62 THE PROBLEM OF THE PACIFIC
copper mines with up-to-date technical equip-
ment in various provinces of Central China ¹:—
Provinces.
Shensi
...
Shantung.
Hupeh
Chihli
Ho-Han
Kiang-si.
Anh-wei
Hunan
Kiang-su
Sze-chwan
Kweichow
Yunnan
Iron.
Coal.
Copper.
9
34
3
8
29
-
21
10
7
48
2
28
14
8
3
2
3
2
44
20
177
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It has been mentioned in one of the preceding
chapters that Japanese industries needed iron.
The desire to obtain the necessary supplies of
iron is thus perfectly legitimate. Japan's endea-
vour to acquire concessions for the production
of iron and coal is not, therefore, a proof of the
Imperialism of her policy. But, as the French
saying goes, Le ton fait la chanson. Japan is
trying to get hold of the entire iron industry
of China. She is doing so by the veiled seizure
of political and administrative control of the
respective provinces of China. To Europe and
America this is presented under the guise of
the nebulous formula of special interests in
the regions of China adjacent to Japan." Man-
churia and Shantung are first in that list. When
Japan succeeds, she will have deprived China
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1 These data relate to 1915.
