The Washington times., 1921-11-17
CHINA SL|bERTY
HELONECESSARY
TOW0RLDPEACE
Spheres of Influence" Deprive
Nation of Control Over 80
Per Cent of Territory.
BY TARAKNATH DAs.


China is the crux OF the Pacific
problems. There can not be any real
solution Of the armament question
unless Pacific problems are solved in
the right sense. Japan and Britain
have accepted the Hughes proposal
only on principle. and both OF these
nations have begun to modify their
acceptance with reservations. When
the question Of China comes to the
forefront for solution then It will be
apparent whether there will be last
ing peace in the Far East or not.
Mr.. Lloyd George. the British
n-emier. has already made II clear by
his declarations in parliament that he
wants the Anglo-Japanese alliance to
be enlarged to an Anglo-American
Japanese understanding. From the
Japanese side there are indications
that Japan will not object to such an
agreement II 1t can be attained. Some
OF them have gone so far as to point
out that regarding the solution of the
Chinese problem there must be an
agreement on the line of Root
Takahira agreement, which will en-
brace Britain, Japan and America.
Some of them go further, and suggest
that China cannot be trusted In
managing her own affairs, 80 there
China. $3.50 -~-- ~
Plans Anti-American.
From our point OF view and from
the point of view OF international
justice, national sovereignty and
territorial integrity these plans are
not only undesirable but anti-Amer-
lean in every sense Of the word.
The only solution OF the Chinese
problem is that the nations which
have acquired territories in China
through coercion or coercive treaties
and agreements be made to hand
back all that belongs to the Chinese
people. 1t will surprise the Ameri-
can public and some of the states
men to know that about 80 per cent
Of the whole vast Chinese republic
Is now under the sphere Of influ-
ence' Of European nations and
Japan.
Great Britain claims Tibet (533.o0o
square miles,, Szechuan (218.000
square miles,. Kwanlung $4,000
square miles,, and the provinces Of
the Yantse river about $4,000
square miles,. making a total OF
1873, 800 square miles for the British
sphere Of influence" In the south.
France claims Yun-nan Q46.700
square miles,. as her sphere Of in
fluence." Before the war Germany
claimed shantung $4,000 square
miles,, which has now become a
part of the Japanese sphere OF IN
fluence." Japan's sphere Of ipflu-
ence" is more or less indefinite.
Japan claims her paramount interest
in China. However. she claims
South Manchuria 100000 square
miles,, Eastern Inner Mongolia CO.
900 square miles,. Fukien. H6,000
square miles,. and a section Of Shan
tung $4,000 square miles,, totaling
2o4 900 square miles. Before the fall
Of the czarist regime Of Russia. the
Russian sphere of influence" In
Outer Mongolia, Sinkiang, and parts
Of Manchuria was vast territory
OF 1921 900 square miles.
Chinese Deprived Of Control.
In the true sense Of the word.
China has no absolute control in
these spheres Of influence" and
thus about Sd per cent of the whole
Of the Chinese territories are out
side OF Chinese suzerainty.
For the sake OF Chinese freedom
and world peace, America should de-
mand that the spheres of influence"
in China be abolished. To those who
advocate international control Of
China, 1t il to be pointed out they I'M
consciously are advocating to reduce
China to the position OF Morocco or
Egypt under the joint control Of ma
tons interested to partition China.
China can take care of herself, and
she is anxious to do so, but foreign
intrigues and the limitations imposed
on Chinese freedom are the true
causes of the present degraded condi-
ton OF China. Will America give up
her traditional policy and join with
Britain, Japan and other nations 10
reduce China to a worse condition
than what she is to-day? The world
expects that America will help China
and thus aid one-third of the populn-
ton of the world to possess their birth
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