The New York herald., 1921-11-27
Chinese TO CONTROL
Their POST OFFICES
Win Fifth Big Point at Par
ley, With Crucial Tests
Nearing.
SHANTUNG SOON COMES UP
Pekin Will Ask Next That Sol
diers Of Other Nationalitics
Leave Her Soil.
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China to-day scored one more VIC
tory in her fight to obtain recognition
Of autonomy in her own Government
by the Powers in tine Conference on
the Limitation Of Armaments. Dele
gates Of the. Powers announced theiI
adherence in principle to the tileory
that foreign post Offices should be
eliminated from China
Another suocommittee has been
named to see how this may be done
The manner Of doing it IS a detail
The big thing is the decision that
China shall completely control post
offices in her territory.
The subcommittee consists OF Sena-
tor Lodge, Sir Auckland Geddes, NJ
viviari and Mr.. Hanihars. The sub
committee began work tfis afternoon
and will report to the full committee
on Monday.
It IS in this gradual manner that the
conference Is endeavo.ing to solve the
Chinese question. 1t Is dealing with
matters provided for By treaty. repre-
senting the aggresslons that have beer
practised upon China. The actual test
Of the good viii that the Powers are en-
dcavoring TO demonstrate toward Chino
will come VIXEN the outer circle Is
reached. representing the positions as
suined in China by the Powers which are
not justified By treaty, but which arc the
outgrowti, OF the general Chinese
situation.
Up to this time the Chinese have vor
acceptance in principle of the theory OF
| the open door, OF the integrity Of Chit
| nese territory. Of the right of China tc
exercise tariff autonomy. OF the elimina-
ton OF extraterritoriality and OF the re-
moval from China of foreign post offices
VIII Seek Ousting Of Troops.
Her next step will be to urge the re-
nnoval from China OF foreign troops, and
| when this Is accomplished the fateful
outer circle will be reached.
The committee on extraterritoriality
gave close examination to-day of the
judicial reforms which the Chinese say
they already have made and those which
arc in contemplation. This committee.
according to the official communique, con-
sists Of Senator Lodge, United States
Senator Pearce. British Empire NJ Al
bert Sarraut, France; Senator Rlcci,
Italy Mr. Hanihara, Japan; Chevalier
de Wouters. Belgium Dr. Chung Hui
Wang. China Jonhheer Var Karnabeek.
Netherlands, and Capt. Vasconcellos, 8,
Portugal. This comnittee will report
also On Monday.
Tho Chinese delegates have won the
hearty approval OF the Powers in pre-
senting their case. acting with courtesy
and consideration. and handling their
case In mastery manner. Soon viii come
the subjects of Shantung, the twenty-onc
demands, the secret commitments rela-
tive 70 China, the special position Of
Japan IN Manchuria and the Anglo-Jap-
arese alliance.
These represent tho outer circle which
10 No Mans Land in the conference, and
which will represent the real sincerity of
the Powers In dealing in a more friendly
manner with China
step taken 1t will be more difficult for
any one Power TO stand In the way OF
final settlement OF the Far Eastern
problem.
Alliance n Bar to Progress.
The Anglo-Ja panese alliance continues
to hover over the Far Eastern discuss
ions as n threat TO Its peaceful CON-
clusIon, especially so far as public opin-
ion IN the United States and in China
III concerned. The reaction OF public
opinion which American Senators are
receiving shows little confidence in the
decision to abandon Americas position
In any competitive naval programme so
long az this alliance exists.
A cablegran received here to-day from
the British commercial houses in Hong
kong protests against the continuation
Of tho alliance. This viewpoint of the
British merchants and traders in China
is REGARDED as extremely important.
According TO their viewpoint continu1-
ton OF the alliance will bring upon
British merchants tho same boycott
that applioo 70 the Japanese in China,
and they maintain also that II tends
20 increase the ssgresslonn OF Japan In
Northern China and in Siberia.
According to reports received here,
the nneasreness Of the reports the Chi
nesc psopie are obtaining concerning the
conference is pathetic. Most Of II comes
from Japanese sources and has Japo-
nese color. The Japanese propegandists
are circulating the report in China, ac-
cordinp to the information received here
from Shanghai ana other points, that tho
Anglo-Japanese alliance will be renewed.
and postal cards are being widely circu-
lated showing the Japanese Crown
Prince. Hirohito, now regent, with his
arms around the shoulders or the Prince
of Wales.