The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13

Accounting the fact that Japan
comes In n conciliatory spirit, what
then il possible? First OF all the
noint Of departure, the beginning OF
sverything must be a definition OF
terms America has elected to- go
10 the conference proclaiming two
abstract principles, the integrity OF
China and the open door" Both OF
them nneah much In vague nebu-
lous fashion, but neither means any
thing concretely until 1t Is defined.
Indeed the first definition must be
as TO China.
What Is China.
What for the purposes OF the ap-
pllcation OF the>open door and the
integrity OF China. Is China itself 7
Here Is the whole crux Of the mat
Ter. There must be China, some
thing less than that represented
upon the maps vaguely az lying be-
twoen Siberia and French lndo-
China. something which the United
States will recognize as the Chinese
fact for purposes of discussion
There must be an area which Japan
will ooncede IL outside the regions In
which she has already established
aR area which Japan VIII concede
is ouas de the regions In which she
has already established an accom-
plished fact of political and eco
nomic interest.
u one could suppose, for example,
thSt~the United States and Japan
could agree that for the purposes OF
discussion China should constitute
that part OF the geographical term
which lies inside the great wall, then
the gain would be enormous. This
would mean that the United States
was prepared to concede that when
Is talked about the open door and
the integrity OF China 1t was refer
ring TO the eighteen PROVINCES with
in the great wall. 1t would mean
that the United States in fact II not
In phrase, recognized the right OF
Japan to a special privilege and a
special position in Manchuria and
Mongolia II would mean that
Japan was prepared to accept the
American view OF equal opportunity
save In Manchuris and Mongolia 1t
would mean that Japan would agree
to get out of Shantung. Hut y
would also mean that we recognized
Japanese rights and necessities IN
the--snatter of raw materials found
in Manchuria.
Cnmistakably the first step In
the negotiations must be the dell
milton OF China and / venture the
prediction that the extreme OF
Japanese concession IL discover
able In the formula that China
consists OF the territories south
OF the great wall. 1t IL probably
true that there will be necessary
some effort to bring Japan to tho
point of agreeing to such for
mnla but nj the least, II II GER
tain that beyond this point she
cannot be brought either by
American argument or British
prssure,
VII the United States accept the
uellnition and consent to see Man
onufla and Mongolia become Japa
,Se spheres OF INTEREST,"" This is
he hrst hurdle, We shall get no.
~here until we.get over that. No
nne VIII argue that such an agree
I'm would be' anything more nor
Us man compromise OF principle
AVOID Immediate failure of the
M, etehce and eventual war. But
ga me American people support an
ADMINISTRATION which prefers a
n"hese war TO "A surrender TO ia
zen OF Manchuria and Mongolia? or
H. pst the thing a little more exact :
n,,nc s'nce we confront an accom-
phshed fact, will the American peo-
nack their government in a war
VI. 'Apei the Japanese from Manchu-
iisS where they are now cstab-
Must Eliminate Chaos.
t,,sseme that japan and the
ti"n states in private converse
fsrsnlh N 'he opening days OF the con
m agree that China consists OF
Fre., e'shteen provinces within the
son. son. wall what nextP obviously
n.sn '"'ns must be done TO create
10 a., 'hiIese fact. Ii will not do
"so",h" a line on the map and say:
Cbirn OF this is China h--not
is,s For II that chaos which ex-
N chthl Nhina today be not removed,
mha mess' De not helped back to some
er nna e OF order and unity, no pow
ana ueI n heaven can prevent japan
inv erhaps others beside Japan go-
alwx The doom OF Morocco was
lara, sealed, despite all the dec
wss ViH OF Alseciras, because there
fdiklng In tho