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(5) Backed by Japan to carry on his campaign
against the Nanking Government, Chang
Chung-chang is now uniting all the
heterogeneous troops in the Shantung Frovince. Judging by this, we can see
that Japan would, in the event of the
Sino-Japanese negotiations being
considered un-satisfactory, render help
to Chang Chung-chang in taking Shantung
with a view to breaking the line between
North and South China.
(6) The Provinces such as Shensi, Honan,
Suiyuan, Tsitsihar, which are all under
Marshal Yen Shi-shan, are openly hostile to Russia. It is reported that
Marshal Yen will ally himself with the
North to attack the South, and will, in
case of any sudden coup in Nanking,
declare neutrality before making alliance
with the Fengtien Party.
(7) The military leaders of the Three
Eastern Provinces are all under the
direction of Japan.
(They have made a
provisional pact with the Nanking
Government to check the progress of the
Russian work and influence in their
territories). The Nanking Government
is, therefore, unconsciously helping
Japan, though the two are enemies to
each other.
As to the question of the Chinese
Eastern Railway, it has no significant
importance from the financial point of
view, but, politically, we must pay our