Wellington conference.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 November 1921, Page 2

Wellington conference.

u sill U lAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. CHINA’S WISHES. _ WASHINGTON, Nov <- A TTnited Press correspondent inter viewed the Chinese Delegation to die Conference when they outlined China s position, stating that China desires that Japan’s power should be pared down to the grade of the other Powers m the East', and not that the power of the ethers should lie built up to equality wi h Japan’s preferential position Cl ua is opposed to the maintenance of the" Anglo-Japanese Alliance, but would gladlv he a party to an Amencan-An-ohv- f ipiuiese-Chinese Alliance, based on a restriction of Japan’s influence m Manchuria, on the theory that Japani » reached out beyond her former South Manchurian rights. China will also demand a restoration of the former German possessions now held by Japan, merely because China was too weak to refuse the twenty-one demands. NEW YORK, Nov 7. The New York Times Washington correspondent interviewed Mr Lenox Simpson,“'adviser to the phinese Delegation. He said that during the British Imperial Conference Canada notified the iLondon Government that any new agreement made in .connection with the Japanese Alliance must be ratified by the Canadian Parliament before it would be billing on the Canadian people. No matter what occurs, lie says, it now seems ini]>ossible that the Japanese Alliance will be renewed in any form, since it would require six notifications before it was binding on every part of the British Empire. All th p , Dominions aire naturally demandingtlie same status as Canada.