Kammala wannan jumla: Kasar Sin ba ta da hannu a yakin da aka fara, saboda kasar tana cikin rudani a fannin kudi, rashin kwanciyar hankali a fannin siyasa, da kuma rauni a fannin soja. A shekara ta 1914, sojojin Japan da na Burtaniya sun rushe wasu daga cikin mallakar Jamus a China. Yuan Shikai a asirce ya baiwa jami'in diflomasiyyar Burtaniya John Jordan dakaru dubu hamsin don dawo da mulkin mallaka na sojojin Jamus a
Qingdao, amma an ƙi shi. Japan ta ci gaba da kama Qingdao kuma ta mamaye sassan lardin Shandong.