Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-20
URGE. CANCELLATION Of
JAPAN's q DEMANDS
Chinese Assert Otherwise Con
ference Principles Scrap
of Paper,
MEMBERS STATUS UNCHANGED
designation of PckinT Cabinet is
Without Effect on Arms Gathering
DrlcEniion-Unity of Grcnt Nation
Sought by New Leaders.
IBy Associated Press. ]

w WASHINGTON, Dec. ig.-lulsS SIS
the twenty-onc demands enforced 10y
Japan on China in 1915 ARE can
ccled. the principles adopted by the
Washington conference amount 20
nothing more than scraps OF papct,
tho Chinese delegation declared in
a statement issued late today The
statement added that the delegation
stili represented China lin truth"
despite the resignation Of the Picking
Cabinet.
The delegation members said that
l'r. ". w. Yen. Minister OF Foreign
Afairs. had consented to remain az
acting Premier. DR.. Yen was cdu-
Gated in the United States. having
been graduated at the University o.:
Virginia, and served for Il time as
second secretary of the Chinese Ie-
cation here under Minister wa Ting
Sang.
TEXT of Statement
Tic statement issued by the dele
cation said:
In reply to Inquiries concerning
recent news from China. it has been
said 10y members of the Chinese dele
cation that the proceedings at the
Washington conference have cmpha-
sized the desire throughout China %
unity the country. /; is the belief
that tho uniiication of the country
is the sine qua non for an indie
pendent nation
Without a strong central govern
meut SUPPORTED by the various stror.
PARTIES IN the country. il is impos-
'ih.' 20 avail ourselves Of all the adj
Nan'u%es To he deprived from the
principles adopted at the WASHINGTON
conference. The central government
= wci! the strong men like GIN
oral Chang Tso-Lin. OF Manchurjo.
General Tsao kun, OF Tientsin. and
General wu-PelsFu of Central
nina, aud Dr. -Yut-Seu. OF
south China, have been fully con-
WINGED OF the necessity to cooperate
aud 10 work together.
Manchurin Most Affected.
General Chang Tso-Lin. in Man
'Auria, naturally considers his region
most likely To be affected by tn,
decisions OF the Washington con-
lercncc. The Japanese delegation
las delayed and postponed the de-
..herauons with regard TO China, and
they are determ!nediy holding on the
riyiicEes in Shantung. II is this
Icing that the interests OF Mau-
'nuria might be hartered away since
nc japanese refuse 20 scrap tbs
ycnty-one demands affecting the
igiurc OF those provinces. 1t must
lie recalled that the twenty-one de-
Mands were presented with an ult!-
iaatuW. but since they AFFECT the
territorial and administrative au-
1onomy of the Chinese government.
! Mess the twenty-one demands are
cancelled the principles adopted by
INC Washington conference amount
TO nothing more than scraps OF pa
i'er.
Would Unite Whale Country.
In an earnest attempt to get the
cooperation OF all the leaders In
nina General Chang Tsao-Lin de-
res 10 unite all the forces or the
country. There is "a very strong
likelihood that the other leaders, es-
I,ec!ally General Wu-Pel-Fu. who is
popular ana powerful in central
china. viii rally 10 the call Of pa
! iotism
History is in the making and we
q" not know the Anal results, but OF
This we do know. tM:.t al. the men
in China, both 'hig,r ard low, are
triaking about unfcati6n seriously
~ few men OF the Cabinet might
he changed and the President might
retire, but his retiremen. IS only an
Indication OF the general desire TO