The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-01
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER l, 1921
CHINA-THE WORLDS GRAB BAG

WHEN the James boys held up a train no one
called it complicated 1t was merely robbery and
"Paci6c and Far Eastern questions when anayzed
by simple mind stand out not ing more 5han
the loot OF China For years this great loblolly ma
tion has been common prey and not all the fine
phrases OF diplomacy make the treatment Of
China anything else than robbery.
The grab game started back in lS42 when China
tried to put an end to the opium trade that was
debauching her people The traffic however. meant
millions to Great Britain, and John Bull declared
Poor old China, whipped to a fragile, had to
hand S42000G00 Tor indemnity, expenses, opium
compensation etc and by way OF giving additional
point to the moral lesson Great Britain also took
over Hongkong
The French seeing how easy it was soon annexed
Cochn-Chna and followed this up by establishing
'protectorate" over Cambodia Nor was Russia
idle. By way OF experiment, just TO see ii China
screams would attract attention, the Little White
Father seized the Amur River When nothing hap
pened. Russia leaped forward more boldly and an
ncyed the whole coast OF Manchuria to the Korean
frontier. building Nladivostok as a guardian fort
and port
One thing leads to another Excited by Russian
success, France picked a small Inexpensive war with
China, and as the price OF peace grabbed Tonkn
and Anam. a vast stretch beside which Shantuns
is caraway seed. Great Britain annexed the whole
of Burma in 1886, and in 1890 added Sikkm by way
OF good measure.
All this time Japan had been bouncing around
like hen on hot gridde. With Russia gobblins
northern China, and Great Britain and France biting
great chunks out OF southern China, Nippon saw
white Peril looming large. As 4 consequence
Japan aided very helpful revolution in Korea, and
when China protested she gave the Flowery Kingdom
nice little demonstration OF war as it should be
waged. The treaty OF 1905 declared Korea free
state. and gave the Liaotung Peninsula, Formosa
and the PcScadoreS Islands TO Japan. That was
pretty fair Tor first attempt, but Japan failed tc
reckon with the anger OF outraged civilization, anc
Japan was forced return Liaotung No sooner
did Japan do so. however, than Russia stepped Tor
ward with grin and took the peninsula her
self and then guarded her pickup with the fortress
OF Port Arthur and the no less city OF Dalny.
| over the horizons brim now bobbed a glterins
steel helmet and very fierce mustacheS In
loud indignant voice the kaiser wanted TO know VIII!
Germany was not sharing in the plum harvest. The
killing OF two German missionaries in Shanuns
gave the grea, war lord an excuse Tor the maileC
fist Before the incident closed China haC
leased the harbor OF Kaochow 10 Germany for ninety
nine years.
| Great Britain saw red when She learned OF til,
| lease Under threat oi war she forced China e
hand over an indefinite lease to the harbor OF Wei
hawei Also Tor the sake OF better military defense
7 Tor Hongkong. Great Britain obtained ninety-nne
wear lease on four hundred square miles OF terrtor!
in the peninsula OF Kowloon, Immediately opposite
TO Honpkong Jew months later the Nangtze val
ley was likewise quietly added to the British sphere
OF interest" Whereupon France not TO be outdone
sphered" the province OF Iunnan.
The Boxer Rebellion OF 1900 direct resul
OF these aggressons. for the ungrateiu Chinamar
failed to realize that it was all Tor MS ultimate good
rs lu rung Chen the Boxer leader. phrased it ii
his crude way
These foreigners under pretext OF trading ant
eaching Christianity are in reality taking away th
land food and clothing OF the people; besides over
turning he teachings OF the sages, they are POISONING
Us with opium and running MS with debauchery
Since the time OF Tao Kuang, they seized our terri
tory and cheated Us out OF our money; they hav