Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 142, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1931 — Page 5

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i—Asia’s Cockpit—No. 3 ‘2l DEMANDS' COST JAPAN WORLD FAITH Attempt to Ruin China Was Move Which Roused Powers’ Anger. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Forelan Editor It was January, 1915. Night had Fettled, black and cold, over Peking, the Chinese capital. President Yuan Shih-kai, stolid and heavy-, set, sat in his study reading the latest war news. The door opened. A black, silkrobed figure entered silently. “Mr. Hioki, the Japanese minister, insists on seeing you, sir,” the aid announced. “He says it is urgent.” “Show him in.” The Japanese diplomat entered briskly, a small, poker-faced man. and at once stated the object of his call. He had “friendly advice,” he said, from his government at Tokio. He' hoped the President would accept it, without undue delay. It was his government’s earnest wish the whole matter be kept secret from the rest of the world. Taking Advantage of War He handed the President a bulky document. Yuan opened it and began reading. A look of surprise, then of astonishment, tame over his face. Oriental to the marrow though he was, he could not conceal his emotion. Japan boldly was taking advantage of the World war to make demands on China which, if granted, would leave her virtually a vassal of the Mikado. Already the Japanese had declared war hurriedly against Germany so that she might seize the port of Tsingtao, Koaochow Boy and its hinterland which the Kaiser previously had wrung from China. From there she waS extending her influence steadily throughout the fertile Shantung province. Already, too, the Japanese had | plucked off China’s Korean dependency and annexed it, and were in absolute control of the entire southern part of Manchuria whence i their “sphere of interest” was i spreading rapidly. The Famous “21 Demands” Now they were demanding more, j In fact the document in President Yuan’s hands w'as none other , than the now historic “Twenty-One Demands” by which Japan hoped, while the rest of the world was otherwise busy, to put the new and struggling Chinese republic in her power. The demands ran the whole gamut of politics, economics, finances and militarism. They were to allow Japan a free hand in Manchuria, Eastern Mongolia, and ! Shantung. They were to give her almost a complete monopoly on the j building and financing of railroads ! and the development of natural resources. They were to turn the Chinese army and police over to Japan to train and equip. And so on, to poor China’s finish. Mr. Hioki spoke again. He urged Yuan to make his decision at once, i To delay it, he said, might cause complications. It was unnecessary for the other powers to know anything about it. They might not understand. But Yuan hesitated. He said he i would have to think the matter over. He would have to have time. ! What he was secretly thinking, as he admitted afterward, was that China was in the direst peril of her existence for the great western powers all were too busy fighting for their own lives to come to China’s rescue. News Created Furor Reluctantly, Hioki left Yuan without the answer he wanted. The stubborn Yuan insisted he must j think the thing over, but all the ! time he was planning how to let j the cat out of the bag—how to spill 'he news to the world regardless of the demand for secrecy. Tfiat was China’s only chance. The news created a furore which even the World war could not. drown. What China alone could not do, world opinion did. Tokio had to back down and do a lot of explaining. But despite anything she might say, however, the twenty-one demands served notice on China and the world what was in Japan’s mind, and that whatever might or might not come of it then, the demands would remain fundamentally Japanese policy. Even as it was. it was ten years before Japan could be pried loose from Shantung and then only after China had agreed to buy back for i-ome $30,000,000 what already belonged to her. Today the hungry Japanese hawk i still hovers over the Chinese barnyard. Now' and then, whenever it sees an opening, it swoops down and carries off a chicken. Yesterday it was shooed off. Today it may be shooed off again. But with each experience the shooing becomes more difficult and the chances are that eventually it will get all it wants. Next: Murder at the Cross-roads. Bear Part of Air Cargo CROYDON, England, Oct. 23.—A small bear, an owl and twenty quails formed part of the cargo of an air freighter that arrived here from Paris. . MOBILOIL ON SALE AT VONNEGCT’S I.icht and Medium UeaT.v. S* Or 5-Gallon Cans Heavy. 5-Gallon $5.75 IMsement. VONNEGUT’S I2Q Last Washington St. Safety for Savings Fletcher American| NATIONAL BANK Southeast Corner of Mark*! end Pennsylvania

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BY BEN STERN WHETHER they like it or not, the aspirants for the T)emocratic nomination for United States senator are in possession of the information that Evans Wooilen, Inj dianapolis banker, can have the ! honor almost for the asking. Woollen is first choice in the ma- ! jority of districts over the state, and it is a certainty that if he hoists his flag, the crow'd around i the polls will resemble a mob. In Gary, at the Democratic editorial meeting several months ago, his was the name most mentioned 1 for senator. At the Newcastle, Franklin and Madison rallies and at a score or more of round table political dis- : cussioas, it w'as openly declared the ! senatorial situation hings upon Woollen. In 1926, Whefi Arthur R. Robin- | son was riding the crest of the ! klan and dry wave, and the Re- | publicans were solidly united, ! Woollen ran but 12,861 votes behind. As the favorite son candidate ffir President in 1928, an offering upon the altar of the late Thomas D. Taggart’s national convention strategy, Woollen w'as not a candidate for the senatorship and left the field clear to Albert Stump. 0 nan Stump has on several occasions indicated to close friends that if Woollen become* a candidate he will not take the field against him. There is no question that the Indianapolis banker commands the deepest respect of the rank and file in his party. He could, if he would indicate his ambition, be the state organization’s choice for the vice-presidency, in event an easterner is nominated to lead the national ticket. The only p*oint of criticism raised against Woollen is that “in these times when the public temperament indicates aversion to conservatives, business men and bankers. Woollen might not be the vote getter he w'ould prove to be in a normal period, especially in view of his almost politically negative personality.” But at that there has never been expressed the least question as to his ability. a a a Walter JJyers. Speaker of the house of representatives; Louis Ludlow, congressman from this district; Stump, John Fredrick, Kokomo manufacturer, and Congressman Arthur H. Greenwood of Washington, all of whom have been mentioned for the senatorship, join in their recognition of this. Os one thing all senatorial aspirants should be aw'are and it is this: A platform and speeches which do nothing but praise home, mother and the American flag won’t win the 1932 election. Water dominoes is a new' sport introduced at Catalina island. Shaw’s i opm MEN’S SUITS \ •iv* They're Regular 19.50 Values Men! style and k° bt ain such s gee ity t° l • There's a co^" and size every | man- __ prxf These Save $lO •14” A wonderful selection! Fabrics of fine quality that will give long and comfortable wear. Men who have paid much more for clothes wall be more than satisfied with these ) (sensational values. ) (

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