Book Reviews: The End of Extraterritoriality in China. By WESLEY R. FISHEL. (Berkeley: University of California Press. 1952. Pp. xi, 318. $4.50.)

• Published date: 01 December 1952
• Author: Harold M. Vinacke
• Date: 01 December 1952
• DOI: 10.1177/106591295200500437
• Subject Matter: Articles

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came

to

full

flower

in

the

conquest

and

subjugation

of

Ethiopia.

Under

the

British

administration,

which

followed

the

overthrow

of

the

Italian

empire,

the

germs

of

a

national

movement

began

to

develop

among

the

Somalis.

When

the

United

Nations

(the

western

group

who

were

anxious

to

conciliate

Italy)

determined

to

make

Italy

the

administering

authority

of

the

territory

which

formerly

was

Italian

Somaliland,

the

interests

and

aspirations

of

the

indigenous

inhabitants

of

the

country

were

ignored.

The

administration

sent

into

the

country

by

&dquo;the

new

Italy&dquo;

consists

of

regular

troops

equipped

with

tanks

and

planes,

carabinieri,

and

former

Fascist

colonial

officials

who

retain

the

old

outlook.

The

function

of

this

administration,

which

is

expected

to

prepare

the

country

for

independence

in

ten

years,

is

simply

to

exploit

the

natives

and

perpetuate

the

division

between

Ethiopia

and

&dquo;the

territory.&dquo;

The

close

analysis

which

the

author

gives

of

the

trusteeship

agreement,

and

the

account

of

the

territory

under

restored

Italian

rule,

are

most

valuable

contributions.

Neither

the

author’s

feelings

nor

her

thoughts

appear

well

disciplined

in

many

parts

of

the

book.

Is

she

a

British

patriot

in

developing

the

concept

of

union

of

all

Somali

peoples?

This

was

a

favorite

theme

for

a

time

with

the

British

Foreign

Office

and

its

realization

might

have

deprived

Ethiopia

of

the

Ogaden.

If

the

Somalis

should

belong

to

Ethiopia,

does

she

include

British

Somaliland?

Are

Churchill’s

prejudices

to

be

accepted

in

the

indictment

of

Sforza

for

the

revival

of

Italian

imperialism

(pp.

275-87)?

If

so,

how

is

one

expected

to

feel

toward

Churchill’s

favorite,

Marshal

Badoglio,

when

one

remembers

that

he

was

the

conqueror

of

Ethiopia?

HOWARD

MCGAW

SMYTH.

Washington,

D.

C.

The

End

of Extraterritoriality in

China.

By

WESLEY

R.

FISHEL.

(Berkeley:

University

of

California

Press.

1952.

Pp.

xi,

318.

$4.50.)

----------J

,

,

1&dquo;----&dquo;

,

This

study

of

the

end

of

extraterritoriality

in

China

presents

a

care-

ful,

highly

documented

review

of

the

negotiations

over

this

important

feature

of

the

so-called

&dquo;unequal

treaties&dquo;

from

the

end

of

World

War

I.

This

point

of

departure

is

taken

because,

as

the

author

points

out:

&dquo;Extraterritoriality

in

China

had

been

doomed

since

World

War

I

...

when

Germany

and

Austria

lost

their

extraterritorial

rights

with

China’s

declaration

of

war

upon

them

and

Russia

in

direct

consequence

of

the

Russian

revolution.&dquo;

The

author

characterizes

the

first

two

decades

of

the

twentieth

century

as

&dquo;The

Era

of

Uncertainty.&dquo;

He

summarizes

develop-

ments

from

the

Boxer

uprising

to

1917

(when

China

entered

World

War

I)

in

three

pages,

having

previously

devoted

twenty-five

pages

to

an

elucidation

of

the

system

as

established

in

the

1840-42

treaties

and

as