The fight for the republic in China . oran-dum of the Black Dragon Society with the originaltext of the Twenty-one Demands it is plain that theproposed plan, having been handed to Viscount Kato,had to be passed through the diplomatic filters againand again until all gritty matter had been removed, andan appearance of innocuousness given to it. It is forthis reason that the defensive alliance finally emergesas five compact little groups of demands, with thevital tilings directly affecting Chinese sovereigntylabelled desiderata, so that Japanese ambassadors abroadcould leave very warm assurances
The fight for the republic in China . oran-dum of the Black Dragon Society with the originaltext of the Twenty-one Demands it is plain that theproposed plan, having been handed to Viscount Kato,had to be passed through the diplomatic filters againand again until all gritty matter had been removed, andan appearance of innocuousness given to it. It is forthis reason that the defensive alliance finally emergesas five compact little groups of demands, with thevital tilings directly affecting Chinese sovereigntylabelled desiderata, so that Japanese ambassadors abroadcould leave very warm assurances at every ForeignOffice that there was nothing in what Japan desiredwhich in any way conflicted with the Treaty rights ofthe Powers in China. The air of mystery which sur-rounded the whole business from the 18th January tothe 7th May—the day of the ultimatum—was due tothe fact that Japan attempted to translate the conspir-acy into terms of ordinary intercourse, only to find thatin spite of the filtering the atmosphere of plotting. The Peerless Lake of the Summer Palacj: Near Peking
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