Introductory Note
The purpose of this discussion of the Twenty-One Demands by Japan upon China in 1915 is to visualize to the Americans the exact meaning of this curious phase of Oriental diplomacy in its relationship to the traditional American policy of the Open Door of Equal Opportunity in the Far East.
We have tried seriously by paraphrasing the Demands to show what they would have meant had they been applied to the United States instead of the Republic of China.
Since the chief purposes back of the Conference on Limitation of Armament and Pacific Far Eastern Problems are in the re-establishment of the doctrine of the open door and to obtain international recognition of the principle of the integrity of China, we hope that this booklet may be of interest in a true understanding of the subject.
Other books in this series pertaining to the Conference which have recently been published are, "The Shantung Case at the Conference," and "America's Position on the Shantung Question."
The Weekly Review of the Far East is an American-owned and edited magazine devoted to the economic, political and social development of the Republic of China.
