Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-24
NATIONALISTS TO NEGOTIATE.
Manifesto Invites Powers to Settle
Treaty Problems.

| HANKOW, January "a OP.-The
Nationalist government in a manifesto
| issued today proclaimed it's ability to
enforce it's will in Nationalist China,
and invited the powers to join it in
| negotiating new treaties with econom-
ic and territorial integrity as their
! basis.
The following are extracts from the
| declaration:
THE leading assumption of all Brit
| ish and other foreign declarations of
| policy in regard to China is that she
| is unable to look after her own in
| terests and that pursuant to the
| spirit of the Washington conference
| the powers must enter into self-deny-
! ing ordinances regarding China in
order to safeguard her integrity and
| independence, promote her political
/ development, rehabilitation and her
| finances.
"New China Strong"
| "This is not true of Nationalist
| China. Today this new China is
lStrong and conscious of its power; its
| ability through economic means to en-
| force its will on Chinese soil against
| any power.
! THE question then is not what
| Great Britain and other powers may
wish to grant China to meet legiti-
| mate aspirations in the Chinese ma
ton but what Nationalist China may
! justly grant Great Britain and the
| other powers.
This great, impressive fact must
| be grasped.
To-day the effective protection of
| foreign life and property does not
| stand, and can no longer stand on
| foreign bayonets and foreign gun
boats, because the arm Of the Chinese
| Nationalist-the economic Weapons
| more puisSant than any engine OF
warfare that foreigners can devise.
British Must Understand.
THE British, in particular, must
understand that the forces in the pres
lent revolutionary situation are hand
ing over protection of foreign life
and property to the government that
derives its authority from those in
whose hands is centered power that
can paralyze the economic life Of the
| foreign nationals in China.
1T is, however, the view of the Ma
| tionalist government that liberation Of
| China from the yoke of foreign i'm
perialism need not necessarily involve
any armed conflict between Chinese
Nationalism and foreign powers.
For this reason the Nationalist
| government prefers to have all ques.
tons outstanding between Nationalist
China and foreign powers settled by
negotiation.
Indicated to American.
at is this sense that the National
list minister of foreign affairs indi-
Gated as the policy of the Nationalist
government to the American Minister
when the latter visited Canton last
Autumn, and the same policy has
again been indicated to the new Brit
ish Minister, the Japanese represent.
alive and the representative of the
American Minister.
I'm order to prove that this is not
an idle statement of policy, the Ma.
tionalist government hereby declares
it's readiness to negotiate separately
with any powers for the settlement OF
treaty and other cognate questions
on the basis of economic equality and
mutual respect for each others polit.
ical and territorial sovereignty"
Americans Are Safe.
| BOSTON, January "a H).-The
arrival at Foochow OF missionaries
from the Inghok station of the Ameri.
can Board of Commissioners for For.
eign Missions was announced in q
cablegram received by the board to.
day from DR.. William L. Beard, presi
dent of Foochow College. The mes.
sage said that all the women and
lchildren of the station were safe and
well.
"Dionloh men staying unless com.
PEELED to leave" the message added
Situation improving"