The Washington herald., 1921-11-30

Empire, France. Italy. Japan, the
Netherlands. and Portugal, several
ly declare that, without the con-
sent of the government of China,
expressly and specifically given IN
each case, it will not station troops,
or railway guards or establish ana
maintain police boxes. or erect or
operate electrical communication
installations, upon the soil OF
China; and that if there now eX-
lists upon the soil of China such
troops or railway guards or police
boxes or electrical installations
without China's express consent,
they will be at once withdrawn"
Data Submitted.
The Chinese delegation herewith
submits such data as it has with
reference to the presence upon
Chinese soil. without China's con-
sent. of foreign troops, police boxes
railway guards and electrical in
stallatiOns.
This data is furnished simply in
order to show the extent to which
China's territorial and administra-
tive integrity is now being vio-
lated. and not as implying that the
Chinese government will be con-
tented with the abatement of these
specific violations of her sovereign,
rights; for China, as declared in
the resolution which it has pro-
posed. desires that there should be
a general or comprehensive decla-
ration upon the part of the powers
represented in this conference THAI,
without China's consent, expressly
and specifically given in each case,
they will not maintain troops or
police boxes, or railway guards or
electrical installations upon China's
soil, with the result that upon the
powers will lie the burden of es-
tablishing their right to do so in
each case in which they may as
sert a right or claim to maintain
upon China's soil such troops, po-
lice boxes. railway guards or cleo
trical installations.
Japanese Garrison.
In Shantung four tattaIions, Of
an average numerical strength of
525 men, are stationed along the
Tsing-tao-Tsinan Railway, head
quarters being at Tsingtao Kaomi.
Fangtze and Tsinanfu. There is
.
In HankOw one battalion is usu-
ally maintained together with de-
tachments of special troops.
One full division is usually main
tanned in Manchuria.
The Japanese troops which are
withdrawn from Baikal are sta
| TONED along the Chinese Eastern
Railway. (This statement is taken
D in
History Between China and ia
PAM Japan has also stationed
sixteen independent battaIions of
guards along the line, each COM
posed of rwenty-one officers and
Gil rank and file % Japan is said
to maintain these railway guards
in conformity with article OF the
Portsmouth treaty of peace which
says that the high contracting par
ties reserve to themselves the right
TO maintain guards to protect their
respective railway lines in Man
churia. The number of such guards
shall not exceed fifteen per kilo-
meter and within that maximum
number, the commanders of the
Japanese and Russian armies shall,
by common accord, fix the number
VI 'NSH 6udIuS 10 De employed, as
small as possible. having in view
the actual requirements" But
these provisions were not assented
to by China in 1905. (2)
Japanese Police In China.
In 1917, the number of police
agencies in Manchuria, as reported
by the local authorities of FenC-
TEN and Kirin provinces, has
reached twenty-seven. As re-.
suit Of the Chengchiatun fracas and
Hunchun affair. Japan established
police stations in these places. Ac-
cording to the October 1 issue of
the Millard's Review for 1921, the
ministry of foreign affairs is in re-
ceipt of telegram from the com
missioner of foreign affairs at Swa-
tow to the effect that the Japanese
consul there is very active in in
creasing the Japanese police.
At Annoy a police station was es-
tablished by Japan in December,
1916. The Chinese government
lodged 8 strong protest against this