Excerpt from Legal Phases of the Shantung Question It might have been argued by the Chinese Government that the word possesses, used in the first article of the 1915 treaty with Japan, was contemplated as to become applicable at the date when China actually was to give full assent, i. E., at the date Of the treaty of peace. Until then, Japan's title could be one of conquest only. If, in the meantime, Germany's possessions in Shantung province should be brought under the title of China, the rights, interests and concessions which Germany, by virtue of treaties or otherwise, possesses in relation to the Province of Shantung would be nil. Hence there would be nothing for the German Government to transfer to Japan and nothing for China to agree to. Under this interpretation the question of the es toppel Of the right Of abrogation would not arise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Shantung Question: A Study in Diplomacy and World Politics With the conclusion of the Shantung Agreement at Washington, February 4, 1922, the serious dispute that has been outstanding between Japan and China for the last seven or eight years is removed from the field of international controversy. The "Shantung question" has been amicably settled, apparently to the satisfaction of both countries. Growing out of the forcible seizure by Germany in 1897 of the Kiaochow Bay and the subsequent grant by China of a lease of the territory for ninety-nine years, the so-called Shantung question was, properly speaking, not a Shantung question. Primarily, the question was one which concerned the leased territory only. In view, however, of the fact that the entire province of Shantung was, upon the occupation of the Kiaochow Bay by Germany, recognised by Great Britain as a German sphere of interest, first in the declaration regarding the British occupation of Wei-hai-wei and then in the Anglo-German Railway Agreement of 1898, it is not without ground that the question relating to the leased territory has been frequently designated as the Shantung question. The term becomes more pertinent and more appropriate with Japan's succession to the German rights and concessions in Shantung after the war. Indeed, the question can from then on be properly called the Shantung question. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.