Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1922-02-02
Washington Conference Goes
Far Toward Establishing Real
Open Door In China.
AGREEMENT BLOW TO JAPAN
psrslsn Policy o. New French Gov.
eminent stated BY Premier Psln-
sare-irlsh Free state Formally
Installed sstmastsr General
.tays Announces Coming
Resignation. -.
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G TRoNGLY backed By the British
- and italian delegations to the
washington conferences, Secretary
Aushes and his American colleagues
hst week pushed far toward compile.
tlAA q their plans for the establish
nsnt and maintenance Of real "open
aoof" IN China. In effect. It was big
wsek for China and rather unpleas.
ant one for Japan.
Mr.. Hughes submitted to the Far
Eastern committee set Of resolutions
by which the powers in the conference,
ether 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: y,
"th) 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
taking any legitimate trade or industry
In China or Of participating with the
Chinese government, or with any pro-
vincial government, in any category of
public enterprise, or which BY reason
Of Its scope, duration. or geographical
extent Is calculated to Illustrate the
practica! application Of the principle Of
equal opportunity" g.5.,
China. for its part, declares its I'm
tention Of being guided by the same
principles in dealing with applications
for economic rights and privileges
from governments and nationals Of all
foreign countries whether parties to
that agreement or not.
Provision 10 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. AZ first draft.
ed. the resolutions made this applica.
bic to existing concessions. France OBJ
5ected 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 actor
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,
II will still be possible to bring before
TIE international. commission any open
,:ncr question involving existing con.
cessions. including the privileges
which japan by her notorious Fl de-
n,nnds forced China to concede in 1915.
THE Japanese maintain they got moth.
inx through those demands that vio-
lRtes the open door principle. Amhass
sitlnr Shldehara does not believe the
board Of reference plan 10 practicable,
Hi, finally accepted 1t.
1t really looks as though the com.
mrrcial open door IN the Far East u
nl,o|t to become, In the words. Of Mr..
hughes. q fact instead Of q motto. s
III the latter part Of the week the
committee Was considerins the matter
";S the reformatiah Of China's railway
s...s,Pa' The British proposed that the
sao%ers undertake to abolish all trans
Iais:nftnn discrimination in China, and
.,,s americans suggested that China
nifty her railways under her own con.
itr.ll "s,ith such foreign financial and
technical co-operation % may prove
McccSEary.'' q
Snme dispute. unknown to the public
at#tl,ia writing. held up nnal compile.
tiGi, VI the naval treaty. Apparently Il
Involved the question IL fortincattons,
sid members Ut the British and Jap;
.ai,fse delegations blamed each other
f1sr The delay. It was said the British
tsi:,Al. ed to limit the fortiAcat ions -.
!: !. IL; to the parts. Of the Pacific
ssl,ere 41Ran and the United States
y Y: q ,pess ssiops. and that
Itl,ss /; ~ insisted ,ttsf Apy event II could
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