...agreement with the US relative to China. The Lansing-Ishii Notes declared that the two governments "recognize that territorial propinquity creates special...the part to which her possessions are contiguous." This agreement was most unpopular in China, being considered a betrayal of Wilsonian pronouncements...

...agreement with the US relative to China. The Lansing-Ishii Notes declared that the two governments "recognize that territorial propinquity creates special...States recognizes that Japan has special interests tn China, particularly in the part to which her possessions are contiguous." This agreement was most...

...agreement with the US relative to China. The I-ansingIshii Notes declared that the two governments "recognize that territorial propinquity creates special...the part to which her possessions are contiguous." This agreement was most unpopular in China, being considered a betrayal of Wi'snnian pronouncements...

...an agreement with the US relative to China. The LansiugIshu Notes declared that the two governments "recognize that territorial propinquity creates special...the part to which her possessions are contiguous." This agreement was most unpopular in China, being considered a betrayal of Wi'sonian pronouncements...

...Governments with regard to China is advisable. The Governments of the United States and Japan recognise that territorial propinquity creates special relations...and consequently the Government of the United States recognises that Japan has special interests in China, particularly in that part to which her possessions...

...China and to adhere to the principle of an "open door," the crucial part came in the statement that the Governments of the United States and Japan recognize...the part to which her possessions are contiguous. lx It is obvious that America had fully acceded to Japan's aggressive claims. Even the American minister...

...East, trouble is sure, sooner or later to come." Thus the Lansing-Ishii Agreement of 1917 acknowledged that "territorial propinquity creates special relations...the part to which her possessions are contiguous" (language "which was to haunt future American -Japanese diplomacy"). The ambassador's reference to...

...Mutual Interest relating to China (2 November 1917): "The Governments of Japan and the United States recognize that territorial propinquity creates special...the part to which her possessions are contiguous. The territorial sovereignty of China, nevertheless, remains unimpaired and the Government of the United...

...concession entailed in the 1917 Lansing-lshii Agreement. With this agreement, the United States recognized that "territorial propinquity creates special relations...special interests in China, particularly in the part 37. 1n February 1917. as the price for Japanese aid against the German submarine threat in the Mediterranean,...

...special relations between countries." The government of the United States "recognized that Japan had special interests in China, particularly in the part to which her possessions are contiguous." The Japanese regarded this as an American recognition of Japanese dominance in areas such as southern...