Whether Great Brit gium will assent to this Hot is regarded by the Japanese as problematic, but if thee consent obtained then, and then only, negotiations' be taken up with China, Japanese publicists here, as well as officialdom, hold that the Duilding of will contribute greatly towards the projected railroad Prosperity of North China and that isan csvential prerequisite for any stable development of commer-lal enterprises in North China, while {e'is also held that this line of iron track will not amy. be conductive towards the economic and cultural slevelopment of that region, but will alto be a valuable factor in the thwarting, through anticipating ai intercepting, of, commu ties in the province of Kansu.
In the meantime, _preparations are being pushed ahead for conting the port of Rashin, located Northern Korea and facing the Japan Sea, into one of the most modern anchorages in this part of the world, one certain result of which will. be the nullification of Whatever advantage Viadivostock possesses to-day as a port of egress and ingress. With the completion of. the Tunhua-Tumen railway, which connects Northern Korea with the Kirin and Heilungkiang pro ces of "Manchukuo," the const lon of a modern port at Rashin calculated to result in rapid i industrial development Northern Koroa.
The construction of this port witl be of immense value to Japan Proper also. One of the greatest commercial advantages that Japan enjoys with regard to Manchuokuo the advantage of proximity and loge contact. This advantage will he increased greatly by the development of a modern port at Rashin, fand it may be taken as a foregone conclusion that this port will cer tainly not be an open one. The easy
of will give Japan must ace Manchuria that' the port necessarily bring the latter into even closer proximity to Manchuria without bringing anybody else any In other words, the far-Seeing and carefully-planned scheme es of Tokyo are s0 calculated as to afford Japan a virtual monopoly of trade in Manchuria in practice, however much the doctrine of the Open Door may be adhered to on paper.
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