Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-01-20
REVISE PLAN FOR
NEW OPEN DOOR
Arms Farley Committee Throws
Out the Final Paragraph.
CALLED VICTORY FOR JAPS
American Delegates in Conference
Supported by France, capitulate
to Japan and Allow Emascula-
tion of the Resolution.

Washington, Jan. 19.-The American
delegation in the ornaments confer
ence again capituIated to Japan, sup
ported this time by France, and sub
mitted to the emasculation of the res
olution championed by Secretary
Hughes as a means of establishing the
open door" In China as a fact in
stead of motto.
The first three sections of the reso-
luton, which add words to previous
definitions of the "open shop" policy
and set up a board of reference, with
out power to enforce its decisions on
violations of the principle, were adopt
ed unanimously.
The fourth section, which went out,
held forth some hope of ultimately
freeing China from the economic
shackles clamped fast upon her by
Japan, Great Britain and other pow
ers that took advantage of her weak
ness to exact treaties giving spheres
of influence, special privileges and
monopolies The text of the eliminated
section reads:
1.-THE powers, including China, rep
resented at this conference, agree that
any provisions of an existing conces-
sion which appear inconsistent with
those of another concession or with
the principles of the above agreement
or declaration, may be submitted by
the parties concerned to the board of
reference when established for the
purpose of endeavoring to arrive at
satisfactory adjustment on equitable
terms.
Japan's Twenty-One Demands.
Official spokesman for other delega-
lions besides the American had adj
mitted that the proposed agreement
would have opened up the notorious
II demands that Japan forced upon
China without rhyme or reason and
under threat of war and also >Japan's
vast holdings in Manchuria and Mon
golia.
Mitigation of the American delega-
TONS surrender was attempted in the
explanation that section was with
drawn without prejudice" and with
the understanding that any delegate
might bring it up again at any time
during the conference The Chinese
delegates, much chagrined at Japan's
new victory at their expense, added
that they would undertake to modify
the proposal to meet the Japanese and
French objectiors and bring it UP
again next Tuesday.
ANY hope that the teeth extracted
ever will be restored to the resolu-
ton, however, is not taken seriously
in other conference quarters Prac-
teal admission was made in American
quarters that section 4 might as well
be abandoned.
Not in Harmony With Hughes.
Further effort was made to gloss
over the serious effect of this latest
debacle in the assertion by an official
spokesman for the American deIega-
ton that "no great Importance was
attached to paragraph anyway"
This attitude now is hardly in har-
mony with the position assumed by
Mr.. Hughes Tuesday when he under
took at great length and with all his
vigor and power of argument to meet
the objections offered against this sec
ton by NJ. Sarraut, chief of the French
delegation.
Mr. Hughes declared then that "of
course, anything the con,nittee does
will be interpreted in The light of his
tory" and he emphasized that the diff
ficulty would be to find a form which
would more clearly give the idea of
what has interfered with the appllca-
ton of the open door principle"
Mr.. Hughes frankly stated that the
resolution as originally presented
took into account the facts with
which all are familiar in connection
with the recent history of China
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