Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02
MANY ARMAMENT
PROBLEMS HAVE To
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come The obligation OF the Interna-
tional ta= on the movement OF commod-
tiles. from one province to another in
China
All these are details for the confer
ence. and will absorb a great deal OF
its time and energy, for the purpose
of the general reader however, It is
best TO point out merely few of the
larger principles involved in the Chin
csc situation.
First of all. L.meriea stands for
maintaining the integrity of China as
a nation. This POSITION on tho part OF
tho United states involves us in arSu-
ment with other nations, who either
believe that China Is not strong enough
to stand on her own feet. as nauon
or who. for selfish reasons, would
like TO reduce China to the relation OF
dependent. That this latter arnoi-
tion Is entertained by Japan. admits OF
no denial II is proved by Japans
course toward China for many years
past probably no well-informcd jap
anese would attempt to deny that the
course of the japanese government has
long been aimed in the direction OF
reducing China to something like the
same subjection TO Japan that Korea
has been reduced to.
In insisting upon the territorial In
teKrity and unimpaired Sovereignty Of
China as one of the family of nations.
America Is much handicapped by the
fact that the Chinese government is
admittedly weak Since the fall of the
Imperial Dynasty in 1912. the various
attempts at Republican form Of gov
ernment in China have not achieved
enough to create much confidence In
their stability. At the present moment
the vitality of China ~ especially weak
because of factionalism. 1t seems TO
be the present policy Of the United
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of tho Chinese government: indeed, 1t
must be admitted. But tho thing that
America proposes as remedy for tho
present weakness of tho Chinese gov
eminent is not to let the other nations
of the world go IN and grab territory,
and privileges The remedy the Unit
ed States has in mind - what may be
called a benevolent neignborliness,
helping China from tho outside with
her problems OF revenue. OF police. and
of government generally.
] Tho second main point In American
policy with regard to china Is the
t"open door" BY this the United states
means that there shall he equality OF
commercial opportunity for all foreign
nations In China. Tho United States
! is opposed to Concessions. TO spheres OF
influence. and to all tnc other devices
by which more than twenty years past
the japanese, the Germans. and the
British have been acquiring exclusive
footholds in China probably the Unit
ed states will not only insist on tho
open door for the future but will coun-
sci that various exclusive privileges
now held In China by Japan and other
nations shall be remitted or modified.
II probably expresses the average
point Of view of American opinion to
say that Japan should be satisfied
with those advantages in China which
accrue to her. because of her geogra-
phical position. The nearness OF the
Japanese Islands to China. the con-
ltiguity of Japanese territory on the
main land of Asia to China and mul~
tltude of considerations which flow
from this geographical position ought
to give Japan an advantage in trade
with China which no one can resent
But Americans generally will prohah-
ly share what has been for generations
the positions Of our governnert. name
lly. that Japan should he satisfied with
her geographical advantage, and should
not seek other advanta ges. which i'm
pair the sovereignty and integrity of
China sE n nation.
I As SO the Anglo-Janpanes alliance.
probably America will raise no uues-
ton at the coming Washington con-
ference. This does not mean that
America feels no concern about the
Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Any one
who has followed the expressions OF
American opinion on the floor Of the
knows that America views the Anglo
Japanese Alliance with deep concern.
: If VIC do not raise n. or In any way
bring 1t forward at the coming Wash
invton conference, that will merely be
because of good manners on our part.
when Great Britain frs. made this
Alliance with Japan some twenty years
ago. there was reason for IL In the fact
that Russia and Germany were then
aggressive in the Far East. But Rus
sta and Germany arc now impotent {
and these two reasons for the Anglo
Japanese Alliance no longer exist. The
only Great Power that is adversely sf-
fected bv the alliance IL the United
states In expressing distasto for the
Iallianee the United States speaks not
lmeroly for itself but for the world.