HIST 80b Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: South Manchuria Railway, Peace Preservation Law, Yuan Shikai
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Triumphs, revolutions, and hard times (1910 1931) pages 244-267. At versailles the japanese proposed a racial equality clause that president wilson refused to pass (even though the majority voted in favor of the clause). Wilson was pressured by the british and australians who feared the clause would delegitimize their regimes. After the british requested aid from japan against germany during world war i, the. Japanese took qingdao by bombing the city from seaplanes launched from the world"s first aircraft carrier. Japan issued its 21 demands and forced yuan shikai to accept all but the provision that would have given japan control over china. Following the russian revolution of 1917, the japanese supported the anti-communist. White army in siberia by sending a large force. Following the march first and korean declaration of independence, japan pursued a. Cultural policy that relaxed certain policies and provided certain limited freedoms.