The Newark journal., 1922-01-26
Washington Conference Goes Far Toward Establishing Real
 Open Door in China.
AGREEMENT BLOW ID JAPAN
Foreign Policy of New French Gov ernment Stated by Premier Poin- care-Irish Free State Formally instailed-Postmast General Hays Announces Coming
 Resignation.
By EDWARD w. PACKARD

C TRONGLY backed by the British o and Italian delegations to the Washington conference. Secretary Hughes and his American colleagues last week pushed far toward compile ton of their plans for the establish ment and maintenance of a real "open door" in China. In effect. it was q big week for China and a rather unpleas- ant one for Japan.
 Mir. Hughes submitted to the Far Eastern committee q set of resolutions by which the powers In the conference, other 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;
 "(b) Not to seek or to support their nationals in seeking any such monop- oly 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 it's scope. duration, or geographical extent is calculated to frustrate the practical application of the principle of equal opportunity"
 China. for its part, declares it's Tn 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 is made for the establish ing of an international board to which questions of compliance with the open door principle may he referred for in vestigation and report As first draft ed, the resolutions made this applica- ble to existing concessions. France ob- jected to this and the Japanese, though accepting the plan "in princi- pie" were plainly nervous and wor- ried and asked for time to study the | tie 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 it will still be possible to bring before the international commission any open door question involving existing con sessions. including the privileges which Japan ny her notorious 21 de mands forced China to concede in 1915 The Japanese maintain they got noth- Ing through those demands that vio- lates the open door principle. Ambas- sador Shidehara does not believe the board of reference plan is practicable but finally accepted it.
 It really looks as though the com mercial open door in the Far East is about to become. In the words of Mir. Hughes. fact instead of motto.
 In the latter part of the week the l committee was considering the matter of the reformation of China's railway system. The British proposed that the powers undertake to abolish all trans portation discrimination in China, and he Americans suggested that China l unify her railways under her own con | trol with such foreign financial and l technical cooperation as may prove necessary"
 Some dispute. unknown to the public at this writing. held up final compile ion of the naval treaty. Apparently it involved .he question of Notifications, I and members of the British and Jap