Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-16
Exchanges Between Chinese
and JapS Over Former
German Leasehold to Be-
Pressed Forward Rapidly
NAVY NEGOTIATIONS
GOOD AS COMPLETED
Treaty Text Agreed to By
the ''Big Five" VIII Be
Approved By Committee
and the PIenary Session,
tBy The Associated Press.)

Washington, Jan. Is (by the
Associated Press. IF the Shan
tung conversations make the prog
ress hoped for by conference lead
ers during the next two or three
days. this week may see all is
sues raised in the Washington ne
gotiations we'll toward solution,
Confidence that the Shantung
problem is nearing a settlement
was apparent in most quarters
tonight. delegates feeling that
with the other Far Eastern ques-
tions in allegiance, the separate
exchanges between the Chinese
and Japanese over the former
German leasehold would be press
ed forward rapidly.
Neither of the two groups di-
rectly interested was prepared to
say any agreement was in sight
but they evidenced a hope that
fresh instructions from Toxic and
Pelling, expected hourly, might
help materially.
Delegates Are Informed
When Shantung is out of the
way. and perhaps sooner, the
conference Far Eastern commit
tee will resume its consideration
Of other problems of the orient,
with all delegates in a position to
present their views quickly. On
most of the remaining issues, the
delegations have informed them
selves thoroughly regarding the
views of other groups and the
prospect for an agreement.
The naval negotiations also ap-
pear to be as good as completed,
the treaty text agreed to by the
"Big Five" being regarded as
virtually certain to meet the APP
proval. successively, of the full
naval committee and of the plen-
airy session. Both of these meet
ings probably will be held this
week. Leaders planned to set the
conference machinery in motion
for final approval of the treaty
when Toxic sends approval of the
article dealing with Pacific forti-
ficatiIhs.
Waiting Instructions.
Settlement of the Shantune
question still rests largely in the
hands of Arthur j. Balfour and
Secretary Hughes, in the opinion
Of Chinese spokesmen. Both the
Chinese and Japanese delegations
tonight were waiting instructions
from home as to the attitude
they must take on the Hughes
Balfour compromise suggestions
designed to afford a basis for
agreement on both of the phases
of the problem which up to now
have seemed insolvable. These
phases touch on the method OF
payment for the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu
railroad and the nationality of the
men who will hold the positions
of traffic manager and chief ac-
countant for the railroad after It's
transfer.
whether the Japanese and Chi
nese delegates can get together
this week was said to depend on
the nature of the instructions
from the Picking and Toxic gov
ernments.
Compromise Proposals.
The Balfour- Hughes compromise
suggestions are said to be based on
various combinations of these two
questions in form that might per-
nit either the Japanese or Chinese
to give in on one and retain the
other, or might allow China. by
sacrificing the chief accountancy
position, to obtain concession for
payment in cash or installments
for the road, at the same time. as
suring Chinese control over the
road through a Chinese traffic
manager.
At the Chinese delegation head
quarters there was said to be hope
without optimism" that the Shan
tung question will be settled
through the Japanese giving in on
the railway phase. In no other
way, the Chinese say. can settle
ment satisfactory to the Chinese
people be reached.
In the meantime, the Chinese
and japanese delegations expect to
continue tomorrow their efforts to
clean the slate of the collateral
questions involved in complete
settlement.