America's Position on the Shantung Question

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Excerpt from America's Position on the Shantung Question: As Indicated in Public Speeches by President Harding, Ex-President Wilson, Senator Lodge, Etc, , And in Official Hearings and State PapersIn this volume dealing with America's position on the Shantung Question we have attempted to summarize as far as possible public opinion in the United States on the subject of China, the Open Door of Equal Opportunity, and America's general relationship with the Far East. In compiling the information included in "America's Position on the Shantung Question, " we have attempted to bring together in readable form the statements of present and former officials of the American Government on this important question, and in addition have included the testimony of a number of prominent Americans outside of government circles who through long years of personal contact are familiar with our new position in the Orient.It is our hope that this book may find a place alongside "The Shantung Case at the Conference, " by Thomas F. Millard, which we published a few months ago. In Mr. Millard's book, the Shantung and China questions were considered largely from the standpoint of the decision of the Peace Conference at Paris which awarded the former German interests in China to Japan rather than to China, their rightful owner.After a careful search of the public records and statements of members of the present as well as the previous Administration, the outstanding fact is that there is really no difference in the viewpoint of Americans on this question. Such differences as do occur are in the last analysis merely differences in method, rather than differences in principle. Shantung really typifies to the American mind about everything that is wrong in the old style diplomacy, which has governed the foreign relations of nations for so many years.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.