Evening star., 1916-08-13
NEW ALLIANCE is A MASTER STROKE FOR JAPAN

1912 1t began at a point just south of
Eladivostok. crossed Manchuria and
went into Outer Mongolia. which Rus
STA was then in the process of grab
bine, ending at a place called Tallai-
hu-hsu. That line was drawn. but it
has never been officially admitted by
either side.
Again, in 1912. there was confer
ence in Paris of the banking interests
of England, America, Germany and
France. forming what was known as
the qua druple group, engaged in China
and then arranging an enormous re-
organization loan to the new repub-
lie. A year later President Wilson
governments support
from the American group.
The conference was for the purpose
Of admitting Russia and Japan to the
group. making it the sextuple group.
Russia and japan asked for admittance
and in doing SO demanded recognition
of their special rights'-Russia in
north Manchuria. Mongolia and west
ern China, Japan in south Manchuria
and Inner Mongolia. 1t was Japan's
first claim to Inner Mongolia. vast
and valuable section of China, and it
was part of her program of expan-
sion and acquisition in China n, "
being still further carried o1t. The
Russian and Japanese agents presented
their demands in absolutely Identical
language, which showed that they were
working then in complete accord. The
bankers refused to recognize these
special rights, saying that that was a
political matter with which they had
nothing to do. but they let the Rus
slams and the japanese place their de-
mands on the minutes of the meetings.
The conference was secret, but the
writer is sure of the facts. for he read
the minutes
Japan's intentions in China are well
known: the twenty-five demands she
presented in January. 1915, which. to
F,,-s
clearly that she intends to dominate
China. and undoubtedly ultimately to
own vast sections of that great coun-
try. The lesson of Manchuria shows
that japanese domination means the
closing of the open door and the end
of Chinese sovereignty This brings a
dangerous conflict of interests not only
with America, but also with England.
France and every other nation inter
ested in China. Japan's intentions in
the Pacific are not so well known. She
clings to the Marshall, Caroline and
Ladrone groups of islands in the
northwest Pacific, which We're taken
over from Germany and which We're
supposed to have been turned over to
Australia, but which were not. / The
American island of Guam is one of the
Ladrone group.
In a statement issued in Petrograd
NJ. Sazonoff, the Russian minister for
foreign affairs, says that through this
agreement I'VE can devote all our ener
giles to- the solution of these problems
(Russia's problems in the wesD, with
the assurance that no power will take
unfair advantage of China to carry out
its ambitious plans. There is certainly
no power in the world with more ambi-
tious plans in China than Japan nor
one that, according to public records,
has taken unfair advantage to
greater extent. 1t is amusing, too. that
this statement should come from the
capital of a government which since
1912 has deprived China of her SOW
ereignty over nearly 100000 square
miles of territory, which has been hers
western China"
the initial stages of Russias bagging
tendency declared, under Russian
with Russian assistance and Russian
vantage was taken of the Chinese
state of the country coming from the
AS a correspondent the writer came into
situation. which indicated the grasp
Russia had on the situation.
There was in Peking a Prince Ma
Ma desired to return to his home; he