comers. When China asked when the
garrisons would be reduced to their
normal strength, she was bluntly hi
formed th?t thi, ?,uW aoii ,V.J"n
an China hari yield*"! to Japan's wishes j
in ?h o negotiations
China replied to J.ipan> revised d?
man'la, yielding 2> thai <he well could,
and a little more ?'hina's position
j was partIctilarly unpleasant. because
even If she herself A'?r? willing to
| be swallowed hy her .-mall and pug
I naciouF nmghbnr?whi h she emphati
cally whs not?she Knew that the other
i powers would object viunroiifIV as soon
as they had a hand free to object with, v
In oilier words, the unp!ej- nil pro- j
'ress of submitting !?> Japan would be
followed by the still more unpleasant j
process of being called to ;i '"iin' by 1
1 Europe for having submitted So China j
refused to yield those points in the ^
Japanese demands which would have .'
infringed too flagrantly on the rights
'of other nations. Japan . ?>ni an ulti
matum.
