"STRATFORD EVENING POST" WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1929. THE REAL CAUSE.

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 74, 31 July 1929, Page 4

"STRATFORD EVENING POST" WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1929. THE REAL CAUSE.

THE trouble between Russia ami China does not now appear likely to load to anything more drastic tlian an exchange of Notes, tlie arrest of a few civilians and the firing of a few shots across the borders. Actual hostilities seem to be a very remote possibility. However even though trouble is avoided, tins will not mean the end of the difficulty, for when the real causes of the dispute are considered it will be seen that oilier Powers are involved to some extent, and if a war should occur their positions will be awkward. The cause of the ill feeling bos been stated to be the expulsion of Russian officials from China and the dismissal of Russians ' from the services of tin 1 < "Chinese Eastern Hallway, as j a result of Bolshevik propa- J ganda, but there is more in it j than that.-The real cause is toil found in the resolutions of the Third "National Con cress of the Ivuo Mine Tang held this year, i which resolutions confirm what are known as "the Three Peo- | plea Principles" in regard to

China's foreign policy. Those resolutions are: I. The abrogation of all existing unequal treaties between China, and' foreign Powers. 2.. The conclusion o!' the new treaties on the. basis of equality j and reciprocity, and such treat- j ie.s shall not encroach upon the sovereign rights of China. 3. The re-consolidation of China's foreign loans and the recognition of such existing loans as are not injurious to China's political and economical sovereign interests. Those resolutions are the basis of the foreign policy of the new Government of China, and the ill feeling, which has now arisen between the Soviet and China can be rcymrded as the first/ j stage in China's new policy of recognition upon terms of absolute equality with foreign Powers. The opinion is expressed by authorities on foreign affairs that if China can eliminate Russia from Manchuria she will then proceed to eliminate the other I'owers one by one. The most interesting part is what will be the attitude of the Powers, particularly of Japan. Great Britain, Belgium, Prance, and the United States of America} have practically agreed to the resolutions of the Tvuo Ming Tang Congress and the New Commercial Treaties which _ have been or are being negotiated, are based on this. _ Japan lias recognised the Nationalist Government, and a treaty is being negotiated, but these are only commercial treaties and do not affect the question of extra territoriality which is the bone in the throat of the Chinese. Mr A. M. Pooley the Foreign Editor of one of the large Australian papers puts the matter thus: Are the Powers prepared to see their subjects rdaced uiider Chinese law and discipline? It will be difficult for any to offer assistance to the Soviet. It will also be difficult for any to confer benevolent neutrality upon China, if the Powers are. not' agreeable to accepting the demands of the Chinese Government completely. .