Evening star., 1921-11-16
SEE Gives View
of China to
Committee.
PROGRAM STILL
TO BE FRAMED
No Response Comes
From japanese.
To Talk Later.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A detailed statement regarding
China's interests and her attitude on
far eastern questions was made To-Day
by Minister SEE at the first meeting
of the committee on Pacific and 1ar
eastern questions Of the arms con-
ference.
The session. however. recesseSd S.,a
o'clock for luncheon, with the dele-
gates as guests of Secretary ausnes.
No program for the conslderatloI
of far eastern questions va Was daiesa-
tions were delegated to meet la,er
today to frame an order OF proceouie C.
No Response From Japan.
There was no response from the
1ananese after China had presented
her view of the situation, ana al
though some general discussion de-
veloped all of the other nations rep
resented reserved a detailed state
ment of their opinions for later pres
entation.
Maintenance of the open door IN
China was said to have been urged
vigorously by Minister SEE. he also
spoke strongly for abolition OF Sc
cret treaties affecting China ana
urged that hereafter all such treaties
between the powers be made puDlc.
The question OF the dlsposltioii ~
brought up. Neither did Dr. SEE go
into the question of granting future
foreign concessions in emma. ora
of these subjects. 1t was learneu' "eie
to be left for future discussion.
Problems of the far east. whose
solution is adjudged an integral part
of the question of armament, took
the center of attention at the con-
ference today, while the plan Tor re-
auction of naval establishments was
passing through a period of technical
examination at the hands Oh d cohi-
mittee of experts.
the United States, Great Brltaln'
Janan France, Italy, China. Belgium,
Portugal and the Netherlands. actine
as a committee of the whole on the
preliminary discussion and 10 lay
plans for procedure.
None Anxious to Break Ice.
In contrast to .he manner in which
the conferenc. tackled the armament
problem on its opening day, the rep
resentatives of the powers went into
.odav's committee meeting waiting
one another to speak first apout
the intricate questions tnaC lons
have troubled diplomatic relations IN
the Pacific and the orient. Of course.
every nation had a rather concrete
idea of the principles it meant to
present once the negotiations Desan,
but no one seemed anxious 10 preah
the ice. :, e+,to.
Z. that the interest of this govern
ment is not nearly so direct IN the
far eastern situation as it was in the
question of armament. Botn emma
and Japan appeared to prefer to wait
ed famiIiarize themselves with the
atmosphere of tie conference De1ore
iavinr down their views in detail
Great Britain also had failed to give
sny indication of a willingness to
movers felt that their more or less
remote relationship to the far eastern
tangle should prompt them to remain
in the background for the present.
Smaller Body to Act.
>rhe general prediction was that as
. result the task of drafting a method
of procedure would be intrusted to a
smaller committee. just as the de-
tails of the naval armament pro-
"ram have been left temporarily to
the committee of naval experts. In
the case of the far eastern Questlons,
however, it was expected that all nine
have membership on the committee and
would unite their influence to hasten
the committee work, so that the 1ar
eastern discussions might take rank
as soon as possible abreast of the
more advanced negotiations on arm
ament
While the delegates were beginning
their actual consideration of the sec
ond big topic on the program of the
conference, the naval experts COM
mittee of the five powers held its
first meeting and compared impress
sions on details of the American re-
duction plan. accepted yesterday IN
spirit and principle by all the pow
Srs.
China's Principles Basis.
Chinas general principles for set
tlement of the Chinese phase of the
far eastern problems were understood
to have formed the basis Of the dis
cussion today at the first meeting Of
the heads Of delegations Of the nine
powers.
1t was stated in Chinese circles that
Minister SEE of China's delegation was
not prepared to present his concrete
proposals, but would adopt their gen.
eraL program to developments at to-
views ofsthe other powers. The crux
of the Chinese problem. it was said by
the Chinese, was the question Of con-
troll by the Japanese of Manchuria and
Mongolia, these two provinces being
considered by the Chinese as insep-
arabic. 1t was emphasized that any
abandonment of China's sovereignty
inces would be tantamount to the
abandonment of their insistence on
preservation of Chinea's territorial in
teHrity. l.