The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-07-11
Presents Chinese
Case To World
DR.. c. T. Wang Tells Why China Pro-
tests Against The Giving Of Shan.
tung Province To Japan

The Maui News reprints from the Ho-
noldlu Advertiser, the presentation of
China's viewpoint by DR.. C. II. Wang,
an important member of the Chinese
delegation at the peace conference in
Paris. DR.. Wang averred that the
peace of the whole world is endanger-
ed by the decision OF the Peace Con-
ference TO give japan the special
rights and privileges in Shantung
formerly held by Germany.
Intends To Appeal
I'VE intend to appeal from the de
cision of the Peace Conference to the
League of Nations.
eff Japan is left in possession of
these particular privileges in Shant-
ung, that province will become an
Oriental Alsace-Lorraine.
IF you Americans will just think
how you would feel if Japan were
awarded the State of California, you
can imagine, about how we feel as
regards S%hantung.
COR, to use another illustration, how
would the Belgians feel if Antwerp
were awarded to Great Britain be-
cause the British soldiers were in
strumental in driving the Germans
out of Belgium"
DR.. Wang was speaking without eX-
element, but with great gravity.
His pleasant and very intelligent face
looks older than his years. He was
graduated from Yale in the class of
1910.
Never Forgive Japan
"The Chinese people," said DR..
Wang, "are very slow to wrath, but
they are also very slow TO forget an
injury. They never forgave the Man
chus for their invasion. And they
bided their time till the day came
when they were strong enough to
kick the Manchus off the Dragon
throne. A"
81 fear they will never forget the
Japanese occupation of Shantung,
which will be considered by the mas
ses as an unwarrantable invasion.
And from this feeling may come a
disturbance which will shake the
peace of the whole Far East.
But the danger is not to China
alone" DR.. Wang continued; the
whole world ought to open it's eyes.
Japanese Dominance A Menace
THE creation of this special posi-
ton for Japan in Shantung is a long
step toward a very dangerous degree
of Japanese domination in all China.
Suppose Japan gets her hand on
China's vastly rich mineral resources,
and suppose she begins to train and
direct the great reservoir Of man pow
er found in China's population Of four
hundred million. Can you not see
that there would be a menac to the
world much more serious than Ger
many could ever be-"
You think there is a dangerous
military spirit in Japan??" l asked.
There certainly Is" replied the dis
tinguished Chinese delegate, without
hesitation.
Let me say that l have very many
japanese friends, especially among
the Christian japanese, for 1 am a
Christian myself. But the unpleasant
fact remains that the Japanese Gov
eminent is moved by a spirit of mill
tarism, imperialism, and all those
things which have come to be called
Prussian.
Really, | am very much worried
about the effect of this decision OF
the people of China. Perhaps there
will be some horrible reaction, pos
sibly an uprising of monarchists with
the aim of breaking down all the last
walls between US and Japan and &c
cepting the Japanese as the avowed
directors of the d~estinies of the Two
great Orienta! peoples. Or perhaps
general anarchy.
There are more than thirty-eight
million people in %Shantung, or nearly
as many as there are in France. The
population is so dense and the ecouo-
mic preponderance OF Shantung so
marked in North China that the allot-
ment of special interests to the Japan
ese seems bound to lead to unwar
ranted exploitation of the Chinese in
h~abitants and unwarranted interior
ercnce in our commercial affairs"
Germany's Claim To Shantung
N, NVapo, bara raviaua6 tho nnannar
in which Germany had originally sunk
it's claws into Shantung.
He recalled how two German mis-
~sionaries We're killed in China, how
even after their families had been in
Identified and the murderer punished