ANGLO-JAPANESE PACT

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 217, 8 June 1920, Page 5

ANGLO-JAPANESE PACT

TREATMENT OP CHINA PROTEST BY FOREIGN MINISTER By Telegraph-Press Associatio &• -Copyright : (Rco. June 7, 8 p.nn,ji Peking, June 5. Tho Foreign Minister,' in a istatomcnt regarding the renewal of the Aiirlo-Japan-eso alii Mice, declared that the Vontinuoil treatment of China as a territoryxl entity can be no longer tolerated, but .-regarded as _ unfriendly. He pointed uiit that China dispatched a memorandum to Britain showing how China had .suffered during the war period through tlra-* operation of the alliance, also contending that China becamo a member of the : League of Nations by ratifying tho Avistrian Treaty, consequently no contract' nouid be concluded between other memlAjrs of the League regarding affairs in China without China's consent.—Reuter. CHAMBERS OF MMMERCE PETIffION CONDITIONS OF RENEWAL UttftED. (Rec. Juno 7, 8.50 p.m.) Peking, Junß 0. Tho British Chambers of Commerco in China havo petitioned tho British Government urging that the Anglo-,Tapasi icse alliance only be renewed on the following conditions:—Reversion or Manchuria to China, restoration of Taingtaa and Shantung railways; anil a clear interpretation of such phrases as "cqtial opportunity," "territorial rights," aiad "special interests."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. /