ABSTRACT
It is unfortunate that the real issues involved have been very largely misunderstood in the popular mind. The term “Shandong question,” is itself a misnomer. The question is not one which affects the whole Province of Shandong. The important points now awaiting adjustment relate only to the manner of restoring to China an area of territory, less than one-half of 1 per cent of the Shandong Province, and also the disposition of a railway 290 miles long, and its appurtenant mines, formerly under exclusive possession and management of the Germans. 1
