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Show HUGHES HOLDS CHINA TO UNE U. S WILL TAKE NO PART IN CONFERENCE UNLESS DEMANDS DE-MANDS ARE MET Chinese Federal Officials Handicapped Handicap-ped In Complying With Demand De-mand That Guilty Be Tried Openly Tekin. The Far Eastern Times, reviewing re-viewing the developments arising from the failure of the Federal Telegraph Tele-graph company to rectify Its contract with China, together with the complications compli-cations resulting from the Coltman Bhooting, points out the international situation Monday. The paper, edited by Blenox Simpson, Simp-son, adviser to the president of China, says : "It is now stated that unless the Federal contract Is executed, exe-cuted, the United States will decline to participate In the nine-power conference. con-ference. "Early last month Secretary of State Hughes handed Ambassador Hanihara a note In which the whole American attitued was defined, it being be-ing reiterated that in no circumstances circum-stances would th United States consent con-sent to any modification of the open door policy, of which the Federal contract con-tract must be considered an lntegarl part. Although copies of this note hare been received at Pekin, the secretary sec-retary of the Japanese legation has Informed the Chinese government that negotiations regarding the wireless wire-less stations in China have been transferred to Washngton. Dealing with the case of the American, Amer-ican, Coltman, who was shot by Chinese eoldiers as he was leaving Kalgan for Urga after procuring certain cer-tain credentials from the Chinese authorities au-thorities for the exportation of silver currency, which was prohibited, the Times says : "No progress appears to have been made toward a settlement. Contrary to the statements of various news agencies, the paramount American demand is that all concerned in the case should be brought to trial as they would be elsewhere. |