New-York tribune., 1921-11-18
Shantung Ours,
.Ma1lchllria, Too,
Chinese Insist
Japan Held Not Entitled 10
Trade for Return of the
Province She Took From
Its German Occupants
Great Wall No Boundary
Enough of Japanese Prom
ises,'' Says Writer; Points
to Corea as an Example
By K. P. Wana

Associate Editor Of the "Shum Pao," Of
Shanghai
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Instead Of
coming out with her definite plans re-
garding her future policies toward
China, Japan has been intimatng that
she will quit Shantung on the condi-
ton that she will be given freer
hand in Manchuria and Mongolia. She
wants to have the right to move into
Manchuria and Mongolia as many
Japanese subjects as she wants. She
wants to have the freedom to open up
the vast economic resources in those
Two territories in any way she likes
and above all, she wants to try to
convince the world that the Great Wall
is the northern boundary of China. If
the nations are going to be bluffed by
such arguments, then they are ushe;-
:ng in the greatest calamity the world
ever witnessed.
Japan is to quit Shantung. This is
settled question, and the execution
the public opinion of the world will
not allow her to stay. Her unlawful
occupation or seizure of Shantung, one
of the richest and most thickly popu-
lated provinces of China, during the
last seven years, have become matters
OF world condemnation; and unless
she quits it in the immediate future
her standing in the family of nations
as great and civilized" people will
be terminated. In quitting Shantung
she is certainly not entitled to have
any price.
Chinese for Centuries
Manchuria and Mongolia have been
parts of Chinese integral territory for
hundreds of years. They are repre-
sented in our national parliament, as
are other parts of China. They are the
throat of China, and if her throat is
choked life will at once become ex-
tinct. Any attempt to ALLEVIATE them to
any sovereignty other than Chinese will
constitute the greatest encroachment
363,70o square miles in Manchuria and
1,367,953 in Mongolia, while the total
area of Shantung is only 55,9B4 square
miles. To barter away Msnchuria for
the return of Shantung, which is a
matter of course now, is therefore to
cut away from China a large portion of
the body in order to save q small part
Of limb.
The Great Wall in China is one of
the worlds greatest engineering feats
but it is not Chinese boundary. None
of the international treaties touching
about China has implied that the vast
territories lying north of the Great
Wall do not belong under Chinese con-
troll. Manchnria and Mongolia are
shown ON all the maps published as
parts Of China.
Cites Japanese Promises
OF course, Japan will say that asking
to have freer hand in Manchuria and
Mongolia does not mean that she is
asking to- annex Manchuria and Mon
golia. and that she will keep Manchuria
and Mongolia open for equal economic
and trade opportunities for all the ma
tions.. But these are Japanese prom
ises," and we should realize that we
have enough of them. Prior to her an
nexation of Corea she was pledged to
maintain Corean integrity and indie
pendence. Every American and Euro
pean trader in the Far East can tell
what the Japanese mean when they
say they will keep Manchuria and Mon
golia open for all. Practically all the
trade and shipping in both Manchuria
and Mongolia are now in absolute con-
troll of the Japanese. American and
European traders who have attempted
70 open LIaue HelQS IN Manchurla and
Mongolia are subject to all kinds of
discrimination at the hands of the
Japanese.
Japan's grip on Manchuria and Mon
golia is already too strong to be shaken.
She has trunk rail line in Manchuria
linking up practically all important
cities. She controls the two most i'm
portant ports there, namely, Port Ar
thur and Dairen. In Kwantunc. she not
only maintains military government.
but also civil administration, Her
troops can be moved freely from and
to any points she desires. Her police
force is seen in every city. Japanese
currency is the only kind of currency
that is recognized as legal tender, and
in many of the stores in Manchuria
Chinese dollars are not acceptable.
Japanese postoffices are everywhere.