The Washington herald., 1922-01-27
Plenary Sessions viii
Follow Receipt of Ca
bled Approval.
DISPUTED POINTS
ARE INSIGNIFICANT
DIR. SEE Feels Publicity
Has Done Much to
Benefit World.

Oh AShsO
The former must decide its posi-
tion concerning the fertilization o:
the islands Of the Pacific. The lat
ter is weighing the compromise
suggestion concerning Shant1ng.
As soon as these decisions are
made and communicated TO the
delegates an1iously waiting here.
the work Of completing the. pro
gram can be expedited. Then
series of pIenary sessions 10 make
the record will be In order and the
gathering which commenced last
November IL can take its place IN
history
Yesterday afternoon the Chimes
and japanese continued TO smooth
out the collzteral matters dealing
] with Shantung. A. on all other
agreements the action was de-
pendent upor a final agreement on
the railway ownership. The gen
eral Pacific and Far Eastern COM
mittee and the committee on naval
arnaments did not meet. The
former will get togethe- again to-
day.
Powers Near Agreement.
Statements that the United
States had made an official proposal
I
Shantung railway question were
denied by Americ: spokesmen yes-
terday. II was pointed out that.
inasmuch as the negotiations were
Independent in charactSr. and be-
tween representatives Of two SOW
| ereign nations, no other nation
could interfere. II was admitted.
however. that the statement pub
lished in The Washington Herald
that President Harding had per-
sonally expressed the hope 20 Min
lister Sze of China that the spirit
I OF compromise would rule in the
negotiations. was accurate.
An American spokesman also
confirmed Tho Herald statement
that the negotiations between the
japanese and Chinese representa-
uyes are at a point where the
difference between them is In
finitesimsl.
III should tell you what the
points in dispute are. you would
be amazed at their insignihcance."
he said.
Would sheIve siberia.
The spokesman also declared that
IL the Shsntung question is not
settled in view Of all Of the cir-
cumstances. IL will shock the con-
In connection with the various
statements concerning the Franco
japanese understanding Of 1907. II
was said last night that before the
conference finally adjourns 81 will
| consider the facts
Suggestions that the Siberian
question will be brought up again
before the conference adjournS
were discouraged last night. n
was said that while any delezatIon
can recall IL at any time before
hnal adjournment il is unlikely
| that this will be done.
Plenary sessions remain in ahey-
snce until after the reports are re-
ceived from Tokyo and Pesin.
The Chinese-Japanese direct ne
Gotiations will be continued t"-
morrow.
DIR. SEe Issues Statement
Regarding the general conference
situation from the Chinese stand
point Dr. Alfred Sac last night
said:
since the conference on nmita-
tion Of armament and Pacldc Far
Eastern problems is now drawing
to a close l desire to express my
] pblNNAdAAhh hl hllN lhHNt Rl AuF
work OF the conference that con
slider to be OF great potential bene-
fit TO all nations. bat especially u
the Republic Of China and the
United States Of America.
Il refer TO tho general news
paper publicity that has resulted
from the conference and 20 the
general education of the American
] Nhfnagn
pertaining TO the great Pacific
Ocean and the various countries
about its shores. that has resulted
from the newspaper publicity. Since
the date Of President Harding's in
vitation early in July OF last year.
to the various nations TO psrtici-
pate in the conference. there has
been a discussion of the conference
and its various problems almost
continuously. / believe ] am safe
in saying that il would be sN-
tremely difficult TO find a COPY OF a
newspaper or magazine in either
the United States or the Republic
OF China issued since the confer
ence call that does not contain
something about the great Wash
ington meeting. i have seen many
copies OF great newspapers which
considered the. conference OF such
Importance that they devoted prac.
tically their entire space 10 it's de-
liberations and decisions In fact
there was often so much publicity
about the conference that 80 was
impossible for the delegates 20
keep in direct touch with il and
attend to their other duties be-
lieve this has been true Of al! OF
the delegates from che various
countries TO the Washington meet
ing.
Chinese Scribe. Surprised.
Il have been especially gratihed
and am deeply appreciative Of the
work OF the Washington CORE
spondents. both the representative
Of the great press associations aas
the special writers for the various
newspapers and magazines. Thcir
work has shown an insight into
political and economic conditions in
the Far East Nhst has been little
short Of amazing TO the official rev
COpfiaued on Page Thrcs.