Word: liaotung
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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This means, among other things, that Japan will occupy the Liaotung peninsula for another 50 years, whereas China maintains that the leases on this strip of land terminate next Tuesday. No power on earth can put Japan out except a gigantic, solid Chinese army. An army China will have if it takes 50 years to get. So runs public opinion on the Oriental mainland...
...Liaotung is the promontory immediately north of Peking and south of Korea. Its harbors include Port Arthur, of war fame, and Dalny, "model city...
...conclusion of the Russo-Japanese war, China agreed to transfer the lease of the Liaotung Peninsula from Russia to Japan. The lease expires March 27,1923. Japan in 1915 insisted on a 50-year renewal...