New-York tribune., 1921-11-19
Chinese Favor
Rule by Japan,
kon1atsu Says
Declares Natives Have Re-.
Happy Under Fore;m
Control and Are MAXI.
No Demand for Chanos
Speaks of British AID
Contends Nippon Has Don.
for Kiaochau What Ens,
lish Have in Weihai,xs;
By Midori Komatm,

by MIdori komatsu
Special correspondent Of the "Chus,;
Shogyo," Of Toxic
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1s.--cb,n -.
among many other things (and J.s.' sss'
England and France seen, annsrap., rapst'
willing to grant, the return 10 her ' !,
Kiaochau. Weihaiwei and Kons,.s .
tcheou. NO doubt when such a eas.
tingency takes place Chinese noi;.; IL
clans, particularly Of the student clss.
viii be highly gratified But will n.
Chinese common people, inhabitss
these places, who have nothing 10 -
with politics and diplomacy, be eousIlv
pleased? To the question the answ.,
of nine out Of ten observers WIN b.ss
seen anything of the conditions -
China and can form intelligent iua.' -
ment will be an emphatic mo"
do not claim any knowledge Of .hs
conditions obtaining in Kouangtcbsor
which France leased in 1893 for nins,r
nine years, but know something aha.
those prevailing in Weihaiwei A.;
Kiaochau. Before Weihaiwei w.,
leased to England in 1898 it was tr.ss rss
Of waste land, inhabite by wretchsdls
poor natives, who knew prsetiesy
! nothing of sanitation, with no schoel,
and no other equipment of civilizst;on
During the last twenty years Of British
occupation the place has been turned
into one of the fairest spots in the rs,
East. There are good schools and hos.
pitfalls, good roads have been con.
structed, hills planted with tress
plaques stamped out and the native in
habitants given just and enliehtensa
administration.
Under British rule, giving security
of life and property, they have becoms
incomparably better off than thew wsrs
before. All this will become a ,hins
of the past in few years after tbs
withdrawal of the British, and The
greatest sufferers in consequence will
be Woodworking, law-abiding common
I Chinese.
1t is exactly the same with regard %
kiaochau, including the city of Tsinc.
tao. The Germans had converted hi:
end of the Shantung peninsula from a
barren. dreary expanse OF land into :
verdant. healthy and prosperous plas.
Of human abode, and the japanese upor
succeeding to the rights of Occupation
as result of the great war have fur
ther improved the conditions there.
am not boasting Of the achievement
Of my countrymen, but ] am sinpl
stating a fact when say that III
Chinese, in spite of it being unds
Japanese domination, ind it very goo
place to live in. much better than man
other places in which Chinese soy
ereignty is upheld. In proof. [ ms
quote from the writing Of foreig
observer who recently visited Ii
place.
"The most convincing proof Of s
he writes, that the Japanese occups
ton Of Tsingtao has been beneficial /
the Chinese is the way the latter nay
been fiocking in since the Japare:
took the place. For the entire distrit
found the Chinese population has il
creased more than 80 per Gems from
little more than 10000 to near
100000. Not bad showing, that, 70
a period of only six years.
But wait moment. During the sam
time the Chinese population in Il
municipality Of Tsingtao itself II
tent Of 500 per cent. Now, nothing hs
Tsingtao in this way. They have don
so because they wanted to becsus
they knew that they could make BET
ter living there than elsewhere, and q
the same time be assured of persons
safety and justice and fair dealing:
as they cannot be assured at presen
under their own flag"
In this connection ! may add wha
Admiral Tsai of China, who is her
among the Chinese delegates, told me
few days ago, when he was asked wha
he thought about the English occupa
ton of Hongkong. He said it wa
purely commercial penetration. bene
fetal to China herself. But for Eng
lish administration and enterpris
such an important international por'
thanks to the existence of which CHI
nese productive industry had mad
did not want British withdrawal fror
that the same logic holds good wit
Kiaochau under japanese occupation.
If By doing so international trouble
Far East can be expected, Japan !
perfectly willing to return Kiaochau =
China. And surely she will, as she hs
repeatedly declared she will. Bu
when she does so | shall be sorry. fc
the Chinese masses living in Kiaocha.u
who do not care about politics and VII
only want to live in peace.
Neither am very hopeful of the set
tlement of Far Eastern troubles ate
the restoration of Kouangtcheou, We
haiwei and Kiaochau TO their origina
owners. The root of the Chinese tron
bles is in the inability of the Chimes
to help themselves, and not in tn
ambition and aggression of eitne
France, England or Japan, or all ID
three combined.
In the next article ! intend to des
with the question of extra-terrltorisl
ity in China.