The New York herald., 1922-02-04
Declaration of Policy To-
ward China and Tariff
Pact to Be Adopted.
21 DEMANDS AGAIN RAKED
Chinese Accept Japan's Con-
cessions, but Call for Com
plete Abrogation.

Questions will officially come to "a ent
Monday with an address by Presden
Harding, who called it into being anc
opened it's sessions on November 12.
After the approval late to-day b,
the Far Eastern committee Of tive
treaties relating to China the plan,
for bringing the epoch making deliber
ations to a speedy end were announced
tonight as follows:
At a plenary session to be held to-
morrow at 10:30 A. M. in Continenta
Memorial Hall the work of the con
ference will be closed, SO far as th'
adoption of resolutions and the de-
livering of addresses by the delegate.
is concerned. AT this session the tive
Chinese treaties will be formally
adopted. The first is a declaration o.
the general policy of the Powers to-
ward China, and the second is the
customs treaty. After appropriate re
marks have been made upon the in
struments the conference will adjourn
until MONDAY at ~ "A. M.
Mondays PIenary Session.
Mondays plenary sesslon-the last Of
the CONFERENCE.-THE begin at 10 A. M
1t will be devoted to the signing of the
following treaties:
A supplement to the four Power
Pacific treaty, already signed, to
affirm that Japan proper Is not in
ts fla Of hat
compact
The naval armament limitation
treaty.
The submarine and poison gas
II eaty.
The general Chinese treaty.
The Chinese customs treaty.
The zap treaty, which Is between
the United States and Japan only,
will be signed by Secretary Hughes
and Baron Shidehara, the Japanese
Ambassador, later next week.
The treaty providing for the dis
tribution of the former German cables
In the Pacific also is ready for sig
natures and is understood to await
only the assent of the Italian Govern
nent. which has insisted upon receiv-
iEg guarantees respecting the distri-
button of the former German cables
IN the Atlantic Ocean.
The settlement of the Shantung
controversy between Japan and China
will take the form of special treaty
to be signed outside Of the confer
ence. Whether it will be reported
officially to the conference had not
been determined tonight.
The President will voice the feelinf
OF gratitude which is felt in the United
States over the successful outcome o.
the conference. He will utter his firm
conviction that it marks one of tn,
greatest steps ever taken in the direc
tion of international peace, If not tn,
greatest OF all.
Disposition of Japan's ''twenty-one de-
mands" on China to-day in the Far
tion of the policy of China toward the
Japanese position and a statement Of
the attitude of the United States by
Secretary Hughes on the same question
DR.. Wang. speaking for the Chinese
delegation, accepted the concessions
made yesterday by japan. hut filed ex.
ceptions to those parts OF the Sino.
Japanese treaty of 1915. which are per.
mitted still to remain in force.
DR.. Wang combated the argument
advanced yesterday by Ambassador
Shidehara to the effect that China hat
no right in the conference to question
the validity of the 1915 treaty. He In
| sisted that treaties obtained under
duress were properly subject to revision
and held that not only was the spirit OF
the "twenty-one demands" wrong but
the retention of Japan's economic rights
in Manchuria is wholly out of harmony
with the open door policy proclaimed
by the conference.
The effect OF the Chinese statement
Is to accept the concessions made by
Japan in Withdrawing Group V. of the
demands, which China regarded as ar
assault upon her sovereignty, and
Japans further concessions relating to
Manchuria and Eastern Inner Mongolia,
including her willingness to withdraw
her claim for the use of Japanese mill
tary advisers and her inslstence or
opening OF Manchurian enterprises to
the international consortium.
China makes It clear that she regards
Japan's refusal to aSrogate the whole
treaty as indicating lack of regard fol
the proprieties or the conference situa
tion and the ninety-nine years extension
OF Japan's lease of railroads in Manchu.
ria and Of the ports of Dairen and Port
Arthur are things against which the
Chinese will continue to struggle. IL Is
the one open sore in the Far Eastern
situation left by the conference.
The statement OF the American posi-
tion on this issue made by Secretar,
Hughes was in line with the note o
May 13, 1915. addressed by the United
states TO poth Japan and China and o
the note of July 1, 1921, addressed b,
Secretary Hughes to DR.. Alfred Sze Chi
nese Minister at Washington, relating {,
the question of monopolist concession,
I'm China. The note OF May 10, 1915
notified the two governments that tn,
United States would not recognize Al
valid any treaty which violated its owl
| treaty rights or which was out OF har
mony with the principle of the "opei
| door"
Secretary Hughes makes II again clea
ms part of the conference record tina
the United States will not approve o
any arrangements IN China which con
! travene the spirit of the "open door.
which 'he conference has disclosed a.
q cardinal principle Of American foreign
policy.