Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1918 — Why America Succeeds in China. [ARTICLE]

Why America Succeeds in China.

“Chinese-Japanese friendship has long been on the lips of both Japanese and Chinese, but with little result,” says the Tokyo Nichi-niehi. “Equally title it is that a feeling of reliance on America is growing apace in China.” The editor then explains the situation by mentioning the consideration shown to China by the government of the United States In renouncing the Boxer indemnity, in generous treatment given to Chinese students, and in American educational work carried on in China. The chief reason which is delaying the realization of Chinese-Jap-anese cordiality, the editor thinks, is that the Chinese do not accurately understand how necessary is political and economic friendship for the good of the two countries. Japan needs raw materials and has money enough to pay for them, while China’s resources are Inexhaustible, but she has no money to develop them. Then, too, the Russian menace is at China’s front door. In conclusion, the editor of the Nichi-nichi urges a Chinese-Japanese chamber of commerce.