The New York herald., 1921-11-15
China WILL PROTEST
AGAINST BEINCPAWN
Delegates Will Tell Confer
ence She Wants Versailles
Mistakes Corrected.
SHANTUNG ISSUE AGAIN
Just Solution Demanded to
Insure Peace in the
Far East.
TsINGTAO AS OPEN PORT
Equal Opportunity for Every
Nation Is Policy of the
Pekin Government.
BY JABIN HSU,

BY JABIN HSU,
Special Correspondent China Press,
Shan ghai.
Special Despatch to THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C., Nov. II.
The crimes of the Versailles peace
conference have been completely ex-
posed to all thinking people, and the
present Conference on the Limitation
of Armaments and Far Eastern prob
lens Is expected to make the neces-
sary amends and to adopt a new
policy to fit in the new circumstances
The principal participants at Ver-
sailles had no consideration for Far
Eastern problems since they were en-
tirely absorbed in tackling the COM
plicated problems of the war. The
world has now realized the determined
manner in which China refused to
sign the Versailles treaty, the sore
point Of which was the Shantung
award.
Both China and the United States see
the gross injustice perpetrated in the
disposition of the former German rights
In the province of Shantung. held sacred
by the Chinese people, because it was
the birthplace Of Confucius. the great
sage.
In 1898, at the point of the sword
China was forced to accept the agree
ment with Germany for the lease Of
strip of the wooded hills known as
Tsingtao. The lease stipulated clearly
that Germany was not allowed to trans
fer her rights or title to any other Power.
In violation of the provision the Paris
conference gave these rights to Japan
The great Pow IS, including Japan. who
was the interested party as well as the
Judge Of the issue, disposed of China's
rights without reference to China her.
self.
Tokio's Appeal to Pelkin.
The uproar in the United States Sem
ate which followed the decision was well
known, but since then many attempts
have been made by Toxic to ask Pekin
to open direct negotiations over the re-
turn of the rights. Japan will never
under any conceivable pressure, 1t is rec
DsUIEtu every SlNt up Tic ttoichAiS
position she has captured in Shantung
consisting of her special interests in and
control of mines, railways and port
facilities.
The opposition to deal with Japan d.
rectly is inspired by two conceptions in
China. First, the mlstrust of such ne
gotiations. and. second the conception
OF Oriental dignity or face" Bitter
experience has taught the Chinese that
T.. . c1ae
means LET us bargain" In the Shan
tung controversy. although China has
lost, we hope temporarily. the port of
Tsingtao, Japan has lost the face"
Many Chinese would rather have this
pride than to get back Tsingtao The
fundamental principle of which China
refused to deal directly was that she
did not recognize the paterna!ism ex-
pressed in the Shantung award and pre-
fers to bring the issue up before the
present conference.
China's delegation will tell the confer
ence that the time has come when ma
tions of the world must cease to enter
into treaties in which Chinese sover-
eighty and political independence are
pawns. It will also make clear to the
conference that the policy of other Pow
ers toward China should not be expressed
In treaties among themselves without
consulting Sullid Hciocll.
Action of Few Diplomats.
westerners In the Far East will agree
with the Chinese that China was out
ragged at Versailles by n handful of Dip
lomats who allowed a powerful and ag-
gresive neighbor (Japan) TO place her-
self in such a position that her nationals
have secured practically every stragetic
commercial advantage in one or Chinas
important coast ports and nave gained
control over the shipments or goods
through 400 kilometers of Chinese terri
tory.
The press OF Japan has attempted to
minimize the wrong by limiting its scope.
The newspaper men insist that the issue
is not that of Shantung, but only OF
Tsingtao The Japanese press cannot
make this assertion unless 1t is willing
TO ignore or forget the coal mines in the
neighborhood of Tsingtao at Poshan or
near Weihsien, or the peanuts, fruits,
wheat beans and beef for which Shan
tunr is celebrated All these minerals
and products are now for Japan's Gov
crnment or her nationals. Japan's press
forgets. too, that by virtue OF the Ver-
sailles treaty Japan has assumed the
German priority of rights for the con-
struction of railway to be built from
Chefoo TO Weihsien or from Kaomi to
Ichow.
The status of Tsingtao Is not difficult
70 decide, IL Japan will cooperate with
sincerity. We are not here to suggest
any definite plan or detail for the abl
diplomats from nine nations All that
the Chinese people pleads is that Using
tao be returned to China, who will offer
u as an International port of commerce
and where every one will have equal
opportunities. so that Japan will not be
able to retain, as she does to-day, the
intricate machinery for the protection
of her economic ambitions OF her ma
tionals and military aims of her War
office.
washington offers to Japan the op-
portunity she overlooked at Paris. The
Shantung issue will again rise to settle
the worlds doubts as to. whether Japan
in Asia Is to be the Germany of Europe.
Her stand on Shantung was condemned
throughout the civilized world. II made
the obscure province of Shantung by
word in every spot on the globe where
newspaper Is printed. Public opinion
mao httfar md did ppt r11inca xvor1a IN