Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09

Effort 10 create an impression al
home Is the explanation given for the
Chinese governments resent abolition
Of foreign courts. 1t Is recognized that
under the republic, 1t Is logical to ex-
pect the Chinese to control their owr
affairs, but Americans, as well a.
Europeans, feel that the native courts
of China must be reformed and that
more stable government must be estab-
lished before extraterritorial rights are
relinquished.
THE United States Government very
properly recognized the right of the
Chinese as an independent people IL
throw OF the shackles of extraterritori-
atty when 1t addressed to the Chinese
Its note of last August, expressing the
readiness of this Government to partic-
ipate In negotiations to find a method
for gradual REIMBURSEMENT of these
rights by the nations which have
them" says the Charleston Evening
with the Chinese in principle, 1t is hard
to see why they should do anything
more than try to bring about the i'm
mediate enactment of laws In China
which will be more In accord with
western ideas of Jurisprudence than
those now existing"
America ought to take the leader
ship advises the Milwaukee journal,
"by informing the Chinese that we
shall be glad to give them every aid in
SITTING up the kinds Of courts that will
be more disappointed If, after q fair
trial. it is found that China is not yet
In condition to mete out evsn-handed
Justice" The Manchester Union is con-
vinced that when China's courts can
guarantee equitable justice to Amer'-
cans, Washington will not hesitate to
accede to the abolition of foreign rights
on Chinese soil" The Union states, as
the rights on which Americans should
insist, that they will not be subject
ed to military interference or exaction !;
that they win not be dispossessed of
their property without just cause, and
that they will not be subjected TO I'M
necessary embarrassment In securing
Justice"
THE foreign minister of the Marking
government, DR.. Wang" says the At
lanta Journal. "intimates that there
Will be no hurry in enforcing the new
order, and that there nesd be no diff
ference OF opinion between the powers
and China regarding the principles in
volved.' This avowal might better have
preceded the fortnight reputation of
an old and treaty-based custom. If
there Is to be no difference of opinion,
then assurediy the nations concerned
must be given an opportunity TO pre-
sent their views. And until that is
done they probably will insist that the
rights hitherto accorded their nationals
In China shall not be abridged" The
country's past record as q friend of
China lends strong support to a belief
that Washington officialdom is sincere
when 1t declares its willingness to help
the Chinese revise their legal code in
such way that the special privileges
now exercised by foreigners can be
abandoned"
The Chicago Daily News interprets
the original, drastic proclamation pure
ly in a Pickwickian or Chinese sense"
object TO this face-saving expedient If
1t tends to promote Chinese stability
and unification without imperiling any
substantial foreign right" The st. Louis
Globe Democrat is inclined to think
that this decree Is designed mainly for
psychological effect upon the Chinese,
with no expectation that 1t can be APP
piled to the main treaty ports" The
New York Evening Post sees face
Post-Gazette concludes that ut may be
just the Chinese way of bringing up
the subject again for possible modifi-
cation"
IF China ever is to enjoy the fruits
Of independent statehood In the judg-
ment Of the Houston Chronicle, "she
Will nave to see to the removal of
foreign tribunals from her soil. The
step, II taken judiciously, should pave
the way for q further STRENGTHENING
ct the forces which are Welding the
r-tion into one body polite" The