New-York tribune., 1921-11-19


and the Philippines. Has that subject
been considered by your delegates"
"Not yet"
"Will it be taken up?"
eve are considering that subject
do you regard the Lansing-Ishii
agreement as being in opposition to
the principle of the open door?"
II do not"
The response to this question was
important because, when the agreement
went into effect in 1917 the Japanese
declared that the United States had
recognized Japan's interests in Man
chura as paramount and as an aban-
donment of the open door SO far as that
province was concerned
The prince having indicated that he
would not discuss his governments in
depreciation Of the open door policy as
applied to Manchuria and Mongolia.
the interview was declared at an end.
Washington Awaits Decision
No other phase of the world situa-
tion has been of mere vital interest
here than Japan's probable attitude
toward China. Prince Tokugawa, Baron
Kato and Baron Shidehara, the three
Japanese delegates, have been in cable
communication with Premier Takahas shi
in Toxic almost continually since DR..
SEE presented China's case before the
conference.
America is keenly concerned because
of her championship of the open door
policy and her guardianship of China.
Prince Tokugawa's frank avowal that
japan has no intention of turning her
In Ia ~
she pleases makes it certain that the
Mikado's government will set before
the conference certain conditions of
which she will ask recognition These
conditions are:
Japan's desire for self-preservation
which prompts her to seek an outlet
in China, must be conceded
Her rights in Manchuria must be
confirmed, because she has established d
a stable administration there, and be-
cause the South Manchurian Railway,
maintained by Japanese capital. forms
her chief contact, through the trans
Siberian Railway, with Europe.
Her rights in Mongolia must be con-
f1rmed, because, as great area of
more than million and a quarter
square miles, much of which is agri-
cultural land, it is suitable for coloni-
zation and is an interior gateway to
Siberia.
Port Arthur and the port of Dairen
and the Kwantung peninsula OF Man
churia will be subject to the policy of
the open door, but their control must
remain in Japanese hands.
Japan's part of Shantung, consist
ing of the port of Tsingtao and the
| territory which surrounds it, together
with the Shantung Railway, will be
surrendered to China, but attention
will be called to the fact that com
plete territorial integrity of Shantunp
cannot be established until the Brit
ish naval base, Weihaiwei, on the yell
low Sea, has been evacuated.
The twenty-one demands imposed
upon China under threat of war. upon
which many treaties giving privileges
to Japan have been founded, will be
modified
Japan is willing to scrap the Anglo.
Japanese alliance, provided an agree.
ment bringing in the United States is
agreeable to this country and Great
| Britain.
! ,Japan's part in limiting the duties
which China may impose on imports to
maximum of per cent will be an.
nulled, SO that China may obtain ade.
quate revenues.
Japan will enter an international
agreement to conclude no secret treat.
les with China and to conclude nc
secret treaties with any other powc,
respecting China.
Will Modify Demands
AS regards the oaen door and terri.
! ltorial integrity. Jsihn will be willing