The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-15

she should therefore vhen ss.snt,si
take thu LEADING roIe In dssl,ny WITH
China. AZ the United stater does With
the nations Of the western Hemisnbsrs,,
count Ishii.s attsmnt 10 secure ali thess
demands. In spite of the fact that in the
Lansing-1shii agreement. az II was pub
nshed BY Japan In China and through
out the Far East, he apparently had Sc
cured these aims. he had, as a matter Of
tact, failed In his chief purpose Score
tary Lansing. before the Senate commit
tee. destined as follows.
'ishii said he thought that Japan's
special interest In China should be recog-
n'zed In any agreement we might make.
i SAID that OF course the United States
recognised that because of geographical
iocauon japan mad a peculiar interest In
emma, out tnat the danger OF putting 1t
IN any agreement was that 1t might be
misconstrued and that therefore / OBJ
)ected 70 IT.
further told him that II he under
STOOD special interest meant para
nouht interest could not discuss II
turner.
ISM suggested Monroe DoctNne"
,1r .ne Ear Dast: told him that the
Monroe doctrine did not give the United
Sea,es paramount Interest over any
on On unis hemisphere. And
u.ousnt INC same principle should be
SS ny other nation with reagrd TO
SA"~ A"nn mAintained siience.
nsnt Hecogntsed.
This shows clearly the American Cow
ernment recognized no special interest AZ
Japan in China greater than an interest
such as the United States has in Mexico
refused even to discuss with IshH anv
paramount interest In China, Moreover.
since the Japanese have been talking
about the Monroe Doctrine as a,plied
to the Far East. II Is worth whiie 10
note that Secretary Lansing positivelv
asserted that the Monroe Doctrine' aid
not give the United States a paramount
interest over any nation on this hemi-
sphere and that no paramount Interest
and no special privileges should bs given
any other nation with regard 10 China,
II is fortunate that the STATE Den,r+-
ment has. even al This jata date siv.r
its Interpretation OF this agreement
The JAPANESE have further atten,n,.d
to strengthen their hold In China .sna~
cially by extensive loan operations W.
months an unofficial agent. tbe for,rer
Prime Minister of Japan. named NishJ-
hari. was in Pekin suggesting almost
forcing the loans mon china THE
process was aecre, n "a the deI,bor.ta
opinion Of both forei--n and Other On
servers that threats and hr,hery nav.
deliberately used. The applIcations ware
of such a nature that in many Instances
they would not be proper securities for
loans unless n was intended 10 usa
political pressure to collect them. And
again. although tho n,rnoso Wa noT,I'
nally economic II Ia we'll known that the
money was applied. eontrarv to agree
ment. for military purposes Of provincial
leaders. The purpose was clearly 10 Tie
up in Jananese hands the hest of Tho
resources of China at a time when the
other nations were 40 occrpied that thev
could not interfere. Unless some change
ia made in these records. China will he
seen to be largely mortpaRed 10 the
Japanese In such a way and to such an
- TIC. u III, ee W Gu i.sn.s
infringed
There Is no need to discuss here at
length the acts of the peace conference
at Paris, as disclosed In sections 156-7-s
of the treaty. It Is worth while, how
ever to note briefly the significance of
Shantung The full Significance of the
Shantung settlement seems to be appre-
ciated by few, It is ordinarily stated
that there has been awarded to japan
merely the German rights In Shantung.
and that therefore China is no worse off
than she was before Peonle shut their
ewes 10 the moral issue and the methods
emnIovad NV Janan 10 eet this claim. and
40 NOT realize its economic and political
sipnificance Attention ia FREQUENTLY
allied 10 the fact that the German con-
cess,on does not include the entire
nrov,roa Of Shantunp some az moo
souara pilss 1aho,,t tina size of Illinois\
uith nonuIation Of some 40 600 on0
h,t only the territory surrounding the
pay ~ KJao-C,bau so1e 200 SQUARE
r,,,as In ax,ert With a nonuIation Of
,as non. 80 g. Ga f,,rtber added that
Ianao h.s nro,,,saa 10 rastora n china
tta ,1o,itin.i r,ahts oyer even thIs terri-
90, or K,ao-Sba, retaining on,v the
oo,,,o,,,,, r;ah+s
Toxic Avoids Issue,
Ihe japanese seem 10 nave scrupu-
iousiy aVoioea caliiIis atseh.ioh 70 tns
most sighincaht single iact that rs
mat In the agreement "nlch tney loreea
TINS settlement, lney reserveu 'apahese
settlement, seiected py themselves 70
remain uheer lhe aosou.s oonuV. all
oirectioh Oh Japan AI.er tney mao .aheh
tii1ir PiSh, II tiie o.nei na.iohe uesno,
.Here ihish' oo pio'iueu GIL ii''eA
settlement
uhe outhhes OF tiils exclusive 1apa-
~ sc sstueheht seem 70 De raeher eieariy
dehheu, II lhciuoes an OF lhe wharVes
ana otner port iaoihties' an OF the rai-
way ee'Ni'naIs, the o@oie teitiiiiia,s' .ns
oen apI' ep.i n To pos,
u.'oes' INC eus,ois' .oseue, VIZ al oi
'he pcs, business anu ooVei i,inen.ai
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