The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-21
JAPAN DEMANDS
MADE IN 1888.
EXPERTS CLAIM
'Annexes' in North China
Planned Two Years
AGO. Is Report.
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WASHINGTON. June 2i-Con-
sistent Toxic dispatches since Japan
resumed mailed fist tactics in North
China coudrm what veteran OBJ
servers % the Ear Eastern scene
have long suspected-that the Japa-
nese demands we're presented as
long ago as May 30. 1888.
The entirs development inside the
hoary Great Wall resulting in
Japane-e military. political and eco
numic domination Of North China,
has been q demonstration Of Orien-
tai patience.
o.. May 30. 1888. with the van
guards of japanese armies within
II miles n the gates Of Peiping and
within easy marching distance Of
the cosmopolitan city OF TIentSin.
there vas negotiated the Tangku
Truce.
DemilitariIed Zone Set Up
Ostenably It provided for a ees-
sstion OF the sanguinary Sin0-Jap-
aness hostilities following Del Nip
pons conquest Of Jehol province in
behalf OF the infant empire OF
Manchuokuo. Il provided for es-
adjustment Of the "demilitaTized
zone" inside the Great Wall. long
strip Of territory from which Chi
uese troops were excluded. but in
which japanese forces moved freely
on sovereign Chinese soil But It
also concerned certain "annexes"
which only now. two years after the
Tangku truce. have been enforced
and made known to the world.
For more than two years Japan.
apparently. held the "annexes" Of
the TanEku truce as a sword over
the Kuomintang government Of
GeneralissimO Chang Rai-shek at
Marking. Failure 20 obtain their
compliance. after acceptance. by
diplomatic persuasion resulted in
the latest vigorous japanese moves
which broke the anti-Japanese boy
colt In North China and forced Gen.
Chang to surrender any claim TO
even nominal control over the re-
gions north Of the turbulent Yellow
River-the stream known for CEN
turtles as "China's Sorrow"
Japan Institutes Changes
Between the Tangku truce and
efectuation Of Japan'5 domination
Of North China. however. much was
accomplished by the military and
diplomatic representatives Of Toxic.
Steps preliminary to Chinese
recognition OF Manchuokuo were ar
ranged. Through railway traffic be-
tween Peiping and Mukden. the
heart OF ManChuokuo. was eStab-
liShed. Postal communication be-
tween China and ManchuOkuo was
restU-ed. BY the spring OF this year
81 that rchsained for Japan 10 do
in North China was break down
sales resistance to its goods. install
officers sympathetic TO its program
and obtain formal Chinese recogni-
ton of ManchuOkuO.
Had AL The secret terms Of the
Tangku truce been carried out
completely and promptly things
might have been different in North
China today. But as matters now
stand. Japan appears set to so
great deal farther than 1t really
planned two years ago.
Government More Stable
Two years ago. Gen. Chang had
wrested North China blOodlessly
from Chang Hsueh-nang. the
Young Marshal" Ousted from
Manchuria by the japanese con-
quest. China had something ap-
preaching a stable government. the
lack OF which the efficient japanese
had always bemOaned.
But now Chinese morale between
the yellow River and the Great
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seems. must be the answer 70 what
consequences will be TO China's fail
ure 70 meet the demands imposed
BY Japan at the time the Tangku
truce was negotiated.
The Chinese have their side Of
the story. When the Tangku truce
was framed the japanese had
ceased resorting 10 force. No group
Of responsible Chinese officials
could put their acceptance Of Japa-
nese demands into effect and still
remain in the saddle unless they
could rightly assert they had been
victims OF forceful measures.
In the end. Japan obliged them
with a convincingly impressive ar
ray OF force. The next few weeks
OF months will show how far the
momentum gained by Japan on its
latest rr,f,ve will carry