Word: china
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...recognize the fact that the myriad troubles which beset China are not all due to foreign aggression; that which is probably the most serious is accounted for by the corruption of the Chinese officials themselves. Embezzlement and the misuse of public funds to the advantage of private affairs is a common practice, exercised with little or no check, while not infrequently officials have shamelessly accepted bribes in return for which they have sold the interests of their country. But', they continued, 'our troubles on this account, scandalous as they are, are greatly magnified when the money power of a foreign...
...Shantung, we hope that if possible the clause of the Peace Treaty relating to that peninsula will be modified and that not only the political sovereignty, which is the shell, but also the economic rights, which are the kernel of the Shantung question, may be restored to China. If not restored, Shantung should be internationalized rather than surrendered to the sole control of the Japanese. If the Shantung clause of the Treaty cannot be modified we look to the sympathy and aid of the United States in securing to China equitable rights in the League of Nations...
...Moreover we look to America to be the leader in the formation of an International Consortium which shall finance China. For three reasons the formation of such a partnership is essential to our welfare. First, in order to secure the large sums of money which are necessary to finance new railroads, and other forms of communication, to reform the monetary system of China, and to develop industrial and commercial enterprises. Secondly, to insure the expenditures of money so loaned to us upon the objects for which it is borrowed by the Chinese government...
...Lastly, such an international union is necessary in order to safeguard the political integrity of China from even a suspicion of intrigue on the part of any foreign power, such as would be sure to arise if the former methods of financing China were followed in the immediate future. If a consortium of this nature can provide the funds and appoint a commission on which there shall be representatives of China as well as of the great powers which lend the money, China may reasonably expect thereby very great assistance in her momentous problem of securing international peace...
...commenting on this view of the situation in China, Bishop Roots concluded with his feeling on the duty of the United States toward China. "I think there is very serious danger at the present time that the people of America may be moved by an undue prejudice against Japan, but friendliness to China must not imply animosity toward Japan. The real interests of Japan as well as of China require a policy of neutral helpfulness between the two countries and it should be the aim of America to act as the friend of both countries and to promote this policy...