Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-20
CHINA Seeking
PROOF Of MORE
KINDLY ATTITUDE
Wisdom of American Part
in Four-POWer Pact to
Be Judged by Action OF
Remaining Problems,
M The AssneIated Press.l

Washington, Jan, 19.-~The Wis
dom Of American participation in
the Horsepower treaty adopted at
the Washington conference TO
preserve peace in the Pacific can
be Judged only by the results
obtained lin its disposal of re-
naming questions in the Far East,
DR.. Paul S. Reinsch. former min
lister TO China, declared in an
address here today before the
national popular government
league, DR.. Reinsch, who Is now
counsellor to tho Chinese gov
ernmont, asserted that the "cn-
thusiasm" with which this coun-
try's signing Of the treaty had
been received in Certain quart
ers" should give warning of tex
pectations or hope" that the
United States thereby will sup,
port or at least condone, aggres.
siye actions and policies of one
or the other partner on the main
land Of Asia"
This suspicion" the speaker
said, could be counteracted only
by such a settlement of the ques-
lions relating to that territory as
twill make it plain that n moro
favorable and equitable policy will
be followed, and particularly that
Japan will abandon certain ele-
ments in her policy which II con-
tinued, will inevitably make war
on the continent unavoidable"
1.-THE essential points involved"
DIR. Reinsch continued, "are the
control of the Shantung railway;
the abolition of spheres of in
terest and special privileges in
China, and the actual and i'm
mediate withdrawal of Japanese
military forces from China and
Siberia. These are the points on
which the conference will be
tested"
While he believed, DR.. Reinsch
said, that it would be possible for
the United States TO keep strictly
within the written terms" of the
Pacific treaty without further
contingent obligations he warned
that its provision for joint CONSUL
tation should the rights to insular
possessions in the Pacific be at
tackled from without, might easily
become a source Of ENHANCEMENT"
THE only possible source Of out
side attack upon the Pacific is
lands" the speaker said, would
be a strengthened and united Rus
STA and China. Such a possibility
is very remote, but should 1t arise.
the United States would undoubt-
eddy desire not to be committed be-
forehand.
If the treaty is clearly under
stood in its limited sense and
watchfulnesses exercise not to be
drawn into more extensive and i'm
piled commitments, it would be
acceptable, rs affording a tempo
rary relaxation OF political pressure
in the area covered, and more par
ticularly as disolacing the Ango-
japanese alliance"
Asserting he did not believe the
American people sufficiently real
lied that the future of democrat
cy in eastern Asia is at stake" DIR.
Reinsch added:
Free government and democra-
cy ir1that region has had scant en-
oouragement from the great pow
ers, and most persistent obstruc-
tion from Japan. The voice of the
Chinese people has made itself
heard at this conference. Yet
many people still believe It Is in
oumbent on the powers to "set up
a stable. government in China"
The Chinese people are about to do
that for themselves If they are let
alone"