The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-25
China MADE
SUBJECT At
ARMS MEET
Discuss Cases in Which
Nationals Are In
volved.
BULLETIN.

Washington. Nov. 25.-By
The Associated Press l-Aboli-
ton of extra territorial rights
in China, by which various
powers maintain their own
courts for trial of their own
nationals. was agreed to in
principle today, by the powers
represented in the Washington
conference on Pacific and far
eastern affairs.
sented to the committee today a
statement strongly urging the abol-
ishment of the extra territorial
rights and sympathetic responses
were said to have been voiced by
the representatives of the other
powers
Belief was generally expressed,
however, that the rights could not
be given up immediately in view
of the conditions existing in China,
but that abolition should come as
promptly as compatible with the
present situation and progress of
China.
Washington, Nov. 25.-(By the
Associated Press.)-The arms con-
ference discussion of far eastern
questions shifted today from the
possibility of abridging the system
OF extra territorial rights" under
which the powers maintain their
own judicial agencies in China for
the trial of cases in which their re-
spective nationals are involved.
China wants the extra territorial
privileges abolished altogether. al
though her delegates have indiCat-
ed doubt whether the present Judi
cial machinery Of the Chinese gov
ernment would make it possible to
withdraw the foreign tribunals i'm
mediately.
No Sweeping Action.
All the other nations concerned
have expressed a hope that some
thing can be done toward modify
ing the present system, but have
evidenced in the main feeling that
nothing of a sweeping character in
that direction is warranted just
now.
1t was considered a possibility
by some of the delegates that the
meeting today would see the first
reference to the cases of Shantung
and South Manchuria, which would
bring up what are conceded to be
some of the most complicated Ques-
tions faced in the entire negotia-
tions.
"Impasse Not Likely"
In the outside developments of
the conference, the conflict of view
between the British and Chinese
delegations on the application of
the four general principles already
adopted with relation to China re-
mained the outstanding point of
interest. Whether this issue might
be raised formally within the con-
ference today, was uncertain, al
though it was learned that in the
opinion generally of delegates 1t
would be so handled as to preclude
any possibility of an impasse.
1t had been revealed authorita-
lively today that the purpose of the
American delegation in bringing
/ forward the Root resolution was 10
place the entire far east negotio-
| tions on a foundation of accepted
principles from whose application
| there would be no escape as the
conference proceeded to the con
sideration of details involved in the
| Chinise ten points and other oper
! issues. At the same time it was
said that the continuance of inter.
national supervision of details in
volved in the Chinese ten points
and other open issues. At the same
time it was said that the continu-
ance of international supervision
/ of Chinese customs, finances and
even railroads was not viewed by
the American delegations as in any
sense as consistent with the decla-
rations in the Root resolutions in
favor of the maintenance OF Chi
nese integrity and independence.