The Washington herald., 1921-11-13

49, =
ton in the world =
Japan rraefabie.
To this the answer 10 unmistak-
ably in the affirmative Japan has
already made impressive sacrifices.
The whole temper. spirit tone Of
the Japsnese. representatives is in
marked contract 70 that tone which
was discoverable In Paris. Japan 10
frankly apprehensiye. she does not
want a war with the United States.
She does not want to be thrown
back into Asia, separated from all
the other great nations OF the
world. which would inevitably be
the consequence of. an actual rup-
ture with the United States over
any question which might be dis
posed of by reasonable concession
on her part.
Accepting the fact that Japan
comea in a conciliatory spirit. what
then is possible? First of all. the
point Of departure. the beginning Of
everything must be a definition of
terms America has elected to 60
to the conference prociaiming two
abstract principles. "the integrity
Of China and the open door" Both
OF them mean much In a vague
nehulous fashion. but neither means
anything concretely until IL In de-
fined. Indeed, the first definition
must be as to China.
What. for the purposes of the
application of the principles OF the
open door and the integrity OF
| fg Chfaa L. . -
whole crux OF the matter. There
must be a China. something less
than that represented upon the
maps vaguesiy as lying between
| Siberia and French 1ndo China
something which the United States
will recognize as the Chinese fact
for purposes of discussion. There
must be an area which Japan will
concede is outside the regions in
which she has already established
an accomplished fact of political
and economical interest.
Great wall Constructs.
II one could suppose, for ex-
ample, that the United States and
Japan could agree that for the pur-
poses of discussion China should
constitute that part of the geo.
graphical term which lies inside
the great wall, then the gain would
be enormous. This would mean
that the United States was prcpar-
ed to concede that when IL talked
about the open door and the integ-
rity of China 1t was referring to
the eighteen provinces within the
great wall. 1t would mean that the
United States in fact IL not In
phrase, recognized the right of ia
pan TO 4 special privilege and a
special position in Manchuria and
Mongolia. 1t would mean that ia
pan was prepared to accept the
American view OF equal opportunity
save in Manchurfa. and Mongolia
1t would mean that Japan would
agree to get out OF Shantung. But
IT would also mean that we recog.
nized Japanese rights and neces.
sites in the matter of raw mate.
rails found in Manchuria.
Enthusiastically the first step in the
negotiation must be the definition
of China and l venture the predic-
ton that the extreme Of Japanese
conce ssion Is discoverable in tn,
formula that China consists Of the
territories south of the great wall
IT is probably true that there will
be necessary some effort to brfne
Japan to the point of agreeing to
such formula but at the least
1t Is certain that beyond this point
she cannot be brought either by
american argument or British
pressure.
viii the United states,accept the
I definition -.
churia and MONGOLIA become Jonan-
csc spheres OF INTEREST,"" This Is
the first hurdle. We shall get Nc.
where until we get over thar No
one will argue that such an apree-
ment would be anything more nor
less than a compromise OF prin-
ciple to avoid immediate failure OF
the conference and eventual war
BUT VIII the American people sup
! mort an administration which pre-
fers Japanese war to a surrender
10, Japan OF Manchuria and Mon
solia? Or to nut the thing a lit
tie more exactly. since we confron,
| an accomplished fact. win the
American people back their gov
eminent in a war to expeI the IAN
| anese from Manchuria. where thew
are now established,
House Must he Tidied.
Assume that Japan and the
United States in private converse
ton in the opening DAYS of the
conference agree that China CON
sists OF the Eighteen Province.
within the Great Wall. what next
obviously something must be done
to create such q Chinese fact. n
will not do to draw a line on the
man and say: South of this Is
China. north-not China" For II
that chaos which exists in. China
today be not removed. n China be