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S MINISTER WHO GOT CHINA IN WAR RES RESIGNS I Dr Paul Said to BeIll Be Bej j Ill In but hut Diplomats Arc Are Skeptical By Justin l McGrath ll th nt of or Universal Service Washington Washington Aug AuS- 27 Dr Dr Paul S S. ch American minister lo to China Chinn I has tendered hl hi his resignation In making the of oC the resignation White officials l said I it had been prompted because of oC Dr Ill health and desiro to lo tor return re r c turn to private work It was stated that tho the resl resignation tion h had d been In the thc hands of tho the President ent for some somo time Dr letter of oC resignation was ns not mado made public Despite those assertions belief re remains remains remains re- re mains strong in diplomatic circles that Dr re resigned I because he found his bis In China embarrassing nC I A Alleged It was openly asserted b by Chinese representatives in III Paris nn and in Washington Washington Wash ash ington that Dr gave e a assurances assurances assurances assur assur- ances to the Chinese government go of the favor faOr and prote protection of the tho United States at the peace conference as ns an inducement to have China Chinn enter the war ar on the si side e of the allies The reason wh why China did ld not not hire two American experts on In International law aw av to represent her Interests at tit the peace conference in Paris Is alleged to toh h have hC Ue been the assurance given to the hl high h officials of ot China b by Dr that such enga engagement would be un un- un necessary The Tue Th Chinese e were told tod it was said th the thc United States could bo be relied upon to safe safeguard Chinas China's interests at tho the peace Jac conference In the face fuce of these pledges of or protection pro pro- the con consent of If the United States Slates to Japans Japan's occupation of ot Shantung Shantung Shan Shan- tung was wag regarded h by tho the Chinese as bad faith That such s assurances were given to China by y Dr nover foyer has been officially denied b by the state depart t ment meat The diplomatic correspondence be between be- be tween Dr and the Chinese government SO through China was induced d to cast her fortunes with the allies has not yet ct been published b by bythe bytho tho the state d department All requests for forit it o have met with refusal The Thc on only communication of oC Dr to the Chinese government has hns been given on publicity was a al l etter which he addressed ed to Wang T TA Chinese minister for foreign nf affairs fairs In th the letter Dr undertook to explain to the Chinese minister for f foreign affairs the tho lI light ht In which tho the United States government o viewed tho the Lansing agreement t. t Dr concluded this note as follows The Thc statements In the notes require no 70 explanation They do not nol only onh contain eon eon- lain tain a 3 reaffirmation of or tho the open-door open policy C but introduce a principle o of noninterference with the sovereignty and nd territorial Integrity of or China which T. generally applied Is essential to perpetual International peace as has been Hn so clearly declared by President Wilson I At t the White House conference be bet between between be- be t tween cen President Wilson and the members mem mem- bers lurs of the thc Senate foreign relations President 1 Wilson made mado It it perfectly clear that he did no not approve c p personally of or the Shantung cession 1 but ut j I felt fell forced to assent to it iL He ac- ac that our government go was I the only government which h was free to pass upon the question on its merits wll without out any n regard to an any previous obligation and when hen asked tho the direct question b by Senator Johnson as to whether ho he would not have ha much 1 0 pre pre- a a. nOV thu tho promise of Japan apan in the treaty replied In the affirmative Nevertheless Xe ho he yielded iel ed in favor of Japan lapan as he lie said in reply to 0 toa toa a question b by Brandegee tho the signature nature o of Japan could not have ha been beel obtained to the treaty and tho the league of nations nation otherwise In tho eyes o of the Chinese the fact that the United States yielded to tho the compulsion of ot Japan docs does not mitigate the tho deception which the they feel was practiced practiced practiced upon them Tho They claim to have ha 11 ha l 1 definite as assurances b by Dr that tho the United States tates would stand stan as their protector and the they feel that tho the United States was just as much bound liy by those a assurances s rances in honor as Great Britain and Franco France ranco were bound b by the 8 assurances which the they gave to Japan In the tho secret treat treaty they made with her giving her the German rights in Shantung g. g With the Chinese feeling this a way va about out the tho matter It can rend readily II be understood understood un un- that Dr position as aa tho the medium through which tho American Amer ican promises were wore made mude to Chin China would be most embarrassing He bIn is b In the position of having been repudiated Hated dinted b by his own government |