Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fullest deposit vaults are in the big International Settlement and the French Concession at Shanghai. There are only guesses as to how much wealth (foreign and Chinese) is on deposit there, but if Japan, already forced to tighten her belt to carry on the Chinese "incident," could get her hands on these riches, they would help her in financing the rest of the war. While Chinese diplomats profess optimism over the military situation, no one was surprised when they warned Occidental powers sympathetic to China that the question of whether Japan wins or loses now depends largely on how firmly...
Last week the three powers stood firm, not only at Shanghai but also at the little International Settlement on the Island of Kulangsu, near Amoy. There the Japanese landed 126 marines. Soon Vice Admiral Sir Percy Noble, Commander-in-Chief of the British China Fleet, served the Japanese with an ultimatum to clear out. Sir Percy was not speaking for Britain alone but for France and, more important, for the U. S. Throughout the war the Japanese have been considerably more respectful to the U. S., which is a big nation with a big fleet more free to prowl...
...aide mémoire (an informal preliminary diplomatic note) the Japanese Government proposed far-reaching changes in the Government of the Shanghai International Settlement-changes which would give the Japanese virtual control of the Settlement. Chief Japanese demands were for more voting power for the Japanese residents of the International Settlement so that more Japanese could be elected to the Municipal Council. Other demands were for administrative and court "reforms." Just before going on leave, U. S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew handed Japanese Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita the U. S. reply. It was a strong rejection of all Japanese demands...
...notes are not the only weapon the Japanese have been using. Japanese military and naval spokesmen have "predicted" that Japan would soon find it "necessary" to send her marines into the Shanghai International Settlement to stamp out anti-Japanese "terrorism."* Flushed by their small but solid victory at Amoy, the three Western countries put on at Shanghai a joint demonstration of just what resistance Japan would meet in the Settlement should her armed forces try to move...
...French Concession special Chinese police, French Ahnamese soldiers even French sailors from warships in the Whangpoo River were mustered out. In the International Settlement the 4th U. S. Marines and bluejackets from the U. S. cruiser Augusta were under stand-by orders. The British ordered out their entire defense forces, landing both soldiers and sailors from warships. The Shanghai Volunteer Corps and the International Settlement Police were called out to the last man. To give the Japanese no excuse for penetrating the area, Settlement patrols also began a systematic search for terrorists arrested 150 Chinese, found no ammunition. Two Chinese...