Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-26
'CH|NA's GOVERNING
CAPACITY TO Be PR0BED
Nations Willing TO Yield Ex-
ira Terriloriality il Git.
zcns Protected.
CoNrmnEN,E nAMEs COMMITTEES
Picking DcicEntcs Press Republic.
Claims ~ Complete Freedom and
scci. tn La. NhaSt of IntcFuHtIonIi
Control Iinuni!nH Orient.
IL, John Glcls~nrr,


United News stan Correspondent,
WASutNGTON. Noy, "a lruoard-
Ing further with It's CONSIDERATION OF
Ehna's demand for tho abolition of
foreign restrictions on her uutonomE.
thc committee ON IAr 30 and Far
Eastern unatres has IL D .u'priu-
o!plc' with gr"poERlH -. s''En
governments ieI!uuu.oh NSr"-ier-
,itor!al rights la China. - "Nn"'
don foreign postal system,
Tho Important question OF extra
territoriali;y was re!urTgd "a sub
committee after pr ChuuG-N~.
Wang. OF tho Chinese supreme Court
had pres ontcd Chilar oaEs
Whether cNtra-tcrr!.u'i nl r!Shts
MIL be rclmqu.shad, !; WAC !ndi-
Gated. will dcrcui uu whether or no.,
the powers bcli % Caina - capable
OF administ"rin - Justice. and whether
she has reformed her judicial sys-
tom To the extent claimed. IL Will be
tho task OF the subcommittee To In
vcst!Eatc aud report on these "ao.il:s.
nrlnsn Forward ChInn'n Capacity.
Tho question. like others raised In
connection with Ch!Ua's hid .or "a
restoration OF Independence. brings
forward the query ~ To whether
China is to he permitted 10 have her
SoVrreigHty. or whether she must
submit To Some form OF !ntcraaton-
aiizcd control. II Is simply q de-
,.ision. 10 be made by the powers. as
To whothc: China Is capable OF man
aging her own affairs. or must con-
,inuc 10 submit TO outside manage
mont.
The Chinese are making II stronC
bid for complete freedom. They VIII
oppose any international control. cN-
Cept economic cooperation FOR The
development ot China. As discus
sions proceed. the Chinese delegates
will bring forward what they CON
slider other fragrant violations OF
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES statton!nG OF for
cign troops and railway guards ~
various points, the !nstallat!on OF
wire and wireless electrical COM
,nunications by foreign governments.
and tho system OF so-callcd police
Boxes"
seeks Progressive qualifications.
Dr. Wang asked the powers Ia re-
linquish their cXtra-territor!al rights
,',,t the cut Of II dcfnito period. lie
uuggcstcd that tho powers designate
representatives to enter into n-Gol'h-
,ions vita China for the proSr.:s sivc
qualification ami ultimate abolition 81
lhc extra territorial system.
Wang explained that originally the
cights existed only ut treaty ports,
where foreigners might reside and
n rade.
Now there are hfty such places and
;,n equal number OF places open 70
foreign trade on Ch!nU's own !nltir-
i've" he said. This means an ever
<ncreasinE number OF persons within
1ler own territory. over whom China
. almost poweriess."
JudirinI system Reformed.
The judicial system OF China, WANG
declared, has been reformed Ia an cN-
NJ higl hs
she treaties by which Great Brita!n.
Japan. the United States ana sweden.
.ugreed 10 give up their rights under
certain conditions.
Wang's arguments We're:
4 multiplicity Of courts gives rise
To a pcrpleXinS legal situation.
Law is uncertain, because the law
;pplicd In any case is chat OF n de-
!cninnts nationality.
Where foreigners are defendants,
cases must be taken to the nearest
consular court. often long distance
away. 10 which it Is sometimes i'm :
possible to transport witnesses md
iiapcrS.
work" ChInn by Alleged Im,,nunIiIes.
iGlLoliIIol-nIlXo .zllIn SLouaioIoN
'iGhts to claim immunities in other
matters, lik" taxes.
Dr. SIZE, thc Chinese minister, told
,he committee ,hat Japan maintains
12i posi-oi,ices In China: Great
britain. -. the United States. l. and
France. Is. China, he said. has or
Ean!-rd an efficient anal adequate
posta service. and their maintenance
IS uni, stified
The main'=nance.by foE-iyn gov
ornmcn's OF post-slticos In China Is IN
direct violation OF tho ilttcr's terri
torial and administrative integrity"
SAID SEE. and rests upon no treaty or
nther legal rights"