Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-11
'SHANTONG The ROCK
WHICH MAY SPLIT
THE CONFERENCE
This 10 the Problem That Pre-
sents Greatest Difficulties
in Solution.
WHAT IT REALLY INVOLVES
BY Charles Brewer Farmer.
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WHAT IT REALLY INVOLVES
BY Charles Brewer Farmer.

success Of tho Conference on Linita-
ton. OF Armament. The parleys be-
tween China and Japan were definite /,
lly broken off few days ago, when
tthe Chinese and Japanese .represen-
thtives announced that IT was inn
possible for them to reach an amicable
settlement.
Woodrow Wilson was crucifed by
his critics because Of his errors at the
Peace Conference. Those were human
errors. But the Republican majority
In the Senate, led by the Messiah OF
Back Bay. would not and could not
stomach any Of them One OF the main
oritlcisms levelled at Wilson was that
he had not forced the Versailles Con-
ference to give shantung back to Its
rightful owner. China.
Now the Conferences on Limitation
OF Armament and Matters pertaining
TO the Far East has failed to do the
same thing. But this time 1t is a Re-
publican failure. II does make diff
ference, you know, whose horse is be-
Ing ridden.
The Chinese journalists OF both the
cantonese and Pekingess governments
here--who are at liberty 10 talk more
freely than the Chinese diplomats.
lsay that from their standpoint the
conference Is q dismal failure unless
they get Shantung. and the Shantung
railway. 1t is failure even il Il was
conducted by the Republican lords
and temporary masters of America.
Here are the plain facts in the case
ard the reader may draw his own con-
clusions:
The province OF Shantung was
seized by tho German Government ir
) the late .nineties following the murder
OF two German Jesuit missionaries b,
Chinese briEands. An ironical fact wa
that those Jesuits had been banishet
! from Germany. But the Kaiser's Gov.
errment suddenly evidenced st 5na
{ love for them after death.
IF China cannot protect our ma
tionals, then we shall protect then
, ourselves" Wilhelmstrasse said proud
: ly. as 1t wept crocodile tears over tn,
priests who had given their lives II
the service Of their Mas er. Therefor,
, China was forced to sign treaty
, which was nothing more nor less thar
the acceptance of Germany's stealth,
of her land for a period Of years.
: Then came the World War.
Japan, being allied with Great Bri
I tain. threw herself into the Allies
r cause. and captured Shantung. Ais
!. she retained Shantung as portion o
her booty.
q Now China says that she has
: right to have Shantung back. Sh
e points TO the fact that it was stolel
! from her originally, and that the orig
inal owner should havf possession
!. since third party has taken it iron
: IA thief.
China asked that the entire Confer
ence sit on the Shantung case. Sh
was anxious to have the worlds pub
licity spotlight thrown on it. But Japa
o felt that no one but China being con
lcerned that the Conference should nc
be worried by such little trivial cas-.
She would-take China off to a dar
Ecorner Of the Conference and discus
s the matter privately with her.
+ That was done-to China's discom
: future.
v Japan stated that she was willin
: to give up the shantung railway. pre-
viding that China pay for it's COS
; which was placed at SO million gol
& marks.
is You are on" said China in expires
sive slang. and started to cosnt OF
n the money.
mot so fast. honorable friend sal
-tJapan. I'VE don't want the none,
/ We don't need it at all. We have $
much gold that we don't know whs
TO do with it. Gold is the curse of til
earth. Well just take mortgage c
that railroad for p years, and the
latter we've had the interest-and II
" control of the road for that. period
its yours
Not by any of our honorable al
cestors,Y China so much as retorte
We want the road all at once N
:, = in 21 years
NJ $50 sor~y-so sorry. indeed sa
Japan, with a sympathetic shake
IS the head, as she backed out--keepir
- her hands on the Railroad Of Sha
es tung.
C. There you are.
nu That's the true history OF the cas-
Decide for yourself whether Chi
es should have Shantung and the Sha.
ne tung railroad.
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