The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-18
If NICARAGUA, WHY NOT
CHINA?
BY N. ID. Cochran :

Secretary Of State Kellogg meant we'll when he
invited the Chinese generals declare Shanghai terri
tory neutral zone, but he went about it the wrong
way.
His experience in Nicaragua ought to have prompted
him to try his Central American diplomacy on the
rambunctious Chinese
All he had to do was to have American adj
miral sail into the harbor at Shanghai, land few
marines and declare Shanghai neutral zone.
Then hencould have the admiral sail down
Hongkong land a few marines, and declare that
neutral zone. Then on up the river to Canton with
more marines and more neutral declarations
BY tracking the Cantonese army to it's lair and
finding where it would make the stop, he could
head victorious Chinese general off by scattering
NATURALIZATION declarations right and left, here there
and everywhere
Having completely surrounded the Cantonese army
with neutral zones, Secretary Kellogg could then send
the admiral up the Yellow Sea, around the Shantung
peninsula through the Gulf of Pi Chill and up
but deep river to Tentsin. Landing a few ma
rnes the dock at Tentsin and letting loose Gee
aration Of neutrality there, it wouldn't take much
time to send a marine overland to Pelin and
post up declaration of neutrality there.
That would bottle Up Chang Tso Lin in Manchuria
and keep his army from moseying southwark to meet
that army from Canton. General WI would also be
bottled up. So with the other general bottled up in
Shanghai by the original declaration of neutrality, the
between the various Chinese armies would be
because they would all be so thoroughly surrounded
by neutral zones that there wouldn't be anywhere
to fight.
by this time secretary kellogg, the great Amerl-
diplomat would be able to make his mind which
of the various generals suited him best ruler of
China and he could send him to Pekin, Hankow or
any other place the great Chinese republic and set
him UP in the government business.
If of the Chinese generals happened to look
good to him. Kellogg might borrow some clerk from
the Standard Oil Company and make him president
of all China and then stick few marines around the
imperial palace guards.
If Secretary Kellogg pull this off he can save
awful lot of trouble for friends the Chinese and
also for Great Britain, Japan, France Italy etc. 1t
would be stroke OF genius Business would go on
in China as usual ard everybody everywhere would
be happy.
This can't be criticised experiment in diplo-
macy, for it isn't invention at ALL Kellogg has
tried it out in Nicaragua; and he made it work Nor
does this policy require many tools. In Nicaragua
all he needed a few battleships, admiral, a
handful OF marines and few declarations of neutrality
in zones where they would do the most good for our
pet president.
And if it is the kindly Christian thing to do in
Nicaragua, it ought to work just we'll clear
the Pacific. We have got away with extending the
three-mie limit off coasts to 20, 80, 40 most
any number of miles. Now little more extension and
we stretch territorial control the Pa
cfic and smear the Volstead act all China.
As some wize gezabo once remarked--where
there's will there's