New-York tribune., 1921-11-06

ers, 10 unable to finance a proper police
1orce through its inability to collect
revenues, and is generally unable to at
tain that degree of stability which is
regarded as essential to international
trade and relations.
There have been indications that
China would welcome euch 8 move
ment+ assis to be proposed at the con-
ference, provided that the movement
should be made by the United States.
This is said to be due to the old feel
ing of friendship which China has felt
Tor this country, and Of implicit trust,
growing out of the Roosevelt Admins
tration turning back to China part OF
the Boxer indemnities which we're re-
Garded as being in excess of just
claims. This money has been used by
cation OF Chinese boys who intended to
study at American uHiversities later,
and the result has been that all
through China there is q feeling that
the United States government Ia edu-
eating hundreds of Chinese boys.
Mandate by U. s. Opposed
Bns even If the United States we're
willing to assume the task--which in
some respectsswouid amount TO taking
a mandate for ChinA-Japan would not
be willing for 1t to do so and England
would not be any too we'll pleased. So,
she foreign Representatives inquire, is
the United States willing to enter With
them into a joint arrangement for the
salvation of China. The primary object
will be the establishment of strong
and honest government, capable OF put
ting down the bandits and meeting it's
foreign Obligations?
This question. 1t is admitted, leads to
the domestic political question in the
United States. The foreign represen.
tatiyes complain that at present there
has been no way to test public senti-
Taent III this country on the question
and as they desire very much that the
United States should agree TO the plap
they fear that the American delegates
may take it for granted that the came
sort9of opposition which was aroused ir
the United S ates Joining the League of
Nations would apply to this arrange
ment~
On the other hand, some Of the more
optimistic point to the American par
ticipation at the time of the Boxer up
rising, when American troops marched
with those Of the other great powers
to Peking, and which resulted in a
small detachment of American troops
being maintained from that day to
this, with the consent, of course, Of
the Ch!aese government
& Hands-Off Policy Deprecated
There was never any protest or great
amount of indignation from the Ameri-
can people over this participation by
the United States, they point out, and
they hope that the po.icy of hands off
European boundary disputes, wh ch
the administration hos laid down, will
not apply to the Far East, where, they
assert, this country has vital interests.
They say also that the mere presence
of troops of all the powers interested
probably would be sufficient, and that
the chance of heavy casualties would
be slight. The only real lighting
needed, it is thought, would be the
suppression of the bandits, certainly
if; as most of them seem to expect,
the Chinese government accepted the
situation and co-operated with the
powers.
The situation is especially interest
ing because outside of Germany, China
is now the only foreign country on
whose soil American troops are sta
toned. Marines have been placed
from time to time in many countries,
including the detachment now in
Nicaragua, but the sending or quar-
tering of troops is a very different
matter.