Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
China Has General Sympathy
In Present ROW With Russia,
Washington Writer indicates

NAOL1l1s1 LIN, OO4J
since Russia went Bolshevik, any
trouble she has serves her right, in
most of the rest of the worlds
opinion.
Consequently, Washington diplo-
macy concurs with diplomacy near
ly everywhere in sympathizing with
the Chinese governments policy Of
kicking the soViets' representatives
out Of northern Manchuria.
If the Chinese were to try kick
ing Japan's representatives out Of
southern Manchuria, it would be a
much more questionable proceed
ing.
Even as between China and Rus
STA, the situation is recognized as
amounting to a serious threat
against Asiatic peace.
The Russians may submit quietly
to being kicked, and they may not.
Japan certainly never would sub
nit to it for a minute.
In these times of widespread in
terests, once a row Of this sort
starts, nobody can guess where or
when it will stop.
In short, sympathiZe though they
may with the Chinese republic YER
SuS the Russian SovietS, interna-
tional experts, here and elsewhere,
are somewhat uneasy. Theoretically,
they enjoyed seeing the Muscovite
menace booted, but if the menace is
going to act ugly about it, they
would almost rather it hadn't hap
pened.
Manchuria is a fine farming re-
gion-nearly half MeXico's size
with more than twice MeXico'S pop
ulation-in about the latitude Of
the northern United StateS-yery
valuable.
Map makers always include it as
part Of China, but really it is a long
time since the Chinese had much
to do with running it.
Russia has boSsed the northern
half; Japan, the southern.
Built by Russians years ago, in
the czarist period, right across the
MuscovIte sphere of influence, is the
Chinese Eastern railroad-a 1000
mile link connecting the Trans-Si-
berian system with the Russian city
Of Vladivostok on the Pacific.
Besides paying good money on a
big investment, it is mighty 1mpor-
tant to Russia-econOn2ically, polit-
ically and as a military proposition
A japanese line called the Chi
neSe Southern feeds the mlkaQo'S
area.
The roads were built-and SUISSE
quently operated-uLder the terms
of extra-territoriality treaties with
the old Peking government.
In other words, Russia took her
own home laws in China with her,
for the benefit Of her own citizens,
and her W properties there. The
Japanese did likewise.
1t was as if the German-oWned
rayon mills at Elizabethton CTenn.)
were subject only to Berlin regula-
tons.
Naturally, no self-respecting gov
eminent would accept such an ar
rangement, but the ancient Peking
government was not Self-reSpectIng.
Extra-territoriality prevailed IN
China for generatlons-not only
Russian and japanese eXtra-terri-
tiriality. but eXtra-territoriality in
favor Of all the world powers, Amer
lea included.
However. when the Chinese re-
public Of today began coming into
being, it started to squawk about
this foreign rule on Chlna's own
soil and gradually it IS making some
impression.
Germany lost her special rights as
a result of the
The other nations surely will have
to give up 1heirs ultimately, but are
slower in doing so-With the eXcep-
ton Of Russia.
No sooner were the communists In
control than they waived all their
extra territorial claims in the Orient
as a gesture Of friendship, they
said, toward their neighbors-but it
may not have been unad.dterated
altruism; perhaps they hoped to win
the Chinese to communism.
Anyway, the soviet leaders can
hardly have expected the Chinese
to take their gesture quite SO fiter-
ally as to gobble Russia's Manchu-
rian railroad.
Yet that was exactly what fol-
lowed.
The non-plussed soviet leaders
suggested that they would like at
least a voice in the lines manage
ment