The Washington herald., 1921-12-20
TO HOLD THROTTLE.
Japs Hold Up Shantung
Agreement by New
Demands.
WANT NATIONALS
IN ROADS OFFICES
Chinese Delegates Claim
New Cabinet Will
Unite Nation.


japanese delegations would reach an
agreement on Shantung Yesterday
faxed of consummation. For three
hours the Hallway situation Has uI,-
de- discussion. Then there came an
cfrcial announcement that progress
had been made.
What now is holding up the gree
ment is a demand by Japan that
her nationals be admitted to admin
istrative Offices in the railroad man
agement The japanese base this
claim on the supposition that the Chi
nese themselves will not be able to
guarantee an efficient service.
VIII Unite Nation.
DR.. SEE, OF the Chinese delegation.
declared that the fail of the Pekin
government was due to internal ques-
tions and would not have the effect
OF weakening the authority Of the
Chinese delegation here. 1t is his
view that the new cabinet may bring
about the unification of China
Baron Kato, who hoped to leave
America by the end of the year. is
now doubtful whether the work of
the conference will be sufficiently
near completion to enable him to
get away within the next two weeks
The offcial communique OF the
Chinese and japanese delegations was
as follows:
The sixteenth meeting OF the Chi
nese and japanese delegates rela-
tive to the QUESTION of Shantung took
place in the governing board room Of
the Pun American Union Building
this afternoon at 8 O'Clock. The
discussion centered around the pro
posaf from the Japanese delegation
to have certain ohices in the admin
istration OF the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu
Railway filled by Japanese nation
ais. The meeting adjourned at $50
p. m. until 3 O'Clock tomorrow aft
ernoon."
Interest Is Intense.
While the negotiations were in
progress there was intense interest
In official quarters over the develop
ments following the resignation of
the Chinese cabinet The Chinese
delegation gave out the following
official statement:
in reply to inquiries concerning
recent news from China. it has been
said by members of the Chinese dele
cation that the proceedings at the
Washington conference have en-
phasized the desire throughout
China to unity the country. 1t is
the belief that the unification Of the
country is the sine qua non for an
Independent nation.
| without the strong central gov
ernment supported by the various
strong parties in the country, it is
impossible TO avail ourselves OF all
the advantages to be derived from
the principles adopted at the Wash
ington conference. The central gov
crnment as well as the strong men
like Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, of Man
churia: Gen. Tsao Kun, of Tientsin.
and Gen. Wu-Pei-Fu, OF Central
China. and DR.. Sun-Yat-Sen. of
South China. have been fully con-
vInced of the necessity to cooperate
and to work together.
| Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, in Manchuria.
naturally considers his region most
likely to be affected by the decisions
of the Washington conference. The
Japanese delegation has delayed and
postponed the deliberations with re-
gard to China, and they are deter
minedly holding on to the privileges
in Shantung.
| Scraps Of Paper.
TT is this feeling that the inter-
ests of Manchuria might be bartered
away, since the japanese refuse to
| o
fectins the future of those provinces.
| 1t must be recalled that the twenty
| one demands were presented with
an ultimatum. but since they affect
the territorial and administrative
autonomy of the Chinese govern
ment. unless the twenty-one de-
mands are cancelled, the principles
adopted by the Washington confer
ence amount to nothing more than
scraps of paper.
'In an earnest attempt to get the
cooperation of all the leaders In
| China, Gen. Chang Tso-Idn desires
to unite all the forces OF the coun-
try. There is very strong likeli-
hood that the other leaders. espe-
cially Gen. wu-Pei-Fu, who is pop
| ular and powerful in Central China,
/
History is in the making and we do
not know the final results, but OF
this we do know. that all the men
in China, both high. and low, are
thinking about unifcation very
seriously.
Represents All China.
"A few men of the cabinet might
be changed, and even the President
might think of retiring, but his re-
| tirement is only an Indication OF
| the general desire to sacrifice per-
sonal glory for national unity and
welfare. In China public opinion
runs SO high that unless a leader
| gets the full support Of the public
| he cannot control the retns OF the
government for any length OF time
| In this movement in China one can
easily see tnat the leaders are ac-
| tuated by patriotic motives and they
are willing to pield their positions
to some acknowledged leader who
has the support OF the people.
The Chinese delegation at the
Washington conferences has the con-
tinued support OF the people. and 20
whatever in China II viii
| represent China In truth"