The Washington herald., 1921-08-29
CHINESE OPEN DOOR.
FORMS VITAL issue.
OFD.C. CONFERENCE.
Settlement Is Needed to
Clear Way for Har-
smony With Japan.
Unitsd Gevs.)

NguAIo3 &oNSy
Clearing away the political debris
that has collected before and par
TALLY obstructed China's open door
during the past decade will be one
Of uhe major preliminary problems
TO Be tackled before Limitation Of
arunmsnts can be proceeded with
at The coming Washington confer
ence
China's open door, announced
more than twenty years ago. and
agreed to by all the interested
powers at that time. specified that
opportunity for industry and for
eign trade in China should be equal
TO all nations.
Shrunk I'm Size.
Theoretically, that policy has ex-
isted since. Actually, however.
statesmen point out, the open door
has so shrunken in size that only
certain nations ind entrance and
exits uufmpaired and easy.
Ptastically the entire world is
more or less concerned over trade
pos ssibiIities in China, but the
United states and Japan are most
vitality affected. Propinquity make
Iapan's interests paramount. ac-
cording to Japan's Interpretation of
the Lansing-Ishii agreement On
the other hand. the United States
demands that her old policy be re-
affirmed and literally recognized.
Britain is far from an interested
bystander, while Russia and Ger
many, who will not be heard at the
conference. are potential IL not i'm
mediate factors to be considered in
any policies formulated for the
Pacific.
The program the United States
will pursue, IL is said. can be pred
icated upon the recent enunciation
made by the Secretary of State in
a letter to the Chinese Minister in
Washington.
Letter by Hughes.
The government of the United
States" wrote Mr.. Hughes. has
never associated itself with any ar
rangement which sought to estab-
Iish any special rights or privi-
Ieges in China which would abridge
the rights of the subjects or citi-
zens of other friendly states; and
I am happy TO assure you that it
II 10 LhC pAl POoC VI
ment neither to participate nor
acouiesce in any arrangement
which might purport to establish
in favor Of the foreign interests
any superiority Of rights with re-
speet to commercial or economic de-
velopments in designated regions
e the territories of China or which
might seek to create any such mo-
nopoly or preference as would eX-
rIude other nations from undertake
ing any legitimate trade or Indus
try or from participating with the
chinese government in any cate
CORY of public enterprise
Japan's reply to Americas decla-
ration. which strikes directly at
Iapan's concessions in Shantung
and embryonic British interests In
KwanEtung. will be a demand that
the principle be made worldwide
And. according to reports. she will
bring into the open door for trade
and industry issue. the question OF
racial equality and free immigra-
ton.
II Japan's special concessions in
china and Manchuria are attacked,
she will in turn suggest that all
special interests in all semidevel-
pped or undeveloped territory over
the globe be similarly dealt with
and that she be given equal op-
portunity to develop and partici-
pate in world trade.
However. the Japanese govern
ment have no desire to see dis
putes such as arose at Versailles
develop, il is stated.
Japan has nothing to lose by a
policy of Cancellation toward China,
and is anxious. therefore, to reach
with the United States. England
and other interested powers, the
fullest and quickest accord that
will determine and settle the status
Of various foreign nations which
nave interests in that troubled