The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-01-19
Shantung Situation Not
Specifically Included In
Present Discussion =
Progress Being Made In
Conferences Most Diff
fcult Problem


Washington, Jan. 19.-The Far
Eastern committee of the Washington
conference today adopted two resolu-
tions dealing with the Chinese rail-
ways and then began consideration of
the status of the existing commit
ments in China, the last item on the
Chinese section of the conference
agenda.
Railroad resolution adopted, pre-
scented by Mr.. Geddes of the British
delegation, pledges the powers and
China against unfair discrimination
in railroad rates and facilities. Th"
other by Secretary Hughes, eX
presses hope in eventual unification
of the Chinese roads under Chinese
control. Both were adopted substan-
TALLY in the form presented yesterday,
although a few minor changes were
made.
When the subject Of existing com
mittments was taken up it was sug-
gested that all the nations represent
ed furnish the committee with a list
of their treaties and agreement relat-
ing to China and the proposal was
agreed to tentatively. The lists fur
nished are to cover secret as well as
DuDllC uHu6TSldHulISS.
Although it was stated that the
agreement to furnish this information
was only tentative in character, most
of the delegates indicated afterward,
that they expected the lists to be in
the hands of the secretary general OF
the conference before the committee
resumed it's session tomorriw after
noon.
British and American Plan
Washington, Jan. 19.-(By the AS
sociated Press THE American and
British proposals for promoting an
equitable development of railroad IA
cilities in China formed the subject
of discussion for today's meeting of
the arms conference far eastern COM
mittee.
Except for brief statements by
Secretary Hughes and Sir Aukland
Geddes in submitting them to the
committee. neither the American res
olution, by which the powers would
record their hope for an eventual uni
fication of transportation lines in
China under Chinese control, nor the
British proposal to pledge the pow
CHS dSdluSI
on roads under their control was dis
cussed yesterday, and it remained to-
day for the other powers to record
their attitude on both.
While in neither proposal was there
any exclusion of either the Shanturg
or Manchurian lines, in approaching
the railroad problem the committee
agreed, at the suggestion of Secretary
Hughes that the question of the Chi
nese Eastern Railway be referred to
a special subcommittee of far east
ern experts for separate considera-
tion. 1t has been indicated that re-
tention of the present control of this
line, traversing the border between
Manchuria and Siberia, by an inter-
allied commission, would be recon-
mended in view of the present un-
settled conditions in Russia.
Although the Chinese delegates re-
served the right to call up again the
provision of the American open door
proposal which would have author
lied an inquiry into existing conces-
sions in China, it was the general i'm
preston among the delegates today
that this had been permanently side
tracked when it was stricken out of
the resolution yesterday before adop-
tion of it's othen provisions.
q Despite the view of many dele
Egates that this feature constituted
the most sweeping provision of the
American plan, it was represented as
the opinion of the American delega-
tion today that it's elimination did not
materially weaken the effect of the
resolution as there would still be op-
portunity under the remaining pro-
visions for examination of existing
concessions where both parties
agreed to 1t.