A Result of the New Diplomacy London, Feb. 8, The advantages accruing to China from the Washington Conference were enumerated by Lord Curzon in the course of a speech in the House of Lords last night. He pointed out that at a time when nobody could contend that China presented a spectacle of strong government or of a united people, she had been admitted to the conference table on a par with the great World Powers.
In_addition to the retrocession of Kiaochou, Shantung and Weihaiwei, he believed that France intended to restore Kwanchowwan. China would perhaps not have got these and other advantages in hall a century if the promises of old diplomacy had been pursued.—Reuter.
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