New-York tribune., 1922-02-02
CorpIele Sovereignty in
Province Returned by
Mikado, With Pledges
Of Prompt Fulfllment
Open Door Assured:
No Nation Favored
Troop Withdrawal, Full
Direction Of Railway in
Province Are Promised
BY Thomas Steep

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-China was
victorious to-day. Not only was Shan
tung restored TO her sovereignty, but
Great Britain, through Arthur J. Bal
four, formally surrendered Weihaiwei,
the naval base in that province
Great Brtain's remuneration, couple d
with the Shantung settlement reached
by the Japanese and Chinese delegates
was described by Secretary Of State
Hughes, in presenting the decisions at
the plenary session Of the Conference
on the Limitation Of Armament. as "a
crownlne act' in the restoration to
China of cher ancient and most sacred
possession in its entirety, free from
any foreign domination" Thus the
Shantung controversy, after twenty
three years of information dispute
passed into history.
Open Door Also Assured
tarrcaching reforms affecting the re-
iatlons OF the powers with China are
provided for in other measures adopt
ed by the conference. These include
the final approval Of the Far Eastern
Committees recommendation for the
abandonment Of foreign postofices by
January ], 1923, the withdrawal Of for
cign troops not sanctioned by treaties
literal application of the open door
policy. with the appointment of All in
ternationa] board of reference to sit in
China permanently TO see that the pol
icy is enforced; uniicat alton Of China IS
railways under her own control, reduc-
tlon of China's armed forces with 4
view to increasing her funds for gov
ernment expenses, the publication of
all secret treaties concerning China, at
once il made in the past and within
sixty days after their conclusion il
made in the future, and the restriction
of all foreign wireless stations in CHI
nese soil to official business so as not
TO compete with Chna's commercial
wireless system.
Surrender Of Great Britain's lease
hold on Wcihaiwei was announced by
Mr.. Ralfour after the Shantung agree
ment had been read by Mr.. Hughes and
spread on the conference minutes
"Those of you who have followed the
course Of events in China during the
last generation are aware that most
critical question arose when Russia and
Germany began to attempt to dominate
more and more the Chinese Empire '
said MIR. Balfour. "1t was when Russia
seized Port Arthur that, in order to
bring some foreign cquipose to the
assistance Of China. to prevent the in
crease Of such operations, the arrange
ment was come to between the Chinese
government and the British govern
ment by which Wehaiwe was leased
to Great Brita in for A term OF years
under arrangements which left it pos
sible to use that port as a defense
against Russia, though impossible to
use it IS any great commercial center
or as a rival to any existing CONNER
cial interests.
Danger No Longer Exists
The circumstances under which
Weihaiwei thus came under the control
of Britain have now not only provision
ally changed, but they have altogether
disappeared. The rest of the province
of Shantung is now handed back under
suitable conditions to the complete SOW
eregnty Of China, Under like suit
able conditions have to announce that
Great Britain purposes to hand back
Weihaiwei to the country within whose
frontier it lies
When Mr.. Bafour concluded all eyes
turned toward Albert Sarl lut, head of
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