"The Japanese are prone to accuse tus of encroachment on her rights and privileges. and violations. of treaties and agreements, Whatever Fregularities China may have been guilty of have been insignificant, and firthe mature of neglect and reluct-Jance to carry out the undertakings the. had been compelled to agree. Japan's provocations are by far the (graver! any one of her mamercus Eeeressive, actions. will more than offset all the alleged provocations on the part of China, "While Chin grievances go unnoticed, all she can fis, to utter expostulations. and pretests, invariably unheeded "The, for instance, the massacre lof Chinese in Korea, During the
appealed to the 'Japanese authorities Fecet eatbrea, the Chinese, Cone Tap protection of Chinese, yet. the orgies lasted for more than 10 days without anything being done by the Tapanese to. prevent them. To the Chinese pretest and demands. for Indemnity' aod apology, Japan replied that this was an affair of the people "and. that. the Government Pould not hold itself responsible. No atonement was made and the matter remains unsettled.
Compare this with the incident of Shanghai... Why could not the Chinese also. reply that it was an farr of the people and that. the Government could not hold. itself "The Japanese have declared that the people in the west are unfain with the historical background of Sino-Japanese. relations and have therefore. misunderstood the. situa tion. 'The history of the relations between 'China and Japan for, the last half century have been nothing else but 'a record. of des pei through treachery or violence on the part of Japan. Anyone st all a fguainted with' the history of the East will recall how Japan alienated Formosa from China, how she: Y|annexed Korea and Riu Kiu, how, during the World War, she served fon China the 21 Demands, how she violated China's neutrality, both in the Russo-Japanese War and in her siege of Tsingtao, how she repoatedly supplied ammunition and funds factions in rebellion against the Central Government, how she scquired concessions by trick or force, bow she interrupted the victorious} advance of the Nationalist Army] in Shantung, bombarding the city of Tsinan and brutally murdering, Mr. Tsai Kung-sz, the then Foreign Commissioner for Shantung, how, she sassinated Marshal Chang Tso-lin, how she connived at the massacre of Chinese in Korea, lasting for over 10 days and resulting in 148 deaths, 345 wounded and 7: missing for the Chinese.
"Japan's encroachments on_Chi-_ nese rights in Manchuria woald accuses. China entirely insignificant.
The stati "The immense di Nakamura, and the, asst Marshal Chang Tso-lin beyond doubt. No effort, hus been, made by Japan to settle the case of the late Marshal's murder, nor was the report of the investigations; published, The Tokyo police prohibited the press from publishing! reports or comments pertaining, Japan's complicity in, the case: the government. requested members of the Diet to forego the parliamentary, Fight of interrogation. But how, ferent was it in the case of Captain Nakamura.
"The suspect was arrested by! the Chinese authorities of Manchuria in their bona fide inten-to clear up the matter although it was generally believed that the, captain was carrying on espionage during his travels before his death. The Japanese War Office made the utmost use of this affair to arouse bitter feelings of both their military and general public against the Chinese to pave the way for an invasion of Manchuria. Alarmed at the Prospect of a civil settlement, they hastened to bring the matter to a crisis. Failing any other excuse, the wrecking of two metres of the SMR. track was staged and the projected invasion was inaugurated. Such eases give the Japanese, besides jthe satisfaction of apologies and indemnities, the excuse for _cccupation of cities and massacre of na, a number of them hav of police' ing have attracted of thee country but the protests of the Chinese over their grievances, hundreds of times graver, are completely ignored.
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