Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An tura sojojin Jafananci da sauri don kama duk mallakar Jamus a cikin Pacific lokacin da aka fara Yaƙin Duniya na Farko a shekara ta 1914. Kasar Japan ta mamaye yankin Qingdao na Jamus
, tare da mamaye sassan lardin Shandong. Kasar Sin ta kasance cikin rudani ta fuskar kudi, ba ta da kwanciyar hankali ta fuskar siyasa, kuma ba ta da karfi sosai ta fuskar soja. Burinsa shine ya halarci taron zaman lafiya na bayan yakin, da kuma fatan samun abokai zai taimaka wajen hana barazanar fadada Japan. China ta ayyana yaƙi da Jamus a watan Agusta 1917 a matsayin fasaha don ta cancanci halartar taron zaman lafiya na bayan yakin. Beijing ta shirya aika da wani rukunin yaki zuwa Yammacin Yamma, amma bai taba yin haka ba. Jami'an diflomasiyyar Birtaniya sun ji tsoron cewa Amurka da Japan za su maye gurbin jagorancin Birtaniya a matsayin abokin ciniki tare da Sin. Sun nemi yin wasa da Japan da Amurka da juna, yayin da suke ci gaba da hadin kai tsakanin al'ummomi uku a kan Jamus.