Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1921-11-25
JAPAN BALKs At
HUGHES NAVY GUT
Say Plan Accepted Only as Basis
for Discussion.
BARON KAT0 GRANTED DELAY
6riand Announces France Will Give
Up Chinese Land, Barring Indo-
China, if Other Powers
viii Do So.

washington, Nov. 1S.-Admiral Bar
on Kato, on behalf of the Japanese
delegation to the Washington confer
enee, asked and received from the
| heads of the delegations of the nine
participating powers a delay of several
| days to allow examination of the Far
Eastern proposals submitted by China.
Japans delegates to the arms con-
ference believe that their country
should maintain navy slightly greater
than 6O per cent of that maintained
by Great Britain and the United
States, Baron Kato announced.
Baron Kato made the following
statement:
Because of her geographical posi-
ton, Japan deems it only fair at the
present time that other interested
countries agree that she maintain
program in general tonnage slightly
greater than the 60 per cent, and, in
type of vessel strictly defensive in
character, she might desire even to
approach that of greater navies."
Asked if Japan had not announced
to the conference that she accepted the
Hughes program of naval limitation,
Kato said that Japan had accepted the
Hughes proposals as basis Of dis
cuSSiOn.
In regard to the type Of vessel ia
pan has decided upon as defensive"
arm, Kato said that these ships had
been selected by the committees work
ing upon this problem, but that the
names of the vessels in question are
not to be discussed at this time.
French Attitude.
The French attitude In a general
way toward the Far-Eastern propOs-
ais of China was set forth after a two
hour conference of Premier BRAND
and other members of the Paris, dele
cation to the Washington conference,
as follows:
l. France desires earnestly to aid
China in realizing her aspirations,
territorial, political and commercial.
2. France would give up Kwang-
chow, which she leased from China in
1898, provided Great Britain gave up
Wei-Hei-Hei and Japan Shantung,
leased by the Germans at the same
time, and the Port Arthur peninsula.
3. France would not be unwilling to
surrender her exterritorial privileges,
were other powers willing to do the
same France gave up these privileges
in Japan in 1906 and was in negOtia-
ton with Turkey to give them up there
in 1914 when the war came. The
French feel, however, that exterritori-
atty should be maintained until it is
clear that the Chinese republic can
give adequate security and justice to
foreigners.
Indo-china Not Concerned.
4. The French colony of IndO-China
did not belong to China, but to AMMAN,
consequently Indo-China, the great
French colony with 25,00OO0O in
habitants, does not come in the ques-
ton, according to the French point of
view. If, however, some question
should be raised as to the rectification
of the 9OO-mile Chinese frontier, the
French government would be willing
to discuss the boundary.
s. France approaches the discussions
of Far-Eastern questions in sympathy
with Japan's need for expansion and
for raw material. The French dele
cation desires under all circumstances
to take a conciliatory and pacific role.
6. France is for open dealings of the
powers with China and against any Sc
cret negotiations.
The subject of spheres of influence
beyond Indo-China does not seem to
be a serious one, because the policy
of spheres of influence was replaced
more than ten years ago by the policy
of consortium of powers. Nevertheless,
France, having due regard to her
nrivate interests in Yunan and by
a. agreement with Great Britain and
Kounan Gsi, made early in the first
decade of this century, would give up
tbis rather intangible privilege, pro-
vided Great Britain did the same.