China and Japan

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 253, 5 April 1915, Page 5

China and Japan

IMPORTANT POINTS UNSETTLE).

London, April ■>, The Times Pckin correspondent says an agreement lias been initialled iiy China according to which Japan ma'j select and operate nine mine areas in South Manchuria. After considerable discussion no decision was reached on the thorny question of the righi of settlement in .Manchuria. I'nccrtaint..,and anxiety continues because serious demands affecting o'iinose sovereign rights, also the question of equal opportunity for foreigners, are unsettled. J'ekin, April 1. China lias agreed to grant Japan mi'.ing rights in Mukden province, preferential rights of railway construction in .Southern. Manchuria, also the employ;ment of Japanese police in China. She undertakes not to pledge' the taxes ill Southern Manchuria us security foJ foreign loans. Japanese will be free to reside on their own land and trade freely in Southern Manchuria.

COUNT OKUMA EXPLAINS. Received April 5, 12.20 a.m. London, March 3. Renter's Tokio correspondent reports that Count Okuma ; in an interview, said the negotiations with Peking were progressing favorably. It was untrue that China was endeavoring to unduly delay the settlement. The false impression regarding the negotiations was due to German agitators. Japan's proposal, he said, was in complete accordance with the Anglo-Japanese Alliance and other treaties guaranteeing equal opportunity in and the integrity of China. Japan was not seeking a monopoly in demanding the appointment of Japanese advisers, and was not seeking a protectorate, but was only asking at Shantung what China had already g-.'&itcd to Germany.

GERMANY WARNED OFF, Received April 5, 12.-20 a.m. Paris, April 3. Advices from I'elrograd State ttat China will transfer to Japan all Germany's former rights at Shantung. The agreement precludes Germany's acquiring colonies or spheres of interest in China.