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becomes a declaration of war to-day II
Germany does not yield. Hard pressed
Germany has another antagonist. In
the alignment of embattled nations
Japan takes the side Of Great Britain.
Begins now the attack on Kao-chow
| In quest Of German vessels Japanese
warships will search the seas The war
raging in Europe will be extended to
the antipodes.
who can tell what the outcome Of
the maps will be redrawn when peace
, Is concluded?
The duty of Japan ever is 10 ad-
vance her own interests by making
war on Germany at this juncture Japan
may acquire additional territory. But
| even more than extended domain Japan
desires dominating power. Above all
! else ambitious to he the controlling fac
tor in the Far East, Japan primarily is
| striving to put herself in a position
where she can exert greater influence
on China.
\ noted japanese writer has said:
"Corea. ManChuria and China are to
Japan what Denmark. Holland, Belgium
are to England. and any or any part Of
| them in the hands Of an aggressive
| Power cannot but be a constant menace
! to Japan's future. Kiao-chow is at
| present an insignificant German seaport,
/ but when ii turns out one day an inn
| 2regnablc fortified terminus Of the Ger
man transcontinental railroad across
China. Japan will have second Russia
at her door"
With envy. II not apprehension. Japan
| looks on the political and commercial
| development of China. No longer is
Cathay unchanging The movement
that dethroned the Manchu and cstab-
lished the republic continues. TIE
erstwhile empire the land that adhered
to ancient traditions for three thousand
years. is wide field of effort whore
| i00,0000O0 people are trying most IN
dustriously to uplft themselves.
In attaining modern civilization Japan
made wonderfully rapid strides. But
China's Advancement promises to be, in
fact is, even more astonishing. What
Japan accomplished in forty years
China will achieve more satisfactorily,
on much larger scale, in ten or
fifteen.
Perhaps no part of the world can re-
port better progress than the republic
of China. Yet China is "A giant unable
to utilize all its power. That they may
the better apply themselves To the eN-
ploitation of their country's tremendous
resources the Chinese require foreign
capital and other outside aid. Skilled
advisers and instructors Of every sort
are needed. OF the capital China seeks
Japan can supply but II small portion.
For this reason Japan has less to say
financially concerning the railway lines
that will traverse China.
i In various ways British, German,
French, Belgian. japanese, American
and Russian syndiCates have hargained
for the privilege Of building Chinese
railroads. Those who sought Conces-
sions frequently resortcd to intrigue and
often diplomats made representations
ior otherwise quarrelled to secure the
rights" of their nationals In this in
ternational pickering at Pekn German
inclinations clashcd against the IN
tcrests of Japan. Time and again Ger
man aims opposed japanese desires.
; Japan controls the railways in
Southern Manchura. while Germany
has the Shantung Railway and the
northern section Of the Ticntsin -Pukow
Railroad With its branches the Shan
tung Railway, running from Tsing-tao
on klaO-ChOw kaV Ia TSiuau on the
Hoang-ho. comprises about 400 STILES of
. lines. At Fangtze, in the Welhscn dis
trict. 102 miles from Tsing-tao and at
Huang- shan in the Poshan district 1853
, miles from the port. the Shangtunc
Railway Company owns and operates
great collicries. employing about 1000
, Chinese miners and having an output OF
100000 tons of coal "A year. The north
ern section" OF the Tientsin- Pukow Rail
road. 1911 miles long, extends from
Tentsin. the seaport nearest Pekin. to
Hanchuang via Tsinan and Taian. by
treaty signed in 1913 the Germans
secured from China concessions tc
build: % A line from Kaimi on the
Shantung Railway. via Ichowfu tc
HanChuanc. the intersecting point of the
Tientsin-Pukow Railroad and the grand
canal, cd "A line connecting the Pekn-
Hankow Railway and the Tentsn.
Pukow Railroad between Tsnan anG
Shuntefu. Naturally each of these ex.
tensions and connections would add tc
the importance of the terminal port
Tsng-tao, on Kiao-chow Bay.
Japan in 1895 obtained from China
the cession of the Liaotung PENN