Show Timely Topics I Ij IjAN I IAN AN INTERNATIONAL JANITOR FOR THE OPEN DOOR In proposing a board of reference to too to supervise Ise the application of the principle of the open door in China Secretary Hughes has gone to the heart of the problems of China and of the maintenance of peace in the Far East There has never been any lack of pious tribute to the open door In theory If It the principle needed re re- affirmation it has already been reaffirmed by the conference conference con con- ference terence as Mr Balfour reminded Mr Ir Hughes The difficulty has been In dealing with an open door which in practice has been so often otten found closed for repairs or because of a death in the family or for some come other valid reason renson Vh What t Mr Hughes now proposes Is an en international International in international In- In superintendent to whom one may appeal from the Janitor on the spot Friction between national interests in China there will always be for Is often otten the name for competition competition com com- petition in the International sphere here The need is for machinery on the spot to deal with specific causes of friction as they arise and to dispose of ot them Mr Hughes spoke poke of concessions In connection with his proposed board of reference but economic conflict In China arises as often otten from discriminations practiced against individual enterprises as from friction between rival rh-al in the formal meaning of the word And that Is a problem which cannot be dealt with through any general statement of principles It cans calls rather for a tribunal of adjudication on the Ute spot actively at work day in and day out It Is the application to th the fl field ld of commerce and Industry and finance of the pro procedure procedure procedure pro pro- of conference and consultation which is the basic bailie principle of the power four-power treaty In the Pacific New New York Post Delaware Is said to be the state In the Union Easily explained Its It's not big enough to hold more than a quart quart Nashville Nashville Will vm Hays Hays' pictures will be changed from cabinet size to LO movie Indianapolis Star y 0 |