Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05
j. S. CHINA STAND
VEXES EUROPEANS
Kellogg, on Trip to Paris for
Signing Peace Pact, May
Be Questioned.
BY GEEVILLE grACWr.

D. AANEF ~ ne stat
PARIS. August &.--When Secretary
kellogg meets the other foreign min
listers in Paris to sign the war Cutlawry
pact. il will be difficult for him to evoit;
conversations with them on several
questions of the highest Importance.
Among the most important is the
United States recognition OF the DC
facto Marking government,
Advanced opinion in Europe. inclGd-
ing both England and France. considers
TINS move extremely clever coming al
a time when the relations OF the pow
ers particularly Japan. are decidedly
strained. The Paris labor paper, LIE
Peuple. instantly demanded that
France follow Americas example.
Comdr. Kenworthy. British Radical
leader, declared in the House of Com
mons that His majesty's government
had backed the wrong morse" thus
provoking Secretary Cnamberlain'S in
teresting reply by Chinese unity.
1t looks as though Americas benev-
olence this far has been i'll repaid b.
the Marking government. 1t has served
chiefly to increase the Nationalist
appetite before they have demonstrated
their ability TO appesSe Chinese rival
ries and constitute a stable regime
throughout China
France Continues Protest.
Therefore. France, like other powers
which still have to settle the ques ion
of the Marking and Tsinanfu incidents,
will continue to protest against China 3
unilateral denunciation of treaties.
specifying that the latter must remain
in force until replaced by new agree
ments. Consequently, Frances atti-
tuds viii not parallel Americas, nor
will there be hasty recognition OF a
regime which, despite American sup
port, may be transftory.
Americas action in China is certainly
the big surprise of the week, but there
careful attention
On Monday Foreign Secretary Cham
berlain disclosed in The House of Com
mons, to the establishment of the Quai
D'Orsay. the Franco British diSarma-
ment compromise. the text of which
had been communicated TO Washington
and other interested capitals.
This document represents not s.
much an agreement as cessation OF
the disagreement last March at Geneva
In IL Is discovered trace OF Lord Cush-
enduns proposal and the admiralty
ideas which the thfee-power confer
ence had failed to ratify. namely the
reduction in tonnage of capital ships to
1880. and OF gun calibers from Is tc
1872 inches On the other hand. GER
tain percentages adopted at Washing
ton. which seemed humtliating u
France, are discarded
Secretary Kelloggs letter to Admira
Porter last February, proposing thu
adjustment OF submarines. finds par
| tial satisfaction in limiting the numbel
ct undersea craft exceeding 500 tons
leaving the nations free to build small
submarines for coast defense.
Berlin Alarmed.
Thus France has accepted the Brit
ish admiraltys conception. while Grea'
Britain recognizes the validity 81 thu
French general staff's claims concern
ing the reserve electives in land armies
which had caused alarm In Berlin.
II is true that this compromise might
appear To the general public more ike
q military and a naval entente than 4
step toward disarmament. Pacifists GER
| tainly will not approve Of 1t, though
| the ornaments therein provided are
strictly defensive.
But before criticizing 1t. one must
/ consider 1T as a continuation Of ihf
suspended efforts Of the preparatory dis
armament conference. IL MARKS sLef
/ toward the resumption Of those efforts
/ and also toward new naval confer
! ence which this time may accomplish
what the 1927 parley signally failed to do
fCopyright. 1923