CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 229

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One of the two Presidents of China - it is unnecessary to

recently stated that a renewal of the Anglo- specify which –

In this division, Japanese alliance meant a partition of China. Japan would take the north and Great Britain the south. Probably the remark me not meant to be taken literally in the smne of

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formal conquest or annexation, but rather symbolically with Byen 10. reference to the tendency of policies and events. statement will appear exaggerated or wild te persone outside of China who either believe that the Open Door policy is now irrevod- ably established or that Japan is the only foreign Power which

But a resent visit to the south revealed that China has to fear,

in that section, especially in Canton, the British occupy much the same position of suspicion and dread which is held by the Japanese in the north.

Upon the negative side, the Japanese menace is negligible in the province of Kwantung in which Canton is situated. There are said to be more Americans in Canton than Japanese, and the American colony is not extensive, Upon the positive side the

It history of the Cassell sellieries contract is instructive. illustrates the cause of the popular attitude toward the British, and quite possibly explains the bitterness in the remark quoted. The contract is noteworthy from whatever standpoint it is viewed, whether that of time, of the conditions it contains or of the circumstances which accompany it.

Promising that the contract delivers to a British company a monopoly of the rich coal deposits of the province for a period of ninety years and -quite incidentally of course- the right te use all means of transportation, water er rail, wharves and porta now in existence, and also to "construct, manage, superint end and work ether roads, railways, waterways as may be deemed advisable" - which reads like a monopoly of all further transportation

facilities,