The New York herald., 1921-12-06
CHINESE DELEGATE
RESIGNS IN PROTEST
Secretary General Tyan Com
plains of Negative Results
in Farley.

WASHINGTON, Dec. (Associated
Press) Philip K. c. Tyau. Secretary
General of the Chinese delegation to the
Washington conference and Minister to
Cuba, to-day cabled to Pekin his
resignation as member of the delega-
ton in protest against the negative re-
suits thus far achieved concerning
China's demands.
Il personally do not feel that any
actual results have been achieved by
China" DIR. Tyau said. "They have
been negative in actuality. except in
principle. Everything has been agreed
to in principle and then turned over to
subcommittee"
In no single case China has presented
for settlement on the basis Of the ten
points proposed by the Chinese delega-
tion at the beginning of the conference,
Dr. Tyau said. has anything more than
justice to China been involved. None
of the ten points required delayed
action, he declared. because they were
based on China's rights as a sovereign
nation
Every one Of the demands" he con-
tinued, were for things taken from
China in violation of treaty rights or
through duress because the Powers
were strong enough to do 1t. They con-
tinue their violation of China's SOW
ereignty and then tie up the settlement
of the questions in subcommittee"
Special Despatch to THE NEw YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. c., Dec. 0.
The Far Eastern question moved one
step nearer its real issue, Manchuria.
. 1,, fe Tod
this personally conducted tour will have
arrived at Vladivostok for consideration
of the Siberian question.
The Japanese and Chinese delegates
to-day agreed upon two important points
relative to Shantung in the "conversa-
tions" they are conducting. Action taken
indicated that Japan is preparing'to with
draw from Shantung, but sl! the time
keeping an eye upon the main question.
which is in Manchuria, and Is making a
virtue of her yielding in Shantung.
In announcing the agreements that
had been reached to-day relative to spe-
cial rights growing out of the German
treaty and Japanese rights regarding the
customs regulations of Tsingtao, which
Japan renounces Mr.. Hanihara told the
correspondents that information to the
effect that Japan controls the whole
province is all bunk"
Mr. Hanihara said it was extremely
complimentary to the japanese to sug
gest they could control 100000 people
He dwelt on the fact that Japan had
taken over Shantung possessions from
Germany and not from China at a con-
siderable expenditure of lives and money,
and in reparations would insist upon
sharing with the Chinese control of the
2S0 miles of railroad which it now man
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| over from the Germans. From this lat
ter position the Japanese have not yet
stirred.
The agreements that were reached to-
day are contained In the official COM
munique concerning the conversations
| which follow:
Statement issued by the Chinese and
Japanese delegations.
"The Chinese and Japanese delegates
met at 3 80 this afternoon at the Pam
American Building. Mr.. Hanihara made
the following declaration:
Japan will renounce all preferential
rights with regard to foreign assistance
in person, capital and material, stipu-
lated in the Sino-German treaty OF
March 6, 1898.
"The question of the maritime customs
OF Tsingtao was then discussed After
an interchange of views they have de-
cided that the said customs Will be made
an integral part of the Chinese maritime
customs with the understanding. first,
that the Chinese Government will make
a recommendation to the Inspector-Gen-
eral OF the Chinese maritime customs
with a view to permitting the Japanese
traders at Tsingtao to communicate with
the said customs In the Japanese Ian
glage second. the Chinese Government
will make a recommendation to the In
snector- General of the Chinese maritime
customs that in the selection of a suit
able staff for the Tsingtao customs con-
sideration be given within the limits Of
its established service regulations to the
diverse needs of the trade of Tsingtao.
with these two understandings privi-
leges formerly enjoyed by the Germans
in relation to the maritime customs the
Japanese delegates waived all of the GUS
toms at Tsingtao. The provisional agree
ment between japan and China relative
to the maritime customs Office of Using
tao on August 6. 1915, will be automati-
cally abrogated when the above men
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