unlikely to Win Approval.
The point which 1 am trying to
drive at is the possible psychologist
cal reaction of the Chinese people
to this unofficial proposal Real
sincere help to an individual may
be rejected when it is not offered
at the psychological moment: in
sidiOus intrigue may be acceded to
when a person is in a susceptible
mood
Which class of an offer the pro-
nOSal
position to say. 1t may be an
Improvement upon the banking con-
sorttum which the Chinese people
have already rejected in its present
form. or it may be worse. from
China's point OF view. than the
present consOrtium agreement Ia
either case, the proposal will mt
meet with the approval of the C,ki-
nese people il they are not psychic
logically susceptible to il. Waived
In this light. the proposal win be
obJected to by the chinese.
Distrusts Word of Jnp8n.
FIRST. it must be understood ,ha,
the word japanese" savorl as dis.
agreeably to the Chinese 4 ala tbs
word German in this C.ounty-l, 5,,r,
Ing the war. Coming as il did from
japanese quarters. the pronosaI has
already unfortunately oE most OF its
moral responsiveness. The Chinese do
not necessarily hate th5a Jsn.neso b,,,
simply they do not (rust their word,
Such an attitude may be due % nrei,,.
dice. national conskousness. or what
not; still this faa<f remains the same
i shall be bloclSxnc the way TO a real
Understandings between China and
y TX 49,
su0s tb and sstend to love the japanese
TO e friends" Of China.
fhe fact that this proposal may
meet with the approval Of the Ameri-
can State Department does not change
the natural color OF its birth.
The Chinese will never doubt the
sincerity OF the United States. but our
faith in this country cannot make us
oblivious of the secret diplomacy
which made inarticulate American
sympathy for China during the Paris
peace conference. In fact. the con
f1ding simplicity Of the Chinese in
America characterizes their defeat at
Paris as most pathetic
Second. the word political in the
proposal has lost for IL the rernaininc
moral persuasiveness. Inundated in
many ways and for more than a gen.
Grafton. the Chinese people are re
covering their national consciousness
and most Jealous Of their political
rights. They are none too confident OF
the sincerity OF those powers who talE
one way and act IN another. They
realize that they must guard theil
own political independence. or else
others will west it from them. The
policy OF the powers in China Is
lamentably only too conclusive a proof
against their own interests now as
against China's IN the past.
Appeals to Citizens of u. 8.
The present attitude of the Chinese
people is well evidenced by a capIe
gram received yesterday morning BY
the representatives in Washington OF
the United Chambers of Commerce,
and the United Educational Associa
tons Of China The message is ar
appeal to the citizens OF the United
States. and it reaus:
The Chinese people appreciate
most sincerely your righteous pu--
pose in the conference on arma-
ments and Pacific and Far Eastern
questions We believe your aim is
to solve fundamentally the prob
lens of Far East.
THE Shantung question and the
twenty-one demands were most
deadly and aggressive Japanese
blows. destroying peace Of the Far
East and jeopardizinE the growth
of the Chinese Republic. II these
two problems are not solved ac-
cording to right, we cannot see how
limitation of armament or other
schemes to preserve peace will
avail. nor can we consider the con-
ference successful
would Remove Peace Menace.
I'VE understand that if these two
problems were presented before the
conference they would be rejected.
We earnestly appeal 10 people of
cur sister republic to help have
them solved in the light of the
awakened moral conscience of the
world-have them solved once for
all. thus removing a menace to
peace in the Far East"
Third. as an extension of the in
ternationol banking consortium
which the Chinese people have al
ready rejected. and as a substitute
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
which the Chinese have always dis
approved. the proposal can in no
way be accepted by China. 1t
seems to me that the proposal is
not only an extension of the con-
sortium. but also an extension OF
the Anglo-Japanese alliance. The
alliance between two powers is dis
agreeable enough to China, and how
much more so 1t is after including