The Holly chieftain., 1922-01-26
Washington Conference Goes
Far Toward Establishing Real
Open Door in China.
AGREEMENT BLOW TO JAPAN
Foreign Policy OF New French Gov
eminent Stated by Premier Poin-
care-Irish Free state Formally
Installed-Postmaster General
Hays Announces Coming
Resignation.
BY EDWARD W. PlckARD


G TRONGLY backed by the British
" and Italian delegations to the
Washington conference, Secretary
Hughes and his American colleagues
last week pushed far toward compile
lion of their plans for the establish
ment and maintenance Of real "open
door" in China. In effect, 1t was a big
week for China and rather unpleas-
nnt one for Japan.
Mr.. Hughes submitted to the Far
Eastern committee a set of resolutions
by which the powers in the conference,
other than China, agree:
.'(a) Not to seek or to support their
nationals In seeking any arrangement
which might purport to establish in
favor of their interests any general
superiority of rights with respect to
commercial or economic development
In any designated region of China;
"(b) Not to seek or to support their
nationals in seeking any such monop-
oily or preference as would deprive
other nationals Of the right of under
tuhlHE ully ltStliliutC VI
in China or of participating with the
Chinese government, or with any pro-
vinclal government, in any category of
public enterprise. or which by reason
qf Its scope, duration, or geographical
extent is calculated to frustrate the
practical application of the principle of
equal opportunity"
China, for its part, declares Its "In-
tention Of being guided by the same
principles in dealing with applications
for economic rights and privileges
from governments and nationals of all
that agreement or not.
Provision is made for the establish
ing of an international board to which
questions Of compliance with the open
door principle may be referred for In
vestigation and report. AS first draft
BILE to existing concessions. France OBJ
jected to this and the Japanese,
though accepting the plan sin princi-
pie" were plainly nervous and wor-
ried and asked for time to study the
text. In the interest of speedy action
the Objectionable clause was with
drawn, and thereupon the plan was
given unanimous approval by the
committee. The Americans did not
look on this as defeat, for. under
their construction of the resolutions,
1t will still be possible to bring before
tho tpfarp n iopol cop,uiccjop opy opop
door question involving existing con-
cessions, including the privileges
which Japan by her notorious 81 de-
mands forced China to concede In 1915.
The japanese maintain they got moth
ing through those demands that vio-
lates the open door principle. Ambas-
sador Shidehara does not believe the
board of reference plan is practicable,
but finally accepted it.
1t really looks as though the com.
Inercial open door In the Far East Is
about to become, In the words of Mr.
Hughes, n fact instead of Il motto.
In the latter part of the week the
committee was considering the matter
OF the reformation of China's railwa,
system. The British proposed that th'
powers undertake to abolish all trans
portation discrimination in China, ant
the Americans suggested that Chin
unity her railways under her own con
troll with such foreign financial AM
technical cooperation as may prov
necessary"
Some dispute, unknown to the publi
at this writing, held up final compile
tlon Of the naval treaty. Apparently !
involved the question Of Notifications
and members of the British and Jap