Show I CHINA SA SAYS JAPAN IS PAMP PAMPERED E EU AT AI PARIS Statement Points Out That Nipponese Are ATe Given Control Control Control Con Con- p of Large Territory Owned b by Oriental Any Ally p. pARTS PARIS RIS Frida Friday May Mav 2 2 By the Associated Pres Iu In In declaring its disappointment with the decision of the council of three regarding Kino Kiao Chats Chan t the he Chinese delegation in its statement today said the file dec decision sj n ng g gives tT Japan apan practical cal control of northern northern north ern China The statement reads The Thc Chinese delegation clec has b been con informed orally on on behalf of ol the council o of oE three of f the outline of or th the settlement proposed regard regarding ng the thc Shantung 1 question Under t tIr this is set set- settlement tl all rights to Kiao f flit r met rJ belonging ng to G German Germany J are are arc fr transferred ed to Japan While hUe Japan vOlu voluntarily engages to hand back tho the Shantung peninsula In full sovereignty so to China she is al al- allowed al allowed lowed to retain the thA economic privileges formerly enjoyed by Germ Germany n These privileges the thc delegation Is Informed refer to the Tau Tsing-Tau- Tau railway miles long IonS t fhe he e I mines connected with it and the two t railways to be built connecting Shantung Shan Shan 1 tung with the tho two trunk lines from Pe Peking to the Yan tso aIle valley In ad addition ad- ad she ahe obtains the right to establish establish establish lish a settlement at Tsing Tao and although although al- al though th the Japanese military forces it itIs itis itla Is la understood tit will Ill ill be withdrawn from Shantung at th the earliest possible moment mo moment mo- mo ment the thc employment nt of special railway rail rail- railway way police is permitted nl Disappointment nt d Such being the outline of the proposed proposed pro pro- posed settlement tho the Chinese delegation delegation tion cannot but view it with disappointment disappointment and dissatisfaction These Thes German Germ rights In Shantung originated in an act of wanton ag aggression sion slon in 1897 characteristic of Prussian russian militarism To transfer these rights to Japan as the council of three proposes propos s sto to do Is therefore to confirm an act of aggression c which has been re resented by the thc Chinese ever since its tion Such substitution n of Japan lot for Germany In Shan Shantung tunS' tunS Is serious enough In iii itself but It becomes become grave o I when the position of or Japan in southern Manchuria and eastern Mongolia is read in connection with it Firmly entrenched en- en en entrenched trenched on both sides side of or the Gulf of oC Chi Pe-Chi-Li the water outlet of or Peking with a a. hold on the three trunk lines I from Peking and connecting it with the rest o of China the capital becomes but hut butan I Ian an enclave e In n the midst oC of Japanese influence Allies Change VI View or Moreover owing to Chinas China's declaration declaration declaration decla decla- ration of or war against the central pO powers pow powers pow pow- I IlS ers lS August 14 1317 and the thc abrogation abrogation tion of ot all treaties and agreements between be- be tween China and these powers the German rights automatically reverted re I to China Chinn This fills declaration was officially off off- clan t taken cognizance of by br the a al- lied and associated governments o It is therefore significant that the council in announcing the settlement of tho the Chau Klao Chau question llon referred I to to the tho rights to b be bA transferred to Continued on page r I CHINA SAYS JAPAN IS PAMPERED AT PARI Continued d from Pose lage 1 Japan as ns the rights formerly b belonging belongS belong lon 11 lug ing to German Germany It appears clear cloar then that the Council Coun oun ell cil tins has been bestowing on Japan tl the e rights not of oC lint hut of or China not cf ef an enemy but of oC an ally The moro powerful nil ally ht has lias reaped a benefit bene hene- fit It at the c expense pense not of or the enemy I but of or tho the weaker ally alb Besides Shantung 1 Is Chinas China's holy hoK hoKland land 1551 packed cd with memories mnemonics of or Confucius Confucius Con on I and and hallowed a al' al Jut he cradle of ot her civilization civilization- Method lc If It Ie It is the Intention 0 of the council il to restore it it- to China Chinn it Is difficult to See sec on what consideration of or principle prin prin- ciple or of or expediency eX can cnn be Justified j I the time transfer in the first instance to an nn II alien allon power r which then voluntarily en engages engages' to hand Imn It back to tho the rightfuL rightful right right- ful fui owner I Japan based Its Us claim for tor the Geri German Ger- Ger i I man rights in Shantung also on tho the treaty and nd notes of oe 1915 and tho the notes of ot 1918 InS with China Chinn It is to be noli-d noli however that the documents of or 1913 1015 were agreed to b by China under coercion coer coer- cion don of oC an ultimatum threatening war warIn warIn warin in rase- rase of noncompliance with tho the twenty one one demands s Tho The notes of InS 1915 were re ma made b by hy China Chinn 3 as tho tIme price for or 1 Japans Japan's pm prom prom- iso tso to withdraw w h n lu-n r troops troop ho whose presence In iii the lIc lie Interior of or SJ as well n as the time establishment of or Japanese Jap Jap- anese civil administration bureaus in th district had hul aroused mch uch POtla opposition that tho the Chin T r go govern rn l' l I. I 1 I.- I. 41 II v. u v h t. t The Chinese delegation un understands tho the council was prompted by hy the fact that Great Britain and Franco had undertaken un un- n In February and March 1917 li to support at the thc peace conference th transferring to Japan nn of the German rights in To none of DC these secret agi agreements cements was China a party part nor was she of or their contents when Invited 1 to Join tho the war against the central empires The fortunes of ot China apr appear thus to have been made mado objects of or negotiation and compensation ties tion after she had allied herself with tho the allied powers P PoInt In n Apart part from this It I Is at least open to question how far these agreements M will ill be applicable inasmuch as China has lias since Inco b become come a belligerent Tho The claims of Japan referred to 10 In this agreement appear to be scarcely compatible compatible com corn with the fourteen points by the powers associated against Gel German Germany many If tIC the tho COU council has granted grante 1 the claims of or Japan In full ull for the tho purpose of or saving sainG tho the lea league ue of or nations as af is intimated to be the case China has less to complain of oC believing beHoving as 35 sho she does that it tt t is a a. duty ut to make malc sacrifice sacrifice sac sac- I for tor such a noble cause She cannot can can- I not however refrain from wishing that th the councils ha had seen fit it to call upon strong Japan to forego her claims animated b by a desire for tor aggrandizement aggrandize aggrandize- ment mont instead of ot upon weak welk China to surrender n Vh what Is hers b by right Great will be the tIme disappointment and 1 disillusion of or the thc Chinese people over the proposed s settlement If JC there Is reason for tOr the council to stand firm n on th the tho of ot Flume there would seem to be nil nih the themore moro more reason to to uphold the cla claim clain rg of ot China relating to Shantung which in includes In- In eludes the future welfare of or OO souls sand and the time hi highest hest Interest of ot I peace In the fa fa a east I |