The Washington herald., 1921-12-07
'Envoys' Spokesman Sees
40 Reason for Chinese
designations.
CONSORTIUM PLEA
OPPOSED BY U. S.
Committee May Take Up
Foreign Leases at To-
days Session.

''NIaa's interests have been. and
are, being guarded in the most
friendly manner
a spokesman for the American
delegation made this very plain yes
serday. He declared that so far as
The Americans were concerned they
could see no actual reason for res
lgnations of the secretary general
and three OF the delegation advisers.
This conference expects to reach
a decision that will be friendly and
fair to the Chinese, he said. People
VINO talk otherwise either. are ig.
norant of what is going on. or have
not the true interests of China at
heart.
Discredits TripartIte Pact.
This same authority declared that
cabled advices from London and
Tokyo declaring that a tripartite
agreement was in progress of nego-
tiatiOn which would be in the ma
ture Of treaty, or a hard and fast
alliance between Great Britain.
Japan and the United States were
utterly unfOunded.
Nothing official was forthcoming
however. from American conference
sources to throw light on what ac-
tually was transpiring and what the
japanese delegation has put up to
Tokyo in connection with the pres
sure of the demand that Japan
agree to the l0-1O-6 naval ratio.
IL was made plain that there will
be no official information forthcom-
ing on this line until Japan actually
has authorized her delegation to ac-
~
then the American delegation in
tends to remain quietf no matter
how wild the speculation as to
plans may be.
VIII Ignore Consortlum.
sf.norts to have the United States
bring the Chinese consortium into
the present conference also have
failed. American spokesmen de-
Clared last night that the consor-
tium has not been and will not be
taken up by the conference.
The American viewpoint remains.
II was officially stated, exactly as II
was enunciated by Secretary of
State Hughes in his message to Min
lister SEE. There will be no exploita-
tion Of China by this country
The United States. however, will
y
afford international cooperation
with China in which there will be
no Observation-Disclosures of her re-
sources
Resumes Sessions Today.
Conference matters. which have
been halted since last Saturday. will
take a sharp step forward today
The fun committee on Far Eastern
and Pacific affairs will resume its
sessions. II is expected that II
will further consider the question
Of foreign leases in China. 1t also
is hoped that the Japanese dele
cation will be able to announce its
position on the fixing of a date fol
the withdrawal of all foreign post
offices from China. All other na
tions have agreed to withdraw their
postal service on January /. 1928
but the Japanese have not yet heard
from Tokyo whether this time limi'
will be acceptable to them.
Yesterday the Japanese ana
Chinese continued their direct ne
gotiations on Shantung. The Chi
nese demand that all public proper
ties in the territory of Kiao Chau
be returned was heard and a gen.
eral discussion followed. The Jap
anese position was that all Of this
property has rightfully reverted to
them because of the victory over
Germany. The discussion was re-
ported to be rather sharp at times
but finally adjournment was taken
without any decision being reached
Compromise One- Likely.
This subject will again be under
consideration when the delegations
meet again today. After 1t is dis
posed Of the big stumbling block
in the way of a complete agreement,
disposition of the railways and the
mining rights now dominated by the
Japanese will be reached. 1t is be-
lieved that after the Chinese off,
cially reject the Japanese offer of
a half interest in these utilities
that a compromise offer will be
made. will suggest the formation
Of an international commission to
operate the railroads. and the hxa-
tion of a price at which China may
acquire the mining industry at a
later date.
The Japanese delegation conrin-
ues to complain that Ii is unable
to keep in close touch with Tokyo.
The Pacific cables are interrupted
and messages are being routed via
Europe and also by wireless. But
the delegation declares that 1t has
received no reply to messages that
were sent forward more than a
week ago. This is the chief reason
why the conference has been COM
PEELED to mark time" the dele
gates aver.
Most of the delegates in at,en-
dance went to the Capitol yesterday
to hear President Harding deliver
his address to Congress. They
were extremely interested in his
position on foreign problems and
some of them. at least, said they
believed that after this conference
is out of the way the United States
will be found in accord with the
suggestion for a world economic
congress to endeavor to readjust
the Indebtedness of all nations
IL is not now expected that there
will be. any further plenary ses-
sions until early next week. There
is. of course. an outside possibil-
Ity that one may be arranged for
Friday or Saturday should the ia
panese get their instructions on the
naval program from Tokyo by that
time. But this Is considered un.
likely.