Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-01-26
Urges
Chinese to Accept
The Latest Compromise Offer
For Agreement on Shan
tung.

For Agreement on Sham
tung.
Washington, Jan. 25 (By the A. P.)-
The aid of President Harding has been
enlisted by the arms delegates to bring
Japan and China into agreement on
Shantung.
/ Taking direct hand in the Washing
ton negotiations for the first time, the
president today urged the Chinese to ac-
,cept the latest compromise offer and
thus remove from the field of controver-
sy subject which has become a seri-
Gus barrier to the progress Of the whole
conference.
| Whether the move is to succeed ap-
| pears to rest largely with Peking. The
Japanese already have indicated infor-
hnally their willingness to make the
principal concessions proposed, and the
president approached the Chinese only
after the Japanese ambassador had in
formed the state department that his
| government was ready to accept a ten
+! der of good offices.
The settlement plan sponsored by Mr..
| Harding deals only with the return of
| the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu railroad sub
stantlaily all other questions having
been agreed upon in the separate sex-
changes between the Japanese and Chi
nese. Under the proposal Japan would
abandon her proposition for loan to
China and the latter would purchase the
road with treasury notes payable at on
tlon five to fift IN years hence. China
would receive possession within five
i years but would withdraw her opposition
to retention of a Japanese traffic man
e. n cvn, toe
period of payment.
l. Although several days may be re
qufred to reach final decision. one i'm
mediate effect of the days development
was to bring into relief the importanc
of Shantung in the general scheme o
conference accomplishments. As tn
negotiations have been drawing to
close the eyes of the delegates hav
turned more frequently to the simmer
ing feud over Kiaochow, and it is pri
.. Nately admitted that it is not by acci
dent the big issues of the conferenc
stand halted just short of conclusion.
as an open secret that until Shantun
is settled, most of the commitments pal
italy entered into here must remain ir
deinite..
| The naval treaty, Complete except fc
the fortificatons article, was given al
tee of Is, but no changes were made.
S now is regarded as probable by SON
e delegate that no word regarding I'll
: Notifications proposal will come fro
|, Toxic before next week, although Il
:. Japanese government already has give
s its approval to all but details of the a
: tcle's text
o Today.s meeting of the far easter
z, committee was equally inconclusive, Il
e delegates debating without nnaI actic
the situation of wireless facilitates
= China. 1t was voted to reconsider a re
e olution adopTed on December {, to T
'r strict use OF wireless plants and aft
Elihu Root had presented a substitu
IS for his proposal of yesterday the who
e subject was referred to a sub-committ,
Sc AT meeting later in the day, the su
ID committee likewise discussed the val
4 Gus proposed resolutions without actic
ft {, Another subcommittee, however, &C
e. sidering the plan for an Information
c. conference on rules of warfare, virtu
OF | ly decided to leave the, conference c
IN | to be issued by the American Cover
r ment with the understanding that sol
e European city be selected 0s the pla
H. of meeting. 1t was the sense of t
X subcommittee that the conferer
at should take place within the next thl
al months
~ In moving to bring the Japanese a
a Chinese together on Shantung, Preside
Sc Harding has fulfilled the role predict
es for him by many friends when the &C
ference began. BY those close TO h
it was said then that by holding ale
from the ordinary course of the ne.
LIE tiations, he would be in !
s1tion to step in as an impartial med
rs tor should an impasse threaten the CT
sp- ference programme.
oh Mr.. Hardings appeal today was ms
ed to Minister SEE, of the Chinese delegat
,ril who went to the White House with S
an retary Hughes. The three wnt over
me points of differences carefully, the pr
ident giving evidence of the close TO,
,ar he has maintained with the negotiate
of as they have developed through m
fo- than thirty meetings of the Japan
the and Chinese plenipontentiaries The
H. portance of a settlement was stres
by the chief executive who pictured
,rs, benefits that would result not only
ou- the broad purposes of the conferer
On but to the future tranquility of the
~ East.
~ DR.. SEE indicated that he had b
80, much impressed by the interview,
~. declared it had not yet resulted in
70 settlement. To'{-ght the prefidel
lie views are understood to have been
- bled to Peking Meantime. Arnhrit
~ ! spokesmen declared the difference
. tween the two delegations had ben
-, duced to 'fnfinitesimal' preparations
- that failure to agree seemed out
the question: