Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-01
JAPAN IN THE SHANTUNG PENINSULA

parez with 3s.1s3.s12 fo- Chefoo. After ten years of German exploitation. in 1913 the figures were: Tsingtau. 59,- 1eS, ,SSO; Chefoe. 31.641,22t.
 Thus in the first place it is obvious that Japan knows what she is doing when she asks for the German conces- sions.
 The course of the Shalitupg rail- road r:ins from Tsing tau, A kilomet- CTS to Kiao- Chau, 100 kilos 10 Kauhni 1s3 to Weihsien. Tsingtschoufu and | Tschoutsun. At the last named city great duantjes of silk are laised for export to Aineica and Europe On the coast and in the less prosperous sec tiens salt, fish. fruits and hogs are raised.
 The commercial va;re mentioned above, of the province. is not the inn portant one. The first concession in regard to the railroads is valuable but unimportant as compared with the next two concessions.
 The next concession was for the use and exploitation Of 15 kilometers of territory on each side of the rail- | road. Ii opened up ail the vast re- sources of thn peninsula to Germany. i For instance. 500.000 tons of coal were l brought up from the pits at Fanstse | in 1909: in the same year 1 1 900 tons of domestic carton were turned out; l Poscau produced 123 900 tons of excel
 lent oil of the Cardiff type suitable for use in all sorts of ships. 1h connec- tion with the oil. the Standard Oil 1 company has great interests in this section.)
 1 Besides these products vast and rich quantities were produced of gold
 silver, copper. marble. di2monds, mica, asbestos sulphur, mertslry. iron. tn and lead
 1 In 1910 a further iand concession
 oranted to the Deutscha CeSeHschatt
 fur Berehau und Industrie i'm Aus
 IIande in Tsinetau comprised vast gold
 mica and lead fields in the following
 sections: South ot Itschen, around
 Ischin: nea" TscflutschGnT; southwest
 of Weihsien and east Of Tsinio, Ping
 tau and LaitesChouful
 By means of these concessions the
 Germans were able to absolutely con
 trol the entire Shant1ng peninsula
 If the Tanaresn set theea "91cesSio0S
 they will in turn be able to TUT
 affairs pretty much as they like, and
 they will, if they SO desire be able
 to spread their power far into tn;
 mainland and even become the actua
 rulers Of Chinese affairs.
 Unfortunately America has lant her. | ea4h t0 F9nH'rrSN GcDirHtiNI2 hv +N' Lansing Ishii agreement in March l1a11, n which the Atpcri+.en stat department recognized the right to ! certain extent, of Japan7se penetra
 ton in China. The Chinese did no
 know anything about the agreemen , until 1t was signed Tcday they ar calling for it's nullificaticr
 : America has also become q party t. , itl3e- agreement wheret,,r tha Chimes . Eastern railroad is to be maintainc ! bv an inter~ailied committee with I2ussisn as chairman. and Japaness 5 American, British. French. Italian an } Chinese representatives Technics [ matters will te in charge of John r Stevens, who went to tie east in fs1 as head Of the American railway com } mission. Ciin9's rights arc to be guar 2 teed. but by the very nature Of n 5 agreement it cannot ha | guarante ] arc inst futltrA exrioitation Thus we have the situation: Chia
 wants to run her own covernmen { President Tsu- Shih- Chang and tn e extraordinary parliament tt Canto Q have arrived at Q point where the | are able to take care of ti1e affair r of the nation. Japan wants 10, bv in
 direct netho1s of course. run Chin s economicallv and commerciaIlv and Y willing to fight for her right" to q 2 so Tho alli4e and A,nc~ir, for tho I part want the trade routes throug \ China and Siberia re-est, t,iylshed an I since Japan has taken Tho initiativ q in this work they have shown them : selves willing to enter into an agree
 n1ent with her. d If the peace conference cannot soly a the question there will Je trouble. h the confere ,"c takes either side on tf r question there may be trouble. It f the first real imminent rest of Il = League of Nations.