On August 6th, the Beijing government declared its neutrality. On August 23, the Japanese Second Fleet blocked Jiaozhou Bay, demanding that China divide the south of the Yellow River into a neutral zone for Japanese troops to March, and demanding that China withdraw its troops along the Ji Jiao Railway and wei county.
Yuan Shikai asked John Newell Jordan, the British envoy to China, whom he was familiar with during the Revolution of 1911. Zhu told Yuan that Japan had joined the Allies and Britain could not resist the Allies. If China declares war on Germany and Austria, both China and Japan are allies, and we can't watch the allies bully the allies, so things will be easy. Yuan Shikai said that China could consider joining the Allies, but did not send troops to Europe. John Newell Jordan said that there was no need to send troops, and China did its duty as an ally and gave as much moral and material support as possible. Yuan Shikai agreed.
10/0 On October 28th, the Japanese army surrounded the Qingdao fortress, and Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered the Germans to hold on and "fight to the last man". 165438+1On October 7th, the Japanese army captured Qingdao, and the commander of the German fortress issued a surrender order to the defenders. On June 5438+00, Japanese commander Shenwei and German JIAOZHOU Governor Walter held a "handover ceremony" between the victorious country and the defeated country.
China has become a "war country" that does not send troops
1965438+In early March 2007, a French mail ship carrying more than 500 China workers was sunk by a German submarine. On March 14, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China issued a note to the German Minister, announcing the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany, but did not declare its participation in the war. Subsequently, the China police occupied the German Concessions in Tientsin and Hankou, and the navy occupied the 12 1 German ship detained in China port since the war, but it did not cancel the consular jurisdiction enjoyed by German nationals.
On April 6, the United States declared war on Germany, and then touched on the question of whether China's administration would take part in the war. At this time, Japan had reached a secret understanding with Britain, France, Russia and Italy, and the four countries recognized Japan's rights in Shandong after the war; The Duan government handed over three arsenals to Japan for sorting out, and asked Japanese officers to help the China government train. Duan government obtained a loan of 1 billion yen from Japan. The French also supported Japan on condition that Japan helped China break off diplomatic relations with Germany. As Britain and France supported the Japanese position, the United States also agreed to China's participation in the war. The United States and Japan also signed the Lansheng Ishii agreement in1October 2 165438. The United States recognizes Japan's "special interests" in China and respects Japan's "open door" and "equal opportunities" in China.
14 In August, Duan the State Council declared war, and the Allies and the United States successively assured the China government that they would "try their best to sponsor China to enjoy its due status as a great power and preferential treatment in the world".
After the declaration of war, the China government cancelled the German and Austrian consular jurisdiction in China; Recover the Austrian Concession in Tianjin; Confiscation of Dehua Bank; Disarmed Austrian soldiers in China, etc. China sent a large amount of grain to the allies, sent a military investigation mission to France, and continued to send laborers to Europe and the Middle East (before the war), exceeding 1.7 million. Duan took advantage of this opportunity to borrow heavily from Japan to expand his strength in the name of compiling and training participating troops in order to realize Duan's military reunification in China.