Evening star., 1927-03-07

Siamese King from list of nominees
supplied by us.
| I asked Alfred SEE, the Chinese Min
lister at Washington, if the Siamese
scheme would satisfy the new China
Absolutely not"' was his reply
1--WE have, with one bound, shaken
off our wardship and assumed control
of our inheritance, and 1t is to be
hoped the powers will not be too
stupid or stubborn to recognize it.
| We are determined to go on with our
program to put an end to all foreign
special privileges in China. If the
foreigner wants to keep up the polite
conventionalities of society and bow
his way out, we shall be very pleased
and glad to welcome him when he
| calls on a different status. If he in
sists on sticking to his seat and reit-
Grating his right to stay, we shall
have to put him out. The foreigner
in China is trying to see today's show
on yesterdays admission ticket"
The Foreign Residents Side.
1t all goes back to the Chinese ar
gument: You don't have to negotiate
with a thief to get him out of your
house" This argument, which was
first used against the Japanese in
Shantung, is now revived in wide
spread use against all foreign vested
interests" in China-British and
American in particular. Remember
ing Turkeys example, the Chinese
add especially if you are big enough
to throw him OUT
But there is another side to the
question--and that is what Is swaying
the foreign offices of the powers
While the original concession may
have been wrung from the Chinese
ny shady means, yet there are huge
interests which have been built UP by
perfectly legitimate means and which
will be subjected to huge losses II
privileges are taken away.
Intruder" Allowed to Remain.
The intruder" in the Chinese house
has been permitted by the lethargic
and perhaps overhospitable house
holder to remain in his house under
special guarantees, living and work.
ing there in good faith, feeding him.
self and materially enriching his host
by his labors. He has done great
phiianthropic, religious and educa-
tional work. The charge brought in
India that the foreigner has impov-
erlshed the country does not apply in
China. 1t is true he has encouraged
factionalism in protecting his own in.
terests. 1t is also true that he has
gradually assumed a very offensive
attitude of social superiority.
Such is the situation in a metaphor.
The reader can see there is much
more involved in securing just treat
ment to our American community in
China than Secretary Kelloggs pro-
posal to put them all on ships and
take them to Manila" now modified
sldered advice to Americans to stay by
their properties.
Foreign Invasion a Bluff.
The British now offer to give up
their concessions in Hankow and
Tientsin. Their real offer is to turn
the concessions into settlements"
IKE Shanghai-the difference being
that concessions belong to one nation
and settlements are governed inter-
nationally, giving Chinese residents
thereof slight say in their admins
tration.
The Chinese have seized the Han
kow concessions and have shown they
can take those at Tientsin any time.
Are they going to consent to the cre-
alton of several more Shanghais? That
was what Japan proposed at Tsingtao. |
but the Chinese refused, and Japan |
finally got out.
DIR. Chen, Peking's minister to Lon.
don. said to me the other day: 1--WE |
are going to proceed with our pro- |
gram and expect nothing from the |
offers OF negotiations proposed by the |
powers: What that program is may |
be readily Cleaned from the fact that |
young leaders, such as DIR. SEE, Chi |
nese Minister to Washington, have re- |
Gently visited Turkey and studied at |
first hand the methods the Turks used |
to overthrow foreign domination.
Foreign residents in China know
better than any one that the first eff. |
feet of armed foreign Intervention |
would be to bring all the factions to- |
gether for China's defense. That is |
one very definite reason why this
armed intervention is not going very
far"
tCopyright 1927
In the next article, to be published |
tomorrow. Mr.. Close tells of the for. |
midable Chinese armies and where