The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-04
War With China Looms
AS British Cabinet Meets

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China may have ga very disastrous
result, Senator William A. Borah
(R) of Idaho, chairman Of the for
eign relations committee, today urged
evacuation of all Americans in China
Borah declared he favored the pro-
lection of American lives in China but
81 am in favor of protecting them at
the present time if necessary by
bringing them out of danger until
all danger is passed"
He said he "thoroly sympathized"
with China's efforts to get rid of
foreign Nominations.
Willing To Make New Deal.
The Cantonese nationalist govern
ment can definitely hope for recogni-
ton by the United States as soon as
it has brought the greater part OIL
China under its control, according TO
the Interpretation placed here today
on Secretary of State Kellog's state
ment of American policy toward
China. (The Cantonese government
now controls two-thirds of China.
What is Kellogg waiting for ?-Ed.)
Secretary Kellogg's announcement
willingness to "enter into negot1a-
lions with any government of China
who can represent or speak for
China" is considered especially sig
nificant. Added hope of recognition
for the Cantonese is seen in the Sec
ton which declares that "the United
States has watched with sympathetic
interest the nationalistic awakening
of China and welcomes every adj
vance made by the Chinese people to-
ward reorganizing their system of
government"
Restatement of Aims.
Aside from these illusions to the
recently changed political situation,
the memorandum concerns itself with
a restatement of this government S
desire for unified, independent
and prosperous Chinese nation and
its willingness to release as early as
possible the tariff control and extra
territoriality provided by treaties.
The United States can not, how
ever, abrogate these treaties, the
statement makes plain, but they
must be superseded by new treaties
negotiated with somebody represent
ing China and subsequently ratified
by the senate of the nUited States.
Business Altruism.
Kellogg's emphasis on the fac
that United States interest in China
can afford to be more altruistic thar
that of Great Britain because the
; United States has no concessions IL
. China while Great Britain has, wa:
! acidly commented on here and char
acterized as "bushwhacking diploma
cy." Diplomatic attaches expressed
amazement that such a wealthy cap
italist class as that Of the UniteC
: States could not at least afford Il
engage the services of a high schoo
r graduate to polish Kellogg's docu
) ments.
; The substance of the secretary O.
5 states opposition is: We have larg,
interests in Latin America, therefor,
r we use battleships instead of stat,
l documents; in China our investment
5 are a mere bagatelle so we wish tn,
/ Chinese a happy New Year.
a Belated Show of Friendship.
/ The ostentatious though somewha
A belated generosity of the Unitet
States government, in welcoming "ev
$ cry advance" of the Chinese people
5 while watching their sufferings dur
ing recent years at the hands of for
2 eign imperialism without lifting
finger in their behalf, is in strikin,
2 contrast to the action of the Sovie
a government which ditched the un
t fair treaties between the Czarist gov
t eminent of China without any at
5 tempt at bargaining. While the 9th
2 er powers deliberately humiliate,
I China by declining to raise their rep
S resentatives in Picking to the ranl
of ambassador as is the custom wit
t countries of any Importance tn
S Soviet Union Immediately appointe,
4 an ambassador to China and receives
r a Chinese representative with homo
S and with a similar title in Moscow.
e The contrast between the treat
e ment accorded to China by the Sow
(. ct government and that of the i'm
: perialist powers was not lost on tn
E Chinese masses. The more farsight
0 ed of the bourgeois philosophers ex
press the opinion, that for bushes
reasons the United States made
Y mistake in not cultivating Chimes
Y friendship before, instead of cooper
e ating with Great Britain in blocking
: the nationalist movement.