Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1921, Page 3

STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, - NOVEMBER 28, 1921. " Bolsh / \ THE EVENING hevism Feared as Greatest Menace to China by Leaders at A rms Parley “RED” PROPAGANDA DANGER T0 CHINA Bolshevist Teachings Said to Be Spread Broadcast by Students. BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS. Responsible Chinese leaders declare that the peril they now fear is red, as representing Russia. One officially as well as personally qualified to speak for China assures me that there is a real and grave menace from bolshevism in his country. “We are not afraid of the peasants. They do not bother their heads about such matters as the form of govern- ment. All of their thought is of good crops and of a livelihood. Mdst of the people. of China"—and, ag if ‘to make his point emphatic, he repeated, “yes, 1 am sure, most of them"— “do not know that the form of Rov- ernment has been revolutionized from an empire to a republic.” = Not Aware of Change. The speaker paused and looked at me quizzically, to see how his amaz~ ing declaration would strike me, and continued, “After ten years, the ma- Jority of the Chinesefpopulation does mnot know of the great change that has taken place. That statement con- veys some idea of the vast extent of China's area and the size of her popu- lation—400,000.000 people. “Naturally, if the people do not un- derstand the transformation of the government in China, tney are, as a Wwhole, untouched by the new ideas from Russia. The bulk of Chinese people are on the land and content. Bolshevism makes no appeal to them.” Then this official's face grew graver as he continued, “But the students— they are a fertile field for radical ideas. Our young men and women, Wwith more or less of western educa- tion, seem to take naturally to the most extreme theories. While dis- carding old notions, they do not al- ways knoy where to stop or how to | discriminate. Whatever is modern and western appeals to them. And they have a rare genius for agitation and propaganda.” In the light of what student uprisings have done in China of late years, this struck me as a conservative statement. Extensive Propaganda. “Among these impressionable young- er Chinese, many of whom are disap- pointed at the failure of their coun- try to give them the opportunity to| use the training they have acquired abroad, there is a great deal of bol- shevik: propaganda at the present time. It is a matter of concern to all thoughtful Chinese. x “Our particular fear is that as the naturally lawless soldiers are dis. banded they will be led by students who have been inflamed by these red teachings, so that great trouble may De caused to the country.” This Chinese also intimated that any disappointment with the results of the conference might be the occasion for outbreaks by the radical elements in the mercurial student body. Some- what the same opinion was expressed by an American authority on Russia, whom I met immediately dfter inter- viewing the official quoted. Said this American, who occupies a responsible place in our government: Wireless Station Menace. “I hope this conference will re- member the big wireless station at Urga, the capital of Mongolia, and what the boishevists are = saying through it to China and the world. Can't yow imagine them crying to_a disappointed China, ‘Ah, we told you that the oppressed peopies of earth can expect nothing from that gath- ering of capitalistic and imperialis- tic vultures at Washington. Now will you listen to us? ™ This man's idea is that the heaviest blow that can be struck against the red propaganda in the far east is for the conference to remedy the most “flagrant abuses in the orient as quick- ly as possible, so that the faith of the orientals in western civilization and western governments may not be shaken. [ i a Refuses “Bait.” This same man is atthority for the statement that had it not been for the Chinese government's refusal to; accept Moscow's invitation. the pres- ent bolshevik conference at Irkutzk, Siberia, which is reported to be run- ning parallel to the Washington meeting and in a sort of rivalry to it, would be an official international gathering. China declined the soviet bait, and therefore the Russian gov- ernment relinquished its ‘plan for a “conference of far eastern nations third international. That body called the present Irkutzk “conference of the toiling masses of Asia” and en- larged its scope to include all Asiatic peoples. By wireless, by printed page, by messenger, these malcontents are broadening their attacks upon Eu- ropean and American governments and’ are offering communism as the only way out of Asia’s troubles. u'fimm. l%m f nations without any constitution. ! SPE( NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. DENIES SLIGHT T0 ITALY.|HALF OF CHINA'S TROUBLE LAID TO EXTRATERRITORY RIGHTS Abuse Declared to Have Stirred Revolu< ’tion—Forz:igner Owes No Obedience to Chinese Law by Special Privileges. Viviani Detends Briand’s Remarks & at Arms Conference. M. Viviani, head of the French delegation to the arms conference, has issued a statement denying that Premier Briand spoke in a slighting manner of Italy at an executive s sion of the conference. Publication in Italy of reports of the alleged ut- terances of the French premier have caused anti-French outbreaks in a number of cities. In his statement M. Viviani said: “I desire to say in the most absolute way that’ no word or ‘expression was used by M. Briand that injures the susceptibilities of the members of the Italian delegation. The policy of friendship constantly followed by M. Briand in regard to Italy is besides as sure: a guarantee that he would not have, taken the attitude ascribed to_him.” It was pointed out by members f the French delegation that Pre- meir Briand had, delayed his depart- ure twelve hours to_dine at the Ital> ian embassy last Wédnesday evening. NORLDASSOEATN OPPISED BY BORM iSenator Declares Organiza- tion Would Be League Under New Name, Senator Borah of Idaho, republican, one of the leading opponents in the j Senate to the league of nations | covenant, has issued a statement | opposing the proposal for an “associa- tion of nations” and asserting that it would be the old league under po- oth};\; name. “The proposed league of nations,” said Senator Borah in his statement, “has not yet beem reduced to form nor yet defined. But from what one can gather here and there, it is the old league of nations under another ! name. It will be engaged in precisely the same kind of work and doing the same kind of things that were pro- | posed by the league. It is not what | you call'it, but what it is that counts. Held Same as League. “Fundamentally and in the prac- tical workings of the assoclation of nations it will not differ from the league of nations. 1 see no reason, therefore, why the forty-three nations which have signed the league should be asked to abandon it and transfen| their names to an assoclation of nations. If we want to go into this kind of a proposition, there is no reason why we should not experiment with the one they have. 1 “It is claimed by the advocates of | the league that the present league | has been of much service to Europe., LIf so, there is no reason for asking | Europe to scrap the old league and itry a new one. If we are going into Europe we ought to go in. If we are not. we ought not to be handing her a new league every ninety days. She will likely conclude that after the next presidential election she | would "have- another league. I see no difference whatever in joining the present league and joining another league by a new name. Asks Powers Defined. “The United States operates under a written constitution. Great Britain has no written constitution. One of the arguments being put forth now {in favor of the association of. nations is that Mr. Wilson made a mistake in giving his plan a written consti- tution—that 'we should adopt the British idea and undertake to con- duct the league of an association of {nations without any written consti- | tution or written covenant whatever. 1In other words, that the new asso- ciation will consist of representa- tives of different governments com- ing together with no limitation upon their jurisdiction or power or au- thority other than their own dis- cretion, “A conclave of diplomats sitting be- hind closed doors with nothing to direct or limit their powers save their own will and discretion would be a rather interesting proposition. I am inclined to think that if the American people choose a league they will choose one which has its powers de- fined, or at least an attempt to define them, rather than trust their destiny to the unbridled discretion of a few men. Objectionable Alllance. “Lloyd George suggested some time ago, according to_the press,dispatches, that the Anglo-Japanese alliance be extended to an Anglo-Amerjcan-Japa- nese alliance and that this alliance take upon itself the duty of adminis- tering China. Now, it is said that and turned the project over to (he;nuch an alliance would be wholly ob- Jjectionable to the American people, ibut that under an association of na- tions the same thing could be effectu- ated and accomplished. It is also being urged that while the people of the United States would not be willing to form an alliance with France and Great Britain to guarantee the se- curity of France the same thing could be accomplished under an association NOTICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT T HAVE this day contracted'to sell to Ralph R. Harnis | the contents of the merchandise business here- tofore conducted by me at premises 231 John Marshall place n.w.. under the style of Colum- X persons uving claims | a g Co. 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There is being bandied about Wash- ington the past few days a big word, “exterritoriality,” or “extraterritorial- lit: “—they mean the same thing— fw: s strange to the avérage per- 8o = ears. Stranger still g the thing fo. which it stands. Half the abuses that have grown up in China, provok- ing the people to such outbreaks as the Boxer rebellion, are due to the abuse of the extraterritorfal privi- leges which foreigners enjoy in that land, A Christian from abroad, Japanese either, in these later years ey be in China, but he is not under | China. He owes no obedience to i Chinese law. He may Kkill, steal, assault or commit all the crimes in the calendar, but & Chinese policeman looking on may not lay hands upon him. The foreigner in China is sub- ject only to the law of his own land. as represented by or by the “mixed courts” in the treaty ports—which themselves, by an ex- tension of the same principle, are as truly forelgn soil as the Strand or Broadway. Many missions even claim- ed extraterritorial privi native converts. Immune From Law. The idea back of extraterritoriality is that which makes a forelgn diplomat, or a traveling soverelgn. ]Immune from theé law of the land in which he sojourns. The Chinese dele- gation at this conference, for instance, have more privileges in Washington thah they would have in China. One of them could, if he pleased, hurl a brick through the window of one of the big F street stores, and the Dis- | trict of Columbia policeman could not lav hands wpon him. This diplomatic sanctity of person and goods—which, by the.way, per- or their own supply ~of liquors un- age. In China and a few other back- ward countries it extends to the low- iliest foreign beachcomber or adven- turer. Any European or American has diplomatic privileges. . 1 Naturally, that % a d {ilege to confer upon sinful mortals. 1 have seen white men beating Chinese coolies with sticks just be- cause, apparently, they enjoved the exercise of this form of authority. | Shady characters have taken all sorts of advantage of the immunity which extraterritoriality gives. In the Shanghai settlement, where Chinese law does not rum, all the gambling dens and brothels driven out of the native city have established them- selves. Wihen first 1 knew Shanghai the red light district was called “the American quarter,” and its inmates, Whatever their nationality, -~ were called “American girls.” No mission- idays think of calli Eny"Amerlcan girl.” Conditions be- icame so rotten in Shanghai that an American district court was estab- jished there, to clean up the ‘American name. Practically all the evil grew out of the sbuse of extra-territorial- ity. A Dates From 1689. ' This curious status of foreigners in China, and half a dozen other coun- tries goes far back to the Russian treaty of 1689, when its stipulations were mutual. The basic idea was that the judicial processes of China were not such as a nation would per- mit its subjects to undergo. Trial by torture and execution without trial are practices of recent date in China. | There will have to be substantial changes in Chinese legal procedure before foreigners will be committed wholly to her jurisdiction. In_ the | meantime the common flagrant abuse of the privileges entailed will be heavily curtailed. Japan, too, was formerly subject to {extraterritoriality. ~Her ~pride pro- tested against this affront, end as soon as she modernized her courts these special rights of foreigners were abolished. Siam is at the moment in process of a treaty agreement with this country abolishing extraterri- toriality. Turkey is in Violent protest against it, and she has been given promises of immunity by certain European powers. Prevails in Five Countriek. At present the law of extraterri- toriality prevails in China, Turkey, Persia, Egypt and Morocco. This anomolous status of the for- eigner has been carried farther in Chine than elsewhere, especially by the so-called “treaty ports,” or for- eign settlements. These are strategic points in China, like the great cities of Shanghai and Tientsin, where China has no rights or authority whatever. They are literally foreign soil. In most of these there are concessions {belonging to the foreign nationalities. America has none of China's soil, ex- cept_the ground upon which stands her legation, her consulates and her post office in Shanghai—for several nations have established complete postal systems in China. superseding the native institution. The post office of this country extends only to Shang- ai. # hThern is no denying’ that whatever protestations they may make from reasons of national pride ‘and “face,” he Chinese officials would be reluctant to see the foreign concessions wholly abolished yet a while. They are de- sirable cities of refuge in times of trouble. Practically all of the bigger F sts. for 82 years, have|Chinese officials and business men and larger store, 1814 G st., Imaintain homes in foreign settlements, new City Club bldg., opposite Epiphany Church. | 1o which they flee upon occastons of - | danger, Halr Coloring is an Art. [from mobs. Rooms in the big foreign from political enemies or Circulating Library All the Latest Books PEARLMAN’S BOOK SHOP| 933 G St. Only o, BT S ‘We Wil Furfiish Stock, fi"';h:.".'.& ?ufl:'-":..‘?m“t:' all, for $9.50, The Duplicating Office 14th and Pa. ave. 3.w. Phone Main\@271. your order in the hands of {prac- tieal roofers who personally rvise Roefing, 1416 F st. n.w. ’ . 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In a stabilized China, however, It is obvious that the duthority of the state must extend over all the people, even as in other independent nations. (Copyright, 1921, by Chicago Dally News.! « STINNES MAY FORM 2 BIG RAILWAY-TRUST, iBernhard Says British and American Capital May Be Interésted in Deal. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 28.—The recent mysterious trip to London of Hugo {Stinnes, the fnancier, and the nature of his conferences there continu to be the subject of newspaper_speculation. nials from British sources, it is posi- tively asserted by the magnate's friends that he was the week end guest of Premler Lloyd George at Chequers Court, the latter's country estate, and | that his movements while in England {were so_skilifully masked that news- paper correspondents and others wish- Ing to see him were completely duped {43 to his whercabouts. _George Bernhard, writing_in _the { Yossische Zeitung, asserts that Herr Stinnes, In addition to discussing reparations and allied in England, also broached the sub- ject of creating a European railway trust. This, the writer _declares, would not only take over the bank- rupt German system. but also those of the other European countries. | The reconstruction cf the Russian railways, he says. would be the logi- cal outcome of such an amalgamation in which English and American capital would be interested. -~ | Herr Bernhard openly opposes the | reported plan, asserting that English on the German railway system, will | surely prove inimical to German indus- | trial ‘interests generally. { WOMEN BACK HUGHES PLAN. | CHICAGO, November 28.—Mrs. Maud Wood Park, president of the National League of Woman Voters, has sent a message to President Harding in be- {league indorsing Secretary Hughes® | program_for the limitation of arma- ments and pledging the support of the organization to the plan. The price Its cleaning Regardless of official and other de- ! issues while influence, once it is able to lay hands SUGGESTIOiI OF POLICY 70 GOVERN THE FAR EAST Principles Should Be Broad as Car- dinial Doctrines of Christian- ity, Says Dr. Iyenaga. BOSTON, November 28.—The prin- ciples governing the heterogeneous congregation of humanity that com- prises the far east should rest on a basis as “broad, just and eternal as the cardinal doctrine of Christianity —the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man,” said Dr. Toyo- kichi Iyenaga of New York, in a forum address here today. “There should follow,” he continued, “the recognition of such principles as, race equality on the same basis as the equality of all men before the laws. the freedom of .communication over the high geas and through the air, the open door and equal opportunity to jall—which means the breaking down of barriers that’ bar free egress and free trade; and finally the breaking up of the nationalities which breed short-sighted patriotism, jealousies and hate, and'a world federation of some kind. “I am not an advacate of unre- in large numbersof races differing in color, customs ahd traditions is not conducive to the welfare of either party. Time and culture alone can overcome human prejudice and bias.” ISSUE NO NEWSPAPER. Italian Printers Protest Murder of 1 Signor Miller by Fascisti. ROME, November 27.—Italy will be without newspapers Monday follow- ing a decision of the printers’ union ‘to declare a general strike in protest against the killing by fascisti at Trieste last week of Signor Miller, president of the Trieste Typographers’ | Union. The killing of Miller has ‘cnuled widespread indignation owing to the manner in which the deed was committed. The farcisti captured Miller and forcibly took him to an isolated spot | where several bullets were fired into his body. Then his assailants left the i wounded man to dle. A companion of Miller suffered a similar fate.® "Renews Stren Where there is [] (Tablets or Granules) or INDIGESTION need for a build- = ON, ing-up tonic after prostrating illness, SCOTT'S EMULSION taken regularly, usuall, spells renewed strenglz and vigor. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. 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It sees evidence in the circumstances that curtailment of naval armaments has been given primary ronsidera- tion, that the issue of land armaments is not causing the conference appre- hension. This attitude of the con- ferees, says the newspaper, “gives France an indefinite franchise to con- tinue her devastation of the European mainland.” The speech of Premier Briand, out- lining to the conference France's need for a large army, Is characterized as purely speculation in American sen- timentality and credulity.” | whith he dddressed to the delegates and the gallerfes.” The newspaper doubts whether Pre- | mier Briand's address impressed the | experts of the conference in the same | measure as it did the superficial on- lookers. It considers impossible any attempt to convert “the capitalistic bearers of Enropean civilization into Chinesc coolies at the very moment the Unit- od States is endeavoring to bring the Chinese to the level of the capital- istic order of society.” “The aggressive manner in which China presented her case to the con- ference is not warranted by her in- ternal situation, and can be explained only on the ground that she is sure yof American backing,” says the pa- per, in discussing the American far east policy. “The United States is surfeited with gold: Japan has a surplus of humanity. and the ad- | Jacent mainland affords her the only | outlet for emigration, and inasmuch |as Japan's resources and capital are not equal to those of the United States for the purpose of the peace- ful penetration of China, she ob- | viously is obliged to rely upon her | military assets. This specially |true in view of the politi tegration of China and Russia. “Thus ~Japanese imperialism and American peace policies oppose ong another as the natural consequence of conflicting social comsiderations, In the final analysis, however, they harmonize; their methods alone are at variance.” —_— | # WOMAN, 115, SUCCUMBS. BRIDGEBURG, Ontario. November Doubts Sincerity. “It was an act of bravura on the part of the political premiere dan- seuse,” the newspaper declares, “and it would be an insult to M. Briand's intelligence to assume that he him- self belleved a single word of that - SPECIALISTS IN PLAYER PIANOS iDEMOLLes | Washington's AEOLIAN HALL - Twelfth and G Streets Steinvay Duo-Art Panolas 128.—Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, negress, | of Fort Erie, died at the age of 115 | years. She claimed to have been an |evewitness of the burning of the ivilage of Buffalo by the Brtish troops in 1814. Her father was killed in that engagement. 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