Show CHINA WOULD JOIN JOINS S JAPANESE ANGLO ALLIANCE S S S Safeguard Safes Safer Safe- Safe Trl Triple le Agreement to r s 0 guard Peace In in East EastIs 5 5 Is Advocated S P PEKIN KIN June China 12 China should be ba i. admitted as a member ot of the tho Anglo- Anglo Japanese alliance thus making It a a. ai i triple alliance for for tor th the Far East according according ac according ac- ac cording to the conclusions reached by bythe bythe the he PekIn- PekIn and Times In a lengthy series ot of articles dealing with the approaching renewal of ot the Anglo- Anglo Japanese pact The paper says say The treaty should be modified Inso in inso so 50 far as necessary to make China a party It Is a serious departure from the usual practice in International re relations relations relations re- re lations for twO powers to enter Into an agreement respecting the Interests of ot ofa ota a third power without the latter's tetter's as ascent assent as- as sent cent and one which In our vi view w ought not in this Instance to be perpetuated The Inclusion of ot China In what would then become a triple alliance for tor the preservation of ot peace in the Far East and the maintenance of or her Integrity J and independence and of the principle i of equal opportunities for the commerce commerce commerce com com- merce and Industry of all aU nations would constitute the most effective i guarantee that nothing g affecting her welfare would be done by either ither of the other parties without full and andS S frank consultation with her Resides Besides the Uie admission of ot China to the pact the Times proposes a se series se- se tics ries of CIt conditions in the tha renewal of ot the alliance by which China shall be safeguarded One of ot these would bring about th the restoration of or Chinas China's sovereignty sov soy over the Liao Tung penin- penin v. v pula Fula including Port Arthur and the reversion of or the tha South Manchuria railroad railroad rail ran road to Chinese control at the expiration expiration expiration tion of ot a definite period Other conditions con con- proposed are summarized as follows The The a inde Independence of ot China today is violated by byte the presence upon her soil of foreign garrisons other than the troops provided for tor under the 1901 protocol and the limited number of ot railway guards permitted for th the guarding of the South Manchuria and Chinese Chines Eastern railways Great Britain should insist therefore as condition precedent to the renewal of ot the alliance upon the withdrawal of ot all Ja Japanese nese Ion on Chinese soil whose 1 presence is not provided for In treaties or OJ agreements in operation on July 13 1911 Although was forcibly occupied oc oc- oc occupied by Germany in 1898 her administration administration administration adminis adminis- of the port and leased territory aroused no serious opposition until 1914 when became a base for warlike operations against allied shipping The German methods of ot administration were liberal compared with those of ot the Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese who are aiming to make It a closed port The restoration to China of i tau under conditions which guarantee e equality of ot treatment to all the powers should therefore be insisted upon by Great Britain The Shantung railway which Is hi at present being used mainly to exploit Japanese Japan se interests and arid as a pretext for tor forthe forthe the presence of ot Japanese garrisons In shantung should become a a. Chinese Chinee government goy gov ov- ov 5 state railway oper operated tea by a Japanese Sino administration on terms similar mil to the state railways operated under un under under un- un der British supervision The practice of ot treating the nationality nationality nation nation- of or members of the customs service employed in the higher branches of ot the vice service at and as a test of or fitness which in effect places the then n li ads of the customs in these ports under e x tr r i ft 1 Jurisdiction r be l discontinued t of Ua an interested Po power Ye r 4 1 Britain and Japan should mutually taree i ree to withdraw their from as soon as France Italy and the United States are prepared to ao do likewise like like- wIse wise |