Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27

funds come back into China for
revolutionary enterprises. South
China has been the birthplace of most
of the agitation of the last Is years
and it is there that discomfort RACES
today.
Yet the south is not alone indoC-
trinated with the spirit of revolt.
Chinese everywhere are showing
increasing signs of national con,
seriousness. Ten years ago, one heard
damning of the Chinese as a people
possessed of no patriotism. Within
the past year there has been a damn
ing of Chinese "nationalism."
National consciousness, or patriot
ISM Is confined as yet to comparative
ly few Chinese, yet it is widespread
enough to make serious trouble.
Among this educated class, there has
been developing more and more a
solidarity of sentiment which has
manifested itself for two decades in
defensive efforts to resist foreign in
fiuence and which is now manifesting
itself in thought and action directed
toward the destruction of the privi-
legged position of foreign nationals in
China.
During the past eight or ten years,
the Chinese have been more inSistent
than ever that foreign nations take
their fleet" off the meek" of China.
China has wanted abrogated the
treaties which have given foreign
powers the right known as extraterri-
toriality.
Extraterritoriality in it's modern
form in the Far East began with the
treaty of 1843 between Great Britain
and China, following the treaty OF
Marking. 1t exempted foreigners
from the jurisdiction of Chinese courts.
But, being a right, it carried with it a
corresponding duty, the duty OF the
foreign powers to see to it that their
nationals were kept in order.
This duty, China complains, has
rarely been performed. AS a result,
the Chinese say they have suffered
wrongs. just as Japan and Siam once
did. But Japan and Siam won their
freedom from extraterritoriality
China alone is the subject of this i'm.
pairmept Of sovereignty.
Participants in the Washington con.
ference in 1921 frankly agreed that the
principle of extraordinarily was
wrong and that practices under it had
been unfair. 1t was decided to estab.
lish commission to investigate the
actual condition of affairs in China
looking to an abolition of extraterri
toriality rights.
X X *A
The commission met in January OF
last year. A little more than two
months ago its findings were made
public. 1t was felt that the time has
| not yet arrived when extraterritoriaI
| ity can be done away with. The alb
sence of an effective government ir
China, alone, to say nothing of MANY
| other factors, would render it very
difficult.
Russian influence in China is a com
picating circumstance, but 1t is very
generally agreed that when the time
| comes to outlaw foreigners, the Rus
slams will be classed with the rest OF
the whites. Many explanations are
| heard of Russia's purpose. One is Il
strike at England first through China
| and then in India. The immediate
Russian objective, however, seems to
be that of making trouble for every
body, particularly for the "capitalistic'
states like England, France and the
I United States.
Russia has freely supplied money
munitions, advisors and officers to heir
along the trouble" in China. No enf
to the feudal and anti-foreign war
fare Is in sight.
(Copyright. 1927