China the United States And the Anglo Japanese Alliance
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In those years immediately following the outbreak of the war in Europe and before the conclusion of peace, Japan has entrenched herself so firmly that her present position and influence in China is not only domi- nating, but domineering. She went into Manchuria in 1905 after the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War, and she has remained there ever since. Through her control over the means of communi- cation, over the Manchurian currency (largely by the Bank of Chosen), and over the postal and t...elegraphic systems, Manchuria is to-day virtually a Japanese economic reserve. She went into Shan- tung in November, 1914, and in spite of her re- peated promise to China and to the world at large to get out, she has remained there. By her sys- tematic appropriation of the valuable properties in Kiaochow and Tsingtao left over by the Germans, 126 CHINA, THE UNITED STATES by her extensive investment in land, and by her control over the railways, Shantung is to-day another Manchuria to her. In 1915, she presented the "twenty-one demands" * on China, and by threat of war, she forced the unwilling Govern- ment at Peking to accept.
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