Evening star., 1924-09-11
us. DENIES SEEKING
NEW CHINA LINEUP
Policy Always Has Been to
Cooperate With Central
Recognized Government.
Fy the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
Any anxiety in Toxic that the
Washington Government is feeling
its way toward some new agreement
among the powers interested in China
for the protection OF their nationals
in that country during the new CIVIL
war disturbances apparently is who'll
ly without foundation.
The Washington Government not
only has made no move to canvass
opinion in foreign capitals in relation
to the present situation in China. but
it has not been advised by any Amer
lean diplomatic representatives in
Europe that there have been any con-
Nersations of such a character with
any OF the various foreign offices.
So far as the Washington Govern
ment knows, therefore, there is no
project in contemplation among the
powers for changing the existing
situation in China with regard to the
protection of foreign lives and prop
erty in that country.
Diplomatic Corps Function.
The Peking diplomatic corps has
for years functioned in an informal
Consert of action agreement dating
hack practically to the days of the
Boxer uprising in China The neces-
sity for this pooling of opinion and
for similar if not joint action by the
foreign diplomats accredited to the
central Chinese government arose
from the difficulty OF communication
between Peking and the other capl-
tails of the world and the necessity
for prompt representations in order
that foreign lives might be leopard
ized as little as possible in the nu-
merous outbreaks of violence that
have occurred in many parts of China.
both before and since the establish
ment of the Chinese republic.
There is no prospect apparent that
the Washington Government sees any
new avenue of approach to the prob
lem that has always confronted it in
China of dealing with a central gov
ernment that has al best only shad-
oWy suggestion OF power elsewhere
in China than in the immediate re-
gion of the Chinese capital
The effort of western diplomacy in
China since the Chinese revolution
and the overthrow OF the Manchu
dynasty has always been directed to-
ward promoting by every friendly
means the growth of an actual cen
trail government in China which not
only would be held responsible for
the security of foreign interests and
lives in that country, but which
would have and exercise actual power
of protection throughout the republic.
To that end American diplomacy has
continuously sought to strengthen
the prestige of the central Chinese
government by giving diplomatic cor
respondence with that government
the same weight and dignity as would
be the case where a government ac-
tually had full sovereign powers to
enforce its will within it's own bor-
ders.
For this reason it can be said that
the Washington Governments policy
toward China does not contemplate
any form of intervention in China at
any time except of the most friendly
character, although it is necessary to
recognize the practical situation and
the weakness of the Chinese govern
ment in specific cases such as that
presented at Shanghai, where the
foreign settlements became endan-
gered due to the civil strife which
broke out in the region, and the
landing of sailors and marines for
the sole purpose of guarding the set
tlement became necessary