Word: shantung
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Dates: during 1919-1919
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...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...
...Last August", he said, "just before I sailed from Hankow for America, I received an invitation to tea from a group of prominent Chinese merchants of Hankow. The opinion they presented to me on the Shantung difficulty represents the sentiment of the more modern Chinese business men, for my friends were not Chinese officials whose views are steeped in imperialism. They had called me in because they knew I was about to leave for America and they wished me to convey their views on Shantung to my friends here in America. What they said may best be retold in somewhat...
...Shantung Produced China's Great...
...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...