The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-23
China Expects America
to Cut Strings That Tie
Industries of Nations

y,A..IINGTON. There are few
...'.f ,,,yers not Interested in China.
o,.g, ,rv the least interested is the
t..ta1 states. and 10 IL probably FOR
.,hi. reason that China looks to
Am.r.aa ~ help her disentonglc tho
,nyritd strings by which the much
r,nEcd nation ot the far east is
hound 10 European and Asiaatlc
Gr.at Britain, France. Japan,
r.r. germany, Russia. Austria,
p,..ugaf Denmark and Bclgum "a e.
,si.uv Interested In China. Each
r,. "a concession. or holding, OF
loan that is due from China. The
railways OF China, whore not actual
M owned 10y foreign powers, are H.
r.rcod by them. And, in return
.o- ,r's financing Of railways and
othpr projects, concessions have hceu
demanded from china. And CON
cessuus have been granted, with
IN. result that China Is a confusion
~ concessions.
Railway Loans,
ur.egN. here are some Of the for
Railway loans and foreign CON
eirY RIGHTS and interests I'm China:
tr6r .f railways are held by Great
. yr.au. Belgium, Japan, France,
Russia and America. Americas in
terea He's only In that classification
Of Chinese railroads under complete
Chinese control, subject only TO the
sting4uuu that foreign engineers
and chief accountants shall be em-
Austria. Denmark. Italy. Ger
many and Belgium have made great
loans to china pr nripaly Tor the
developments Of railways.
o. italy, In 1899, demanded OF
China the lease OF Sanmen bay on
the coast OF Chokiang, as a Coaling
station and ma al base. China re-
fused, and all that Italy received
was % mining concession in north
ern Chckiang.
IaN holds the concession Of
Tieu'sin under an agreement with
China entered into June Z, 1902.
',,-he concession lies on the LEFT bank
u the Pelho river and has an area
Of about half a square kilometer
with population OF 10,0l7.
a. Portugal has but one posses
sion IN China. II IL tho district Of
Macao il is on an island Of the
same name, at the mouth of the
Canton river. Portugal maintains a
military force In Masao.
Japan's Holdings.
+. Japan holds the former Ger
man lease on the district OF Kiao-
chow. ln the Chinese province OF
shanturF on the Yellow sea. It
was originally leased to Germany
by China for a ninety year pc
riud. The property was seized from
Germany by Japan In 1914 China
has demanded reversion of the
.,Ts.
oyerriddcn by the Versailles diplo
matists. In retaliation China re-
fused TO become slgnatory to the
treaty
6. Japan claims to exercise in the
Chinese province Of Manchuria a
Sphere Of influence" Japan eject
ed Russia from Manchuria in 1904.
Japan secured from China lease
on the LlaO-Tung peninsula. the
district OF kwantun2. succeeding to
leasehold rights OF Russia includ-
ing control OF the railway from Port
Arthur TO Chang -chun, formerly
held by Russia
7. Japan likewise claims a sphere
of influence I'm inner Mongolia. By
an agreement signed MAY 20, 1915,
Japan obtained from China cXclu-
sye mining rights in Eastern Mon
gOlia and, as well, the right to set
lie IN the province. IN addition,
Japan secured rights IN Shantuug.
Japan, In accordance. with
terms Of the treaty OF Shimonoseki,
entered into with China on May g.,
1895, at Chefoo. secured the right to
, tha Island of FormOsa.
France Stings.
France. following the war Of
lSS3-lSSi, seized from China the
large strip of territory TO the south
called French IndO-China.
10. France. because Of her grow
ing power I'm 1ndo-China and her
railway and financial interests In
China proper. claims a sphere of
influence in all Southern China
provinces.
IT, France, in April, 1898, re-
sslved a grant from China by which
7gance received "a gg-yoar lease on
The bay OF kuanE- -Chau- Wan.
Japs Annex Korea.
-. Korea, detached from China
following the Russo japanese war,
was annexed by Japan, 1904-l905,
Japan Is rcputcd TO have almost un-
united power In Korea, though
there is some semblance OF home
rule maintained by the Koreans.
3. Japan. by virtue OF financial
and railway interests in Fukien
province, claims in this province
also "a sphere Of influence"
II, Great Britain, by convention