Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-15

CHINA WILL PROVE
A VALUABLE ALLY
American Author Says Entrance
of Oriental Nation Will
Be Desirable.
JAPAN NO LONGER OBJECTS
Germany's Unrestricted Subma-
rine War Clements Friend
ship With the Allies.
JAPAN NO LONGER OBJECTS

given out an interview regarding the
value of China Is an ally.
Mr.. Coleman Says the entrance of the
republic of China into the alliance
against the rrntral powers was strong
ly thought Of In the latter part OF 1915,
when Yuan Shih Eni was tho control
ling power at this Chinese capital He
asserts that DR. George Morrison. one
OF Yuan Shin Ilais strongest advisers.
was heartily in favor OF the Chinese
throwing in their lot with the allies
and furnishing troops for tho European
fronts.
Speaking Of the events which led up
to this situation. which at the time
looked favorable from an allied st. nd
point. Mr.. Coleman says:
The five group demands pressed on
China by Japan in tho fore part OF
1915 put snme OF Japnns more fervent
ambitions into concrete form. Yuan
snw that with China enrolled as ono
of the allies. and thus entitled to a
seat at the table around which tic
peace proposals would one day be UNI
der discussion. the larger. if weaker.
Oriental power would be able to keep
Il close eye on her ncishbor's pro-
r"sais. particularly with reference to
tho ultimate fate OF Tsingtau, il not
OF Aanchuria and Fukien.
"Englishmcn in the. East saw a real
benefit to the allies IN the entram.. nr
China. German business in the Orient
would be dealt n blow that would he
no mean factor in the general pressure
that the war is bringing on Germany
from various angles
When japan was consulted by the
powers as To her view on the uues-
ton of Chinas proposed action. the
Japanese Foreign Office paused before
replying to consult her, ambassadors
abroad. The project in some unusual
manner, found it's way into the hands
of 4 New York Journalist. who gave it
to the world.
las Thomas F. Willard. editor of the
China Press. nuts 1t. this suggestion
caused furore In Japan. where tho
press violently assailed 1t as a blow
at Japan
Japanese puhlicists were bitter.
kenkichi kodera. member OF JaYans
House OF Representatives. a millionaire
from Kobe. graduate of Yale Johns
Hopkins and Columbia Universities in
America, and a student of law anu
politics In both Germany and Austria,
expressed the thoughts OF host OF
Japanese when he wrote in the Yamato
Shimbun in January. 1916. that sir
o'ih pTItlsn minister PeKlnE,
on the one hand. joins Japan In send
Ing warnings to China against the mon
archy and on the other hand. tries
to include China in the entente.
Judge that England is 10th to allow
Japan special political and economical
privileges in China. Thus to-day, [
am sorry to say, We do not get any
benefit from the Anglo-Japanese al
lance
This was BY no means the Japanese
official view. as was evidenced by Mar
, quis Okuma's frank disavowal of it.
Last October was in Peking. Yuan
Shin kai had been gathered to his
fathers. The republic was an assured
fact. Iii Yuan Hung was President and
Tuan Chi Jul was Premier. saw and
talked With each OF them. I discussed
the possibl entrance Of China into the
circle Of the allies with many Chinese.
II seemed a dead issue Though
found certain Chinese working for n
thar efforts lacked cohesion and any
thing like enthusiasm
CHINA TAKES NEW
OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN
Recently Germany promulgated her
new propaganda of unlicensed murder
Oh The high seas, This gave China a
new opportunity to reopen the old
question Of joining the allies. which
she was not slow to grasp.
she found Il new attitude on IN.
Tari OF japan. The strong man. Te-
ranchi. WAS Premier in the island en-
prc. His policy was declared at tho
outset OF his premiership to he real
friendship for China. Japanese of his,
political views made no secret OF tho
ttsN i'll ~,
enia''on to china OF he iive-group de-
mands had been II diplomatic and no.
iitical error on Japan's part
so neither government nor prnss
nor people in Japan raised the old
! slogans against the new move Te-
rauchtS government has much more to
say 10 the press and the people, too,
for that matter, than had the weaker.
regime Of ukuma.
"T'uan Chi Jul. China's Premier, may
not possess real sta tesmanship to any
marked degree, but he is far more
able and much more OF a politician
ii'an Ii Yuan Hung, his president
Iii Yuan lungs hold on the pres
idency OF China is chiefly due to tho
fact that lie is an honest. fearless,
simple old soldier. who played prom
incnt part In the lighting that mado
the Chinese republic an established
fact. and that he belongs to no par
i!cular party or faction. LII Is one OF
the few men in China, stepped in CHI
uese ways though he is. who could
have retained the presidency through
the troublous months OF 1916 with no
little objection from the contending
factions In Chinese politics. US
But LII Yuan Hung is no real leader.
-.
done age-long service in China. He.
holds to the. old Ways. Given two war
ring factors to a situation, II Is much
easier TO conciliate each leader by pre-
sentinE both OF them with positions
OF prominence. China is large. 1t is
not dincuit to appoint two ,disputants
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