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- Title
辛亥革命後の日本の満蒙政策——1912~1914年——.
- Authors
Kitano Gō
- Abstract
Japan's foreign policy subsequent to the Chinese Xinhai Revolution of 1911 has been understood within the context of confrontation between two factions, i. e. the faction advocating an aggressive approach to China,centered in the army, and the other one pursuing a moderate approach, centered in the Foreign Ministry. It has been argued that the final outcome of this confrontation was the emergence of an assertive policy toward China adopted by the Okuma Cabinet, culminating in the submission of the Twenty-One Demands in 1915. In this article, w e analyze the ideas of Utsunomiya Taro, who represented the aggressive approach assumed by the army, and re-examine, through this analysis, the course of development of Japan's policy toward Manchuria and Mongolia, dating from the Yamamoto Cabinet to the Okuma Cabinet An examination of the contents of Utsunomiyas (hitherto unpublished) memorandum reveals that, contrary to the prevalent image, the army was rather in agreement with the Foreign Ministry on main principles, and together they contributed to the making of Manchurian and Mongolian policies under the Yamamoto Cabinet. The "Agreement for Five Railways in Manchuria and Mongolia",which was concluded with the aim of expanding Japan's sphere of influence as far as Eastern Inner Mongolia was a product of these principles. Again, concerning Manchuria, the army and the Foreign Ministry were agreed on the principle of expanding Japanese rights of residence there, and this point was raised in the course of the loan negotiations with Fengtien Province. It was as a result of the confrontation which occurred within the Five-Nation Consortium over interests in Manchuria and Mongolia that Japan later reviewed its own attitude toward these regions and began seeking for the establishment of a status of a more comprehensive nature. At this stage, the contents of Japan's demands were almost similar to those provisions it presented in the Twenty-One Demands concerning Manchuria and Mongolia.
- Subjects
INNER Mongolia (China); TARO, Utsunomiya; CHINA-Japan relations; CHINESE Revolution, 1911-1912; HISTORY of Manchuria, China; JAPAN. Foreign Ministry; JAPANESE politics &; government, 1912-1926; JAPAN. Rikugun; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Journal of Historical Studies / Rekishigaku Kenkyu, 2012, Issue 890, p1
- ISSN
0386-9237
- Publication type
Article