Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-19 | Page 1 | Japan Has Strong Foothold through Treaty of 1905

j I War Threat Troubles Trouble's Far East I 4 j Cr iN SP S 'S P OR kO EA 1 JAPAN GP eAy JO CH iJo I A. A T SINAN S' S L. L I p A Occupation of Mukden capital of Manchuria I by Japanese troops has bai greated great e t unrest In China The map lap shows hows the scene of the tue fighting General Genera Chiang Kai shek president of f the Chinese nationalist government govern govern- ment which claims sovereignty over I shown lo r right IJ JAPAN P N H FOOTHOlD THROUGH OF 1 1906 O Control of Manchuria Railway Railway Railway Rail Rail- way Is Important Concession I 8 By Br Japan acquired a a. strong trong foothold In Manchuria through the Portsmouth Ports Forts mouth treaty fresty in 1905 which awarded award award- ed cd her the Russian lease of Port AThur Arthur Ar AT- thur hur and Dairen and the southern extremity of the Llao Tung penin peninsula sula Including the South Manchurian l ra railway The same ERme year ChIna cu this transfer and gave Japan the I right to make extensions to the South Manchurian railway which now h ha has hasa a total length of miles mUes connects with the Korean railways and c controls con can n. n troIs all aU of at Manchuria south of ot Muk Muk- den By winning the war a against Russia Russin Rus Rus- sin sia and anti securing the Portsmouth treaty Japan became the successor to Russia as a a. dominant foreign power pow pow- Ow er in Manchuria Both Russia and Japan had striven for decades to get geta a foothold in Manchuria because of its ts strategic value and its great I wealth BLOCKED EFFORT When Japan defeated d China Inthe in inthe Inthe the war of ot 1895 1894 Japanese statesmen statesmen states states- men endeavored ored to acquire the Llao- Llao Tung Thug peninsula but Russia bac basked backed ed edby by France Prance and Germany blocked this effort Three years later Inter by show of force Russia acquired the lease case of the southern part of ot the peninsula pe pc including Port Arthur and Dairen Consequently Japan was especially jubilant when her victory at arms over o Russia enabled her to i take th the territory the group of European European Eu Eu- powers had denied her 10 I years earlier Japans Japan's control of ot the arterial railway railway rail rail- I Iway way in Manchuria connecting w with Ul Its great ports and the right it hasto has hasto to maintain troops throughout this j railway zone have made the Jap Continued on P Paso o Two JAPAN HAS STRONG FOOTHOlD TH THROUGH OUGH OF m 1905 fi Continued from Page luc One ane inese anese e predominant in South Man Man- and have ha rendered it difficult for or Chinese factions t to make war Japan has hM generally generall cooperated with the he Chinese military governors at Mukden and has kept them placated There has not been extensive Japanese Jap Jap- anese nese colonization In Manchuria of recent decades as it became clear the he Japanese were not well adapted to o the rugged climate and were not nota llOta a success in the type of agriculture practiced there Consequently Japan intensified Its work of railroad rail rail- road oad building and extended Its commerce com corn merce nerce contenting itself with muk muk- ing ng Manchuria a great reservoir of raw aw materials for its industries in Japan apan