New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-10
China Held
Inn nune to
Red Menace
(Csntiaued from psse ene)

educated Chinese. And it is express
ing itself with effectiveness. 1t is
making its power felt. 1t has become
a real force of intimidation. 1t and it
alone has temporarily halted the mad
career of loans. 1t alone has stood
in the way of the further alienation
Of territory and resources in exchange
for brides. which go to the further
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the militarists and
the further exploitation of the people.
Naturally there has been trouble.
When new loans are preached when
new secret agreements with the Jap
snese militarists are being negotiated,
when new and glaring cases of official
footing come to public notice the stu
dents and their supporters make their
protests The schools go on strike,
She shops of the large cities close
there are public demonstrations And
there is counterrepression by the
government Students taking part in
paradee and lecturing on patriotism
20 the public have been beaten by the
soldiery and arrested in large num-
beers. Newspapers have been sup
dressed. Men have been arrested with
out charge and held without trial
Now it is quite inconceivable that if
the government should commit some
claringly provoking act. if for instance,
il should in secret negotiations with
Japan waive the country's claim to the
Shantung territory, and if the students
and their supporters make their public
protests and the government challenges
them with too rigorous suppression
if the issue should be brought 10 a
10 y,
may be a national uprising Certainly
if by the militarists' action Tsingtao
and the adjacent territory In Shantung
is lost to China there will be an up
rising. That is beyond question, TO,
Shantung has stirred the country more
than it has been stirred in a genera
ton
And here is the point. when. or i
that rising comes the government vii
undoubtedly take advantage of the Boil
shevik scare to discredit it. 1t will b,
propaganda III Western countries tt!
20 represent it as Bolshevism. 1t i
already doing so. 1t is already using
Bolshevism as a pretext for crushing
the student movement and is defending
Itself before fore iSners on that ground
Young boys who GO about the streets
occurring on the need of patriotism IL
ne masses are beaten and arrested FOL
spreading Dangerous thoughts"
At this very time nearly hundred
students-who do not even know wha
Bolshevism means-have been held il
prison for two months without tria
because they took part in demonstra
IONS against the governments inten
ION 10 negotiate with Japan on tn
~hantung question. The excuse givel
% foreigners who protest is that tn
lows are preaching sedition.
Move Aimed at Militarists
Moreover, it is not only the Chimes
uhtarists who are using Bolsheyisn
a smoke screen. 1t is signitican
nat when last summer demonstration
.ook place in all the large cities
gainst the awarding Of the Kiaochcv
Peninsula to Japan the Japanese pres
kilograms to America all referred t.
nc demonstrations as "Bolshevik ris
qce" And this IS of Importance be
cause II is always the Japanese ver
on of occurrences in the Far Eas
nat gets to Europe and America first
I the Chinese people should make
cally national protest against the en-
-roachment of Japan with the con
vance Of Chinese oficialdom japan
I'D of course brand it as Bolshevisn
0reign opinion Will be turned agans
hina's protest, and of course foreigl
Dlnion counts much in China; prob
big it is the decisive factor becaus