21 JANUARY 1922, Page 2

The Washington Conference during the past week has been considering

the question of trade in China. It agreed that the tariff should be revised so that the rates, at present prices, should be once more equal to five per cent. of the value of the goods,

The Chinese delegates invited the Conference to take sides with :China against Japan by revising theChinese-Japanese Treaty of 1915. The negotiations ever the Shantung railway are still unfinished because the Japanese insist on a share in the manage- ment of.the line. Meanwhile, it is reported that the Democratic party in the Senate is preparing to attack the Pacific Treaty signed by America, Great Britain, France, and Japan. Mr. Wilson is said to disapprove of the Treaty on the ground that it conflicts with the League of Nations.