The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-28
CHINA |SV|CT|M
Of BRITAIN, SAYS
TARAKNATH DAS

JuluJlINIuulIJ UUO
Issue May Break Up Washing
ton Meet Because Of I'm
psriaIistio Greed.
BY PROF. TARAKNATH DAS,
International Secretary Friends of Free
dom for India.
The Washington conference la moth.
ing more or less than the continue ton
OF the peace conference In Paris.
China and America were parties In
the Paris conference. but these two
nations did not agree with the dsci
sions arrived at through the secret
diplomacy of the European statesmen.
TO which former President Woodrow
Wilson was party.
China's position In the Washington
conference 10 to free herself from all
the limitations put on her freedom
and to see that certain decisions mr..
rived at at the Paris conference be
nulitfied. America 10 the host Of all
the nations that have responded to the
call for the conference. America il
more than host, because she has
called the conference only because she
did not see her way clear TO adjust
her position. to find out for herself
where she stands. China II the csnter
IL the conference. and China appar-
entity ID being victimized In the Wash.
tngton conference, as was the case In
Paris.
Chlna's Entry In War.
~
cause all the powers promised they
would see to 1t that Justice be done
to China. Mr.. Lenox Simpson and
other Britishers who did everything
possible to get China into the war,
assured China that Britain would
use her influence In cooperation
with America to stem the tide of
Japanese aggression in China. but
when the time came we found that
Mr.. Balfour and others did not tell
America that they had secret
tready with Japan regarding Shan
tung and other matters. Balfour and
others told lie to the American
people regarding the British motive
for war-which was nothing less than
extension Of British Imperialism In
place Of German Imperialism. China
was betrayed by Britain and even
Wilson Joined Britain, Japan and
France in betraying China's faith and
confidence in America. But China
refused to sign away her rights and
today Chinese questions form the
center Of the whole trouble in the
conference.
The Washington conference may be
broken up on the Chinese issue, be-
cause the imperialist nations are not
willing to curb their greed Of exploit
ing China and establishing interna-
tional control over the vast region.
China Is adamant on her rights to
be free and to throw off all the i'm
positions on her sovereignty.
China's Ten Points
Chinese delegates very lucidly pre-
scented their case to the conference in
ton distinct points. France was the
first nation to accept these principles.
and the mills of secret diplomacy
started to grind up the just claims
of China to some suave and most in
definite statements in the form Of
four principles of Mr.. Root. The
Chinese had nothing else to do but
to accept them, because they were
the American principles. But the
Chinese demand of further discus
sion for definite application of these
principles has become the source Of
all troubles. The British delegation
10 the first to oppose China's claims.
The British delegation is not only In
favor of international control Of
China, but wants America to be a
partner to reduce China to another
Egypt. The British delegation will
have some job to convince the Ameri-
can public that making China an
object OF international control will
be for the benefit Of China and for
the interest Of the American people.
Betrayed at Paris.
In the Paris conference China was
betrayed by all the nations, and IA
pan fought against China. In the
Washington conference we SEQ that
the Japanese delegation 10 unwilling
even to have a discussion on the
twenty-one demands. The Japanese
cabinet has declared that IT is CD
posed to international control Of
China or China's finance or rail-
roads, etc. Japan Ia willing to give
up her spheres Of influence IL Brit
ain gives up Thibet, which has been
forcibly detached from China. China
is being victimized in Washington by
the British and America has not vet
taken any definite stand in favor of
China's claim. The American public
doe, not know what is going on
behind the wells of secret diplomacy
in the committee rooms. This much
is certain, that all is not well. China
is not getting q square deal. 1t will
be better IL the COMMITTEES meetings
on Chinese questions be public hear
ings as is the case in all hearings
In the Senate. America has an in
terest in knowing the truth about
China and it is better that the truth
be known now.