Word: shantung
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Desires League of Nations and Shantung...
...Japan is much concerned with the problems of the world, and favors the adoption of the Leage of Nations as a possible step towards the ultimate elimination of war Anything which can be done that will help to bring permanent peace is worth while. That the Shantung question should have arisen, Japan regrets, but it was with difficulty that we won Shantung from Germany, and the prevailing opinion is that we should keep it. We must be repaid in some measure for the sacrifices that we have made...
...That sort of statement we think is due to Japanese influence and is a slander on the Chinese people because we do care and are very concerned as to what is done in Shantung...
...very commonly stated,' they said, that the Chinese have no patriotism and are quite indifferent as to the fate of one of their own provinces, even the sacred province of Shantung. For in Shantung, the Holy Land of China, are the birthplaces of Confucius and Menshious, the two greatest men in many respects China has ever produced...
...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...