Evening star., 1925-07-13
i. S. AVERTS BREAK
BETWEEN CHINESE
AND GREAT BRITAIN
Tri-Party Agreement With
Japan Provides Impartial
Judging of Uprising.
COOLIDGE WINS PLEDGE
OF PARLEY ON CUSTOMS
Early Conference on China's Share
of Tariffs Agreed Upon-Action
on Foreign Courts Delayed.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

SUM e r w H I T E H o q E,
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass, July 10
The United States, by the reported
agreement entered into by Japan
and England and the United States,
relative to the recent uprising in
China, has averted a break, and has
brought about a situation, under the
leadership of President Coolidge, ex-
pected to compose the existing diff
culties and lead to a permanent solu-
ton of China's problem through the
carrying out of the Washington
treaty.
The uprising against the British
growing out of the Shanghai crash
was rapidly leading to point where
Great Britain would resort to an in
dependent policy to protect her own
interests. This course was averted,
it was declared here. by the agree
ment reached by the United States,
Japan and England. Great Britain,
under the terms of this agreement,
consents to accept an impartial yer-
dict regarding the culpability for the
Shanghai shooting, and stand by it..
even should it involve the censure of
British officials. The United States
has agreed. it is declared, not to in
sist on immediate consideration of
the question of abandoning extra
territoriality.
Crisis Brings Conference
This agreement, it is believed, was
laid before President Coolidge by Sec.
retary of State Kellogg in the con-
ferences held at White Court on in
ternational questions. 1t was this
situation, rapidly approaching crisis
which brought about the hasty con-
ference at White Court. In entering.
into the agreement the United States
paved the way for ending the Up
rising against foreigners in China
without in any way abandoning it's
position on the Washington treaty.
The emphatic statement issued by
Secretary Kellogg at White Court
yesterday afternoon, in which he in
sisted that China must adopt meas
ures to protect foreigners and assume
responsibilities for carrying out the
treaty. indicates that the United
States is standing with England, but
at the same time has won a victory
in clarifying the atmosphere for car.
rying out the WASHINGTON treaty.
Secretary kellogg, accompa MED by
Undersecretary of state Grew returned
to Washington last night. Before he
left White Court he issued the follow
ing statement respecting this Govern
ment's position on China: we have
been engaged in a conference with
the President With regard to the stu
alton in China, the foreign debt ques-
ton and some departmental matters
The conference in relation to China
had reference to matters of policy
The corner stone of that policy, so
far as this Government is concerned
may be said to be a scrupulous observ-
ance OF the obligations to China en-
tered into at the Washington confer
ence and the insistence that the Gov
ernment of China take adequate meas
ures for the protection of foreigners
and to carry her responsibility under
the treaties.
Farley to BE Speeded.
There is nothing new in the debt
question. We We're discussing the
general situation. The settlement is
progressing satisfactorily
Mr.. Kellogg added that he was con-
fident that all the nine signatories to
the Washington agreement to revise
the Chinese customs regulations
would participate in the conference
which the pact states must be called
within three months after complete
ratification.
AS soon as Frances ratification of
-
Washington. within the next week or
10 days, Secretary Kellogg will no
tify China that final action has been
taken and request her to proceed to
call conference in China to consider
customs duties. Under the terms of
the treaty China is authorized to call
such conference within three months
after ratification. Had the disturb
ance continued, it was apparent that
such a conference could not have been
held. Therefore, the English Japa-
nese-American agreement, intended to
quickly settle the uprising, has clear
ed the atmosphere, now making this
conference possible.
While the United States early in
July sent a communication to the for
eign governments stated that it IA
Vored abandonment of extraterritori-
ality, this was merely a statement of
its position and not a hope that 1t
would be carried out during the ex-
listing trouble
Urges More Money for China.
Extra territoriality does not form a
part OF the treaties proper. 1t is
dealt with in a resolution adopted at
the Washington conference calling
for commissions to study the subject
This resolution provided that the com
missin should assemble within a wear
after its adoption. China at the end
of this period requested delay and the
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