Show u Ii Sa S RESENTS CHINAS CHINA'S ACTS Wireless Contract and Death of American Cause Friction PEKING April By 23 23 By By Tile The Associated Press The Thc The Far East Cast Castern Eastern em ern Times reviewing rt the develop developments ments mens arising ni from frem the failure of to Telegraph company the thc Federal rAtify its contract with Ith China to- to to to gether with l Ith the complications re- re resulting re shoot shoot- shoot suiting from Crom the Coltman International lug points out the situation today The paper edited by B R Lennox I Simpson adviser ad to tho the president of ef China says It It I Is now new stated that un unless Ie tho the Federal contract Is executed th the United Stales will de- de de decline rUne clint to participate In the power nine power conference ED DECi Early Carl 1 list st month Secretary of fate Hughes handed a B note In which the defined de- de defined de defined whole hole American attitude altitude was l fined It being reiterated that In Inno Inno no vo circumstances would the Unit Unit- pd modification Id I'd d States consent conent to any tion ion of the open door doer J policy of ef must the Federal contract be ie considered an Integral part AI- AI Al Although though bough official epics copies of this note tun Late e not been received at Peking the ho secretary of the tho Japanese le- le lo Ie location ration cation has Informed the Chinese re- re re ment that negotiations govern the thc wireless stations I in mica China have ha been transferred to to a The Tho Implication is that it Is for China to dl discuss cus the he matte further with federal Is complete es This a 1 misrepresentation no negotiations ha e rave occurred at Washington all have I been held at Po- Po Poring Po Poking king ring So far as ss tho the United States Iq s concerned the official view Is Istha tha hat the Federal company's con cen contract tract not only Is ts binding but will willbe be re made the acid test of Chinas China's DEATH DEATTI 01 OF N Dealing with the case se of the American Coltman who he ft ho was shot shet leav leav- leavIng leav- leav leaving by iv Chinese soldiers as he was ing ng Kalgan for Url Ursa after procurIng Ing ng certain credentials from frem the tho ChInese authorities for tor the exportation tation of silver sliver currency which was J the tho Times says No progress aJ appears pears to te have een made toward a It settlement Contrary to the statements of var- var varIous varus var various ious us news agencies the paramount merican demand demond Is that all con con- concerned con concerned in the ca case e should bo be rought to te trial as liS they would be else here This demand has not been een met net and no ne attempt bas lias been It i n 81 given ii those ose mainly mainly remon- remon on sible by Field Marshal Tsao Kun Premier Tsang Tao Tae who Is concurrently minister of war Is held responsible for Cor any action INCENSED Secretary Hughes Is said to have been blen more mere Incensed at this matter motter than at anything that re- re recently recently re recently s ha-s occurred He Ho is un- un unlikely un unlikely likely to te be appeased until his Ir- Ir Irreducible irreducible Ir Irreducible reducible minimum Is carried outa outa out outa a a trial In tn open court with ob- ob observers observers ob observers servers attending The Times 1 also 0 asserts that the withdrawal of American representation representation representation tation at Peking would be very pleasing In certain quartets quarters |