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known to the japanese government,
who take no steps TO deport him.
Japan Cooperation Seen.

known TO the japanese government,
who take no steps TO deport him.
Japan Cooperation Seen.
at Is also known that on December
the Japanese Consul General cabled to
Toxic saying that the monarchy move
ment would succeed II something is not
done quickly. It is certain that trouble
har been fomented in Shanghai by
JpD4nese cooperating with Sun Vat
SEN"
Another c de message from shang-
hal, showing that the Chinese authori-
ties have firm command Of the situa-
ton. reads: AT the trial to-day OF the
rioters arrested for the Chao-ho affair
on Sunday testimony was given that
commissions signed by Sun Yat-sen
were left behind on the training ship
1 by the rioters and were seized by the
Chinese officials who boarded the
| Chao-ho.
Shanghai Is absolutely quiet There
IA not the least sign Of disturbance
here. and the trial is attracting only
moderate attention-more, in fact, from
foreigners than from the Chinese.
Among the prisoners on trial are Tang
Ki-tang and Ii Ju-chiu, who, with ten
others, were arrested after their com
panions fed into the French concession,
where twenty arrests were made subse-
quently by the French police. Less than
two hundred rioters, armed with rifles
and bombs, took part in the attempt to
seize the Chinese police depot on the
I Chaufoong, where It intersects the
French concession. They were repulsed
Immediately and scattered, seeking
covering within the French territory"
To Americans interested in Far East
ern affairs DR.. jerks says there are
| four points of importance in this
| "abortive attempt to disturb Chinas
I peace" 90.
First. that the Chinese forces, mill
tary and civil, were able to dispose OF
/ the rioters in short order.
| Second, that the plot was Matched
and consummated from within the for
eign settlement at Shanghai, from
which the Chinese authorities, civil and
military. are excluded by treaty.
Third, that all reports agree that
| the outbreak lacked popular sympathy
or Support.
FINALLY, that a cable dispatch from
Toxic announces that Japanese war
ships are being rushed to Shanghai
'Iet China Choose Government"
'From truthworthy sources | have
received information" the statement
. continues, chat the japanese minister
/ at Picking has returned from kloto TO
/ his post with instructions to reopen
/ discussion of Group Five presented at
/ Picking last January and subsequently
i postponed because of international
protestation. One of these demands
| which Japan has never withdraw, was
! that China practically should ttfn over
/ to Japan control Of her police.
J "China cannot. in justice TO herself
and her relations with the treaty pow
ers. including the United States, con
I cede the demands in Group Five. The
! lessons of the Shanghai rios are that
foreign interference with Chinese po-
/ lice supervision and management is
/ injurious to China, TO peace, and 70
/ order; and that China is capable OF
managing police matters without the
/ tutelage or the cooperation Of any for
eign power, including Japan.
I "The history of unrest in China dur
/ ing the latter part of the Manchu
regime and since the advent OF the
/ present government is focused around
! Shanghai and Toxic. Toxic has been
the headquarters of the trouble MAX
ers; Shanghai has been the active base
of operations That few young hot
heads and some coolies could get
Mauser rifles, revolvers and bombs,
all imported, could store these within
the foreign concession and conduct a
deliberate conspiracy against the peace
of China within the sanctuary allowed
by the treaties, cannot be overlooked.
Moreover, it is significant that the
rioters at Shanghai held commissions
signed by Sun Yat-sen. now refugee
in Japan, and who, many think, has
been working against Yuan Shih-kai IN
harmony with Japan's wishes.
at is not Japan's business, nor the
business of Americans, to say what
sort of government is best for China:
That is for the Chinese 10 decide; and
the Shanghai incident teaches us that
China is fully competent TO mind her
own business. Let other nations DO
likewise