Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1921, Page 3

THE EVENING S - Parley Becomes Tense as Disagreements Arise and Issues Intermingle CHINESE QUESTI 1S NAVAL OFFER | CZVA_WILL™ REORGANIZE|RANCEBACKS 1§ " 16 PONT AT ISSUE WOST CENERQUS| 7 ZVHRE COVERNMENTY gy b pp | Foreign Minister, Delegate to Conference, Hope Held That U. S. Will Act Considers That These Ships TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1921 ' SOVIET TROOPS INVADE | PROVINCES OF CHINA | & Information Just Reaching Ameri- caa Government May Have Bear- ing on Parley Discussions. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. China has been invaded and at least two provinces in Outer Mongolia are New Zealand Official Adviser to the British Delegates at Conference O suggestions for Xmas Statistical Reviews Bring Out| ~ Comes Forward With First Definite to Avoid Trouble—Policy Real Meaning of Hughes’ Carefully Withheld. Proposals. IN _DIFFICULT POSITION Japanese Miss Opportunity to Come Forward Frankly and Embar- rassment May Result. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. ‘The situation in Washington is be- coming tense and complicated. The warious issues under discussion are|, refusing to stay neatly separated, as Secretary Hughes would like to have them. They are getting all mixed up. Naval armament reacts on the far eastern question, and land armament reacts on both. The general misun- derstanding between France and Brit- ain, the slight difference of opinion between France and Italy, the latent enmity between China and Japan, are all contributing to becloud develop- ments. The confusion is heigthened by the careful refusal of the American delegation to divulge its position with regard to the far eastern question, . With the result that China, Japan and Britain are obliged to maneuver more or less in the dark. _Except for China and the United States there is no doubt that allj the powers here represented would like the conference to come now to a speedy close, with an agreement for naval limitation and a slurring of the far eastern gpestion in a few general principles, so that the vari- ous delegates can eat Christmas di; ner at home. Aristide Briand has | already gone. and there is smalll i that David Lloyd George before Christmas, if at ail. The foreign delegates misjudged American public_opinion that some of them actually. think the republican administration called the conference largely for the pur- pose of strengthening its popularity | by winning an easy diplomatic suc- cess In the matter of naval disarma ment. They think that, even if the Chinese delegates try to get ob- streperous, the United States can be counted upon to restrain .them—any- thing to avoid trouble! Suggests Month's Recenss. They see no reason, therefore, why some sort of agreement on naval armament should not be rapidly railroaded through, and the confer- ence ended before the dangerous far eastern question begins to engulf eyery ome in its quicksands. How ever, if the conference should be pro- longer against their hopes, they are talking of a possible month's recess, beginning about December 12 and lasting until January This would | give the French and the British, and | possibly the Italians, time to go home nd take contact with their govern- ment: Meanwhile, every one is maneuver- ing. The most active delegation at! present is the Chinese. The silence of the American delegates in the d talls of the far eastern question puz- zles them. They are getting nervou The one thing which China can really | boast of is a Strong public opiniol and there Is reason to believe thal it the Chinese delegates do not at Jeast make a strong open fight for what are considered China's rights. they will scarcely dare return tol China. Already ugly rumors are com- ing from Shanghai, Peking and Can- ton of discontent because China's cas is not being pushed forward fast enough. Against Timid Hesitaney. In these circumstances, it is doubt- ful if the United States, even if it} wanted to, could hold back the Ch nese delegates. They have already brought up the question of the Ch niese customs tariff, and within a few days they will doubtless bring up{ other concrete questions and force them to an issue. If they fail to get satisfaction behind closed doors, they will, perhaps, demand the right to ap- peal in open session to the whole world. After what happened three years ago in Paris they are in no mood to play a role of timid hesi- tancy. Against this Chinese maneuver cer- tain powers will probably try to di credit the entire Chinese delegation, pointing out that, given the present political chaos in’ China, these dele- Kates can scarcely be said to repre- sent anything. Indeed. one power even attempted to silence Wellington Koo on Wednesday by raising this delicate point. But to succeed this foil would have to have the support of all the other delegates. The United States, having invited China to attend the| conference, can hardly participate now in an attempt to disavow the Chinese representatives. Japan in Difficult Position. As a result of China's determination 10 take the initiative in its own ques- SPECIAL NOTICES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT 1 HAVE his day contracted to sell to Raiph R. 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A few days more and Japan may find itself in the embarrassing posture of seeming to make whatever concessions it may have in mind, not of its own free will. | but under pressure brought by the despised_Chine. This would be a Rumiliating situation for Japan to al- low itself to be drawn int Britain's chief perplexity is still the Angio-Japanese alliance. It wants to keep the ulliance to please Japan, and it wants to get rid of the > to please the United States. It is still hoping against hope for some formula which will enable it to achieve both these two apparently contradi ai in other words, a triple understanding _of Britain, Japan and the United States. Hav- ing apparently lined up. during the last few d Japan, France, Italy and perhaps even Portugal and Hol- land, it is therefore returning to the idea’ of international intervention in ‘aina, which, while “helping China,” would also furnish a basis for some form of Japanese-American-British co-operation. This means, in_the American vernacular, that China would be made the ‘goat” in order to help Britain out of its really al- most insoluble dilemma. Ameriean Policy a Bar. An gareement to scrap half the British, Japanese and American navies. without an agreement at the same time in the Sense of the tradi- tional American far eastern policy, in making 1 action on the Asiatic coast im- ible for the United States, and, therefore, in consecrating Japan's supremacy in oriental waters. The interrogation arises, whether it is not out of respect for this eventual Jap- anese hegemony in the far east that France, Britain and Holland, with colonies out there which they can protect themselves only inadequately, are now proffering so little support to the United States in the China question. (Copyright, 1821.) HUGHES’ PLAN INDORSED. By the Associated Press. 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Japan, the statistics show, has been glven an extraordinary allow- ance in the scale of nations, and the 5-5-3" ratio for replacements and the retained tonnage of the three nations— | garded United States, Great Britaln and Japan —are fair and generous. 5-5-3" ratio represents a distri- bution of capital ship tonnage on the basis of Japan's retaining a fleet repre- senting 23 per cent of the total of three Britain and the United States ivide the remainder. During the ten-year period, however, Great Britain would have in’the neighborhood of 43 per cent. the United States would have something more than 35 per cent and Japan over 21 per cent of the total. The change at the end of the ten-year holiday represents equalization of the American and British fleets, to which Great Britain already has agreed. Fleet Tonnage Figured. Under be -3" ratio and the pro- posed limitation of auxilliary ton- nage, as well as capital craft through application of the replacement rule of muximum, the British and Amer- ican fleets would reach a_total of 1,120,000 tons in all combat craft and Japan 672,000. This makes possible a compariosn of the relation of fleets to various factors representative of the place of each power among the nations. Against the simple question of meographical area of each, for in- stance, the limited fleets would mean for Japan more than 2,500 tons of naval strength per thousand ssquare miles. The same figure for the United States would be approximately 300 tons and for the British Empire between 80 and 90 tons. Even more striking in dispropor- tion favorable to Japan is the com- parison on the basis of accepted estimates of national wealth. Japan uld have something like 26,000 or 600 fleet tons per billion dollars in mational wealth while the Ameri- n figure would be little more than 3.000 tons per billion and the British 6.000 tons per billion. Disproportion again holds true as to foreign commerce of each power. Japan would have almost 200 tons of naval tonnage per million dollars in her import and export business over a period of years. The United States would have little more than 80 tons per million and the British between 40 and 50 tons. Again, in relationship of naval to commercial tonnage of each power— and navies are built to some extent to support the commercial strength afloat of their flags—Japan would have nearly 170 tons of fighting ships per thousand tons of Japanese commercial craft. The United States would have little more than 60 tons under such tabulation and Great Britain less than 50 tons. Based on Present Status. Admittedly these figures are of a most broad and general character, but they do bring into sharpest relief the fact that Secretary Hughes' proposals were In fact based substantially on the present naval status of each power and did not put forward logical claims to national interest and place in the world which might have been advanced to support a much higher naval ratio as compared to Japan than was actually proposed. They serve. too, to emphasize the American feeling that to make the ®ood faith of the United States in the plan plain as a pike staff, the limit of concession to Japan had been of- fered and there is no reason to be- lieve that any counter proposal that would set Japan higher in the naval scale than the “5-5-3" ratio contem- plates will be acceptable to the Ameri- can delegation. Mr. Hughes, in making the proposal, pointed out the far more extensive ghip scrapping program the United States proposes for itself than for either other power. And the figures show that the United States has of- fered to destroy more tonnage in new ships alone than either other power has been asked to discard in both new and old vessels. U. S. ARMS DELEGATES IN FAVOR OF TREATY “International Understanding” Not Considered, Best Way of Handling Naval Agreement. Certain of the American delegation to the conference on the limitation of armament yesterday expressed the strong opinion that whatever agree- ment might be reached in the parley on the naval armament question should be put in the form or a treaty. This sentiment seems to be growing among the American offi- cials desplte a great deal of talk to the effect that merely an “interna- tional understanding” would be the probable outcome- of the naval dis- cussions. Although the settlement by an un- derstanding would not require Senate confirmation and it is a general sup- position that the detail of scrapping ships could be accomplished by an executive order based on precedent, the American delegation is beginning to look upon a formal treaty as the only logical instrument to insure the decisions of the conference. It is the opinion of some that a treaty would be more in the line of open diplo- macy and there would be less chance in the future of a misunderstanding. As far as the United States is con- cerned, the decision rests with Presi- dent Harding, it is believed, aithough in all probability he would consult Secretary Hughes and his colleagues before deciding the matter. e LLOYD GEORGE EXPECTED. Premier Still Hopes He Can Visit Arms Conference. By the Associated Press. L LONDON, November, 24.—It is un- derstood that Prime Minister Lioyd George still hopes to be able to visit in the nnvnll NEW ANGLE ON ToNNAGEI!Iunul integrity Is safe, i plans for an early and radical reor- ganlzation of her entire governmental system. full officlal membership with them in Program for Reconstruction. BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS. China, now assured that her na- has definite Meanwhile the present Chinese dele- gatlon at Washington has formally| gor her security no army at all. yinvited Ma Soo, who Is Sun Yat Sen's | problem or Japan. i representative In America, to accept the conference. As for armament, China earnestly desires the entire abolitlon of all the military forces within the republic. And she intends to adopt a gener-| ous policy toward Japan under the new order of thing: Formulates Definite Program. Chow Tzu Ch'i, who has been Chi- nese foreign minister and a member of the Chinese senate, and who is re- s one of China's foremost tatesmen. has joined the representa- tives of his country in Washington, and he is authority for the foregoing important statement. Chow Tzu Ch'l is the latest member of the Chinese group to arrive from China, having reached this city after the conference opened. He brings the most recent intelligence of conditions in the re- public_ and of the desires of the real Chinese leaders. He says that the delegation is recciving every day many telegrams from organizations and groups of his countrymen, both in China and elsewhere throughout the world. The Chinese know better than anybody else the gravity of this hour in their history For the first time, 1 have found a responsible official 'with a definite program for China's reconstruction. Most patriots merely ask for time in which the nation may muddle through, reminding one that the monarchial vstem of 4,000 yvears may not be completely transformed in a decade. But this eminent au- thority, dircet from China and in touch with the most responsible and liberal elements of his nation, says that the way out is already known, and will soon be followed, thanks largely to the work which the pres- ent conference has done in bring- ing China's case to a focus, and in promising her safety solidarity and sufficient sustenance. Convention to Be Called. “There will be called soon a con- vention of representatives of all parts of China, north and south, cast and we: to formulate an en- tirely_new government. Both Peking and Canton will be disregarded. The existing machinery will be super- seded by a contituent assembly of the whole of China. The groups that will be taken as units for this pre- liminary convention will be those which cover the whole country. and are reasonably free from political al- ces. They are the chambers of com- merce, the educational alliance and the bankers. It is believed that they can construct a truly representative form of government that will be ratified by all the people. Before such a4 new expression of the real will of China, we think that both the ing and Canton governments will give way. I found Chow Tzu Ch'i looking on the bright side of the whole Chinese question. He is confident that the dominant sentiment of the nation is prepared for any internal compromise or surrender in facing the better future of China. As an instance, he said that the government had yrged Mr. C. C. Wu, son of Dr. Wu Ting- fang of Canton, to become a member of the Chinese delegation of the con- ference. Since his own arrival here a place has been offered to Ma Soo, he is spokesman in America for Sun Yat Sen. It is not the Peking gov- ernment but the American Depart- ment of State that has refused to recognize South China for purposes of this conference. The Cantonese de- cline.to accept anything unless they can have full national status, which America and other nations deny them, After all, it Is pointed out, the “rump” rule In the south includes less than two provinces out of the eighteen and none of the four dependencies. “Monsieur Briand,” remarked Chow Tzu Ch ays that France needs a great army for her national se- curity. China. on the contrary, needs Her is how to get rid of the soldiers sbe already has, for they are the worst menace to her peace. It is the ‘big men’ or duchans, with their armies, who make trouble in China. “Three and a Half” Gemeraln. “There used to be a large number of these generals and their mercen- arfes, but most of them have died off or been killed, or otherwise elimi- nated. Now there are only three and a half left. “Three and a half? I don't under- stand. Yes; three and a half that really count. ' There {8 Gen. Wu Pel-fu, at Hankow; Gen. Chang Tso-ling of | Mukden and Gen. Chen Chiung-ming of Canton.” ‘The half one is—well, I think it wouia be good journalistic ‘face- pidgin’ not to name the half man, whose identity was given me, for he is officially superior to one of the three indicated by Chow Tzu Ch'ii There are only these three powerful duchans left who matter, and my host was optimistic as to their re- conciliation, tion within a year. Is it true, as reported by Lord orthcliffe afd others, that Gen. Chang Tso-ling of Mukden is in the pay of Japan?* Not Japamese Tool. *“I do not think so. He is obliged to have dealings with the Japanese in Manchuria, but he is not their tool.’ How about Sun Yat Sen: common report says he also is on Japan's pay roll” Again this broad-minded statesman took the charitable attitude “There are Japanese advisers both in Canton and in the north, and this has given rise to reports that Japan has used both sides to stir up trou- ble in China, and so further her own jdesigns. But I do not think this is necessarily so." Not once did this ardent patriot rail at Japan. Praise for Japan. “I think Japan is a great nation and I admire the wonderful enter- prise_of her people. I believe that at Washinglon the Japanese intend to do the wise thing, the best thing for themselves, and surrender all claims to Shantung, and of their own {initiative cancel the twenty-one de- mands. That course will" win for {them the good will of the Ch&nese' as_well as of the rest of the world.” | None of the fears or quibbles about the technical interpretations of the Japanese statement to the confer- | and of the four Root princi- seem to trouble this high| esman for China. He is assured that any so-called settlement look- ing only to the future, that would leave the present open sores still festering, would be no cure at all. And he is confident that all the na- tions, including Japan, now want peace, security and a real open door in China. Generously Disposed. I also “got the impression from I Mr. Chow Tzu Ch'i that China is not at all in ‘the mood to exact from Japan her full pound of flesh. She is disposed to meet generosity with generosity, good will with good will. No troublesome questions will be raised about Port Arthur and the Liao-tung peninsula. Nor will the state of things in Manchuria be called into question. Instead of try- ing to embarrass Japan en a score of counts, China iftends to stand only for the broad general principles already accepted by the conference, and for the two particular issues, Shantung and the twenty-one de- mands, which have become symbols in the minds of the Chinese people and of the world at large. (Copyright, 1921.) ARMS PARLEY RECESS | H i i I HAALANS STRRED BYDSARMINGISSUE Will Conference Reduce Oahu Fortifications, Islanders "~ Are Asking. BY C. F. GESSLER. Special Correspondence of The Star and Chicago ily News. HONOLULU, November 8. Hawail, —Will the Washington conference disarm OGahu? That question is agi- tating the minds of the 30,000 or more Americans, 115,000 Japanese and 130,- 000 members of other races:who in- habit these islands, one of which is regarded as the most formidable military and naval post in the Pacific. Already murmurs come from Japan: “America would reduce armaments. Let America disarm or discontinue further to fortify Oah These islands, once styled “the Isles of Peace,” znd again “the Paradise of the Pacific,” the Japanese pretend to consider a mailed fist thrust into theé mid-Pacific. The ‘“beach at Waikiki” is a chain of hidden forts. The great bowl of the burnt-out crater of Leahi, the picturesque “dia- mond head” which the traveler sees first as the liners raise Honolulu, is a nest of mortars amd huge rifles, a honeycomb of galleries and chambers, plotting and control, lined with con- crete and camouflaged with steel shutters over the lookout slits. Deadly rifled guns, whose emplacements are sunk deep Into the coral beds far be- low sea level, gre masked behind the kiawe trees within a stone’s throw of the bathers at Walkiki. Farther along the shore more mighty guns' protect Pearl harbor, said to be the most ade- quately equipped naval base under the American flag; Fort Ruger, Fort de Russy, Fort Armstrong, Fort Kame- hameha, Fort Shafter. Reasons for Hawalian Forts. These are called the fingers of the mailed fist, and behind them lies the broad palm of Schofleld barracks, stretching for miles across the Leile- hua plains from the Waianae range to 11,000 soldiers, and eventually, it is said, of 25,000. These are the island the Koolau peaks, now the home of MAY LET ENVOYS GO HOME FOR CHRISTMAS It is the belief now of many of the delegates to the conference on limitation of armament and far eastern questions that the ses- sions may be adjourned about the middle of December, in order to give an opportunity to the for- eign officials to return home for Christmas, if they so desire, and certain of them have already made bookings for passage on the Agquitania, sailing from New York December 13. It is expected that if the recess takes place, the committees of experts will continue their work during the interval, in order to have definite resolutions ready for the conference as a whole to con- sider on reassembling. the islands a territory of the United | States and has been fortifying them ever since. L Guns, Ships, Alreraft, Men. Oahu today is a garrison in the midst of an allen—some say a hostile —population. Twenty million dollars has gone into Pearl harbor alone. Mil- lions more are going into that base and the ring of forts that protect it— into the great military camp at Leile- hua. The waters beyond the coral reef are sown thickly with mines. A tiny islet within Pearl harbor roars, with aircraft, whose numbers above the city of Honolulu at times give the effect of a sw: of mosquitoes. Transports shuttlg back and forth be-, tween Honolulu and San Francisco! and San Pedro, discharging here herds of horses and mules, thousands of tons of cement, tens of thousands of ! cases of ammunition, millions of feet! of lumber, thousands of tons of struc- tural steel, shiploads of foodstuffs, and feed, guns, gun carriages, trac- tors, more officers and men. The government, no doubt, intends | not only to maintain this outpost, but to 'go on .strengthening it indefinitely. Thus it is that Oahu may prove the stupbling-block at the Washington conference. BRITISH OPEN DOOR VIEW CONDEMNED BY CHINESE Delegation Will Quit Conference if Consortium and Rail Operation Pooling Are Approved. She regards the undersea boat ax a support strument of warfare. oc an, cal Are Important Elements of Defensive Navy. France is In entire accord with the American policy as to submarines. wi va weapon of defense, and will assign it an Important. part in her program for a navy for defense. She will not the British proposal for the abolition of the submarine as an in- These facts have been disclosed un- officially, by members of the French ap) delogation at the arms confarence. France's naval policy has not becn presented to the conference, but formation from the most auth in complete harmony with and_refiect | the spirit of the American plan. 2 The present French navy is said to| o defensive necessities of that countr; It will require the addition of slderable number of lght Unofficinlly Stated. tive mources Indicates it will b be inadequate for meeting the pure submarines to bring it up to w r:{(; .v.:'": dl:‘»:::::v“n:il\'r;:;"lll'ur,\m-rns in 100 mile uth of Lak Furnished and Unfurnished world power, say the French jliae i Romtually Suder FOR RENT advisers at the conference. How man ships of these types will be sought has not been indicated, and it isy not likely any figures relating to the | subject will be given out in advance of the submission of the French naval program. Caplital Ship Attitude. France is not going to make an is- sue of the captial ship question. While she wilf insist upon the right to main- | tain an adequate navy for defense, and will take the position that ti submarine is in important adjunct such a mnavy, she -will subordinate the capital ship question completelv to the spirit and purposes of the plan for navy disarmament proposed by etary Hughes, it is said. There is no likelihood. it is declared, t France will muddy the water of the naval negotiations by tal#ng an ar- bitrary stand concerning the capital ship. U. S. DOMINATION SEEN BY SPANISH NEWSPAPER || Effort “to Humiliate Europe” | Charged—Asks Why Spain Is | | Not Parley Member. MADRID. November 24 —Discussing | editorially the Washington armament conference, El Debate today asks why | Spain was excluded from the confer- ence, as its results will be of the utmost importance to this countr It argues the United States has be. come the financial center of the world and is now trying to secure political predominance “and humiliate Europe. The conference, the newspaper de- clares, has given a death blow to the league of nations and by an ingenu- ous policy an overwhelming influence in the Pacific has been secured which is likely to extend to other seas, in- cluding” the Mediterranean. It con- cludes that Spain should, therefore, secure her position on the Moroccan coast and reach an agreement with France for defense, because a limita- tion of armaments whieh might mean an equilibrium for the United States, England and Japan might also lead 10 a desire to dominate Europe. FORESIGHF always was better than hindsight. 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The new overseas |Siven general circulation through in- policy in the Philippines, which made | terviews with the press in the last day the United States for the first time a|or two. However, the members ex- important outpost under the flag. But | pretation would not bé the interpreta- ‘WaLkes Motoz Co. 151719 Connecticut Avenue WASHINGTON, D. C. nexation, Capt. (afterward admiral) | Should it be, however, the Chiness indi- privile; for Japanese in the islands|dence that the Britisx suggestion for a and flfiemlly of $75,000. The re- |consortium and the pooling of operation advice,. it is_said, of the|of railways in China did not represent irtment of the United States | the policy of the United States nor that e indemnity. But the next|of other delegations generally toward ncle Sam stepped in and made China. ;. strongholds that may play a promi-| The Chinese delegation has let it be Hawail was annexed in time of[tlon of the “open door” which was Pacific power, made Oahu the most|pressed confidence that such an inter- as late as 1897, the year before the an- |tion of tie Washington _conference. Togo, with two Japanese cruisers,|cated they would withdraw from the had come to Honolulu and demanded | conference. _ of the Hawalian republic political| One Chinese official confl- publ Stats —pal year in Potomac Park.