The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-15
NGcH|NA CRIES.
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OFTEN,
pED BY NEW MAP OF
GREAT EMPIRE.
Partition In Which Russia, Germany,
England, Japan and France Are
Seen Causes Grief.

atein. WAC came from the University
Iof Chicago to the thought of Youus
. China, are represented in the lmper
ial University, along lines of science
, has found it necessary 10 divert tne
flow of his elcluence 10 realms Of in
ternational politics.
i Upon entering his class room re-
Gently he faced a remarkable scene
On all sides his students sat with
bowed heads. weeping ami moaning
i There was no lnistaRlng the actuali.
| ty OF their grief Here was no day s
play; the sorrow was as real as the
demonstration was dramatic.
Asked for an explanation, one OF
the students pointed to map OIL tne
wall at the professors back. 1t reg
resented China, re-made, as paru-
toned among the powers. BY way
Of further explanation, Professor Eek
stein was informed that representa-
| llfCS VA tuc HNt aSSiS SiNC FbHSiS
had recently met at Paris AMI in con
ference had agreed upon the parti-
| ton Of China along the lines of the
| map before him.
t5Jeing a man Of action, Professor
Ecksteins first Move was to tear
that map from the wall Then he &c
voted his lecture hour to pointlns
out the folly of paying any attention
to this and many similar reports CON
corning international affairs that are
appearing in the Chinese newspapers
Whether his auditors were con
WINGED that partition is not looming
UP as menace of the near future
1t is impossible TO say. Chinese, es
pecially the young men of the STUD
ent class, are full Of the idea these
days that there are troublous times
ahead for the empire.
Action of Britain.
Based primarily upon the attitude OF
Russia and Japan, which are believed
to be in agreement for the early aD- |
scrption of Mancburia, the suspicion |
of co-or Innate aggression by Engiane |
France and Germany were aroused |
by Britain's action in sending troops |
into the disputed territory along the
Yunnan-Burmad border this action |
being coineident with the threats o. |
Russia occupation of Kuldja emana
ting from st, Petersburg. At the
same time the Chinese authorities in |
Yunnan and Kwangsi were bomDarc |
ing Peking with alarmist reports Of
alleged activity of French troops from
Tongking along the borders of these
provinces.
So it was, perhaps not mnaturally !
that the Chinese mind had been maGe
falIow grouu1 for propagation OF 4 |
mighty crop Of lamentations when tae
report Of the alleged Paris conference
came
What ii any, possible basis there
may have been for this report car
Only be conjectured. Perhaps a meet |
ing of representatives, of the four
eanking groups interested in the cur
rency and the Hukwang loans. Per
laps nothing at all, since no basis |
Of fact is neeled for the spreading |
Of most sensational reports by the |
Chinese press. There are in Picking |
diplomats VINO suspect that the re |
FORT may have been inspired by some |
government seeking to promote dis. !
turbances in China with the Interior
motive Of manufacturing excuse for
interye1tion--but diplomats are al
ways suspicious.
Whatever The inspiration, the re.
peat was highly circunstantial, 20
ing into details concerning the dc.
marcation of boundries OF the New
Asia The territory comprised in the
present Chinese empire was to be az.
pointed as fellows
Russia TO take Mongolia, Chill,
Shansi Kansas and ami Sinkiang.
japan to Ike the three provinces OF
| Fengtien, Irin and Heilungkiang tenn
braced in Manchuria) and Fuhkein,
| opposite Formosa.
Germany to take Shantung. kiangsu
and Anhui.
England to take Tibet. Szechuen,
| Hepeh, Human, Kianan and Chekians.
France to take Yunnan, Kueicnor.
kwangtung and kwangsi.
Takes What is Left.
This would leave for China only
two OF her present provinces, Honan
and Slensi, China wiuld be In fac,,
as in name, the Middle Kingdom. fler
little strip Of territory, with tile an.
eient capital Hs-an once more the
seat of government, surrounded by
Russia on tine north, England on the
south and German on the west.
How seriously this report was re-.
ceived is shown by the fact that I'm
mcdiateg following Its qualifications
the American legation was lombard.
ed with innuiriao connorniuo. a.. AA,