"tos," said lie, "V know nil that. But Japan has expressed tho intention of retaining part of Tsingtao as a Japanese concession. They want no more than twelvo square miles. That is. true. Bui those, twelve square miles contain tlio wharves, railway terminus, and the business part of the town. To return Tsingtao to Chinn without that portion would be analogous to returniiNr London without tho Oily, Regent Street, Oxford Street, and (he railway termini and tho (locks. Then the Japanese desire to have certain railway, mining, and industrial rights in Shantung—including the joint management of Ihe railways with Japanese guards stationed on them. If tho Chinese wero to consent to giving such rights to Japan, which, unlike Germany, is China's next-door neighbour, what bewmes of China's territorial integrity and sovereignty?"
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 272, 13 August 1919, Page 7
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