The New York herald., 1922-02-13
CHUNG SAYS CHINA
WON FOR FIRST TIME
I'VE Came Empty Handed and
Leave With Three Treaties
in Our Favor
GRATEFUL TO AMERICA
Chief Justice Urges Tariff In
crease to Pay Off and Dis
charge Soldiers.
GRATEFUL TO AMERICA

Special Disyotch to THE NEW YORK HRrALp
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c.. Feb. le.
China's deep appreciation Of the re-
suits Of the Washington conference
which had as one Of its aims the settle
ment OF the problems of the Far East
was voiced to-day by DR.. Chung Hu
Wang. Chief Justice Of China and one o!
the delegates. in an interview just be.
fore he left for Seattle. whence he will
start for home on February IS.
I'VE came to Washington empty
handed and we are leaving with thret
treaties, all of which are IL China.
favor" said DR.. Wang. as he drew 6
sharp contrast between the Washington
conference and the Paris conference
from which the Chinese delegation de-
parted without signing the treaty. eve
did not get everything we wanted ir
Washington, but we get enough to NEE,
the immediate circumstances and tc
serve as a basis on which to work.
hope that before long China will be re-
united.
'The Shantung settlement Is accepted
by the Chinese people as the best pos
sible solution Of that question, and it is
a significant thing that when, before
signing It. all the terms OF settlement
were cabled to China, we did not receive
a single protest from any quarter, and
have not since signing received any pro-
test. In fact, our information is tina.
the Shantung treaty is acceptable to the
vast majority OF Chinese in all the
provinces.
Debt Of Gratitude.
1.-THE Chinese delegates and the
Chinese Government feel that they owe
real debt of gratitude to the Amer
lean people, the American delegation
and to President Harding for the
friendly interest they have shown In
the Shantung matter.
II can point out a significant thing
in fact: From the beginning Of our re-
lations with foreign powers this Shan
tung settlement Is the first instance and
cassion when China has not given away
something but has obtained something
back through peaceful means. Some Of
the principles in the nine power treaty
are not new, most Of them are not
new. but to have them In concrete form
in treaties solemnly signed in the pres
ence Of world opinion Is q moral force
which will do much for the future good
of China.
"The success Of the conference from
the Chinese point Of view is not what
China obtained In material sense
so much as what abe obtained in q
psychological and moral sense. The at
tention Of the whole world has been
directed toward China and the Far East.
That is a very considerable moral gain.
Heretofore the Chinese people have
been suspicious Of the aggressive policies
of the Powers. but not of the United
States. When concession at Tientsin
was offered to your Government by
China. your Government refused to
accept it,
"The settlement OF the Shantung
question is the first. and. I believe. an
important step in the direction Of bring
Ing about a better understanding be-
tween China and Japan, and the Chinese
PEOPLE confidently hope that this con-
ference will mean not only a new era
In the internal conditions of China.
but also open new page in Japan's 8
policy toward China. The Chinese feel
that they never have been aggressive
toward Japan. but are convinced that
Japan has been aggressive toward
China, and better relations between the
two peoples rest upon Japan taking the
Initiative, namely. the initiative of for
mulating a new policy toward China.
"The Chinese Government and people
arc, SO far as l. know. strongly op-
posed to the international consortiun
organized to finance China, because
they fear 1t would be an instrumental
ity for the international control OF
China. The Chinese people. I believe.
will not accept the consortium in it's
present form and before It Is accepted
it must formulate a new policy and q
new plan for the reconstruction of
China. In fact, our commercial people
are very anxious to take part in the
consortium. The consortium Is composed
OF bankers of four nations, and the
Chinese banking group wishes to par
ticipate In II.
Opposition to Consortium.
1.-THE Chinese Government opposes the
consortium because 1t crects virtual
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