The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-09
JAPAN TO ACT
PATIENTLY
The VicerOy at Canton is
Blamed
ARMS MUST BE RESTORED
The Chinese Minister Tries sto Prove
That the Vessel Was Not
in Portuguese
Waters.
ARMS MUST BE RESTORED

Toxic. March a--"lapan win not re-.
sort TO force in connection with The
seizure 81 the steamer Tatsu unless
compelled to do SO BY the action Of
China This statement was given on
Saturday 81 high authority ID the
foreign Office at Toxic who added: Wc
propose to exercise the utmost patience
and fully understand the difficulty TIE
central government Of China has in
dealing with eieeroys who possess cS
tensive constitutional powers Ii 81
quite apparent that the viceroy of Can
ton acted hastily in relying upon III
formation which stated that the Tatsu
was engaged In smuggling arms. He
conceived. therefore. that he had a right
to seize the vessel. when the facts show
that the vessels papers. including
manifest Of arms consigned in regular
form TO 4 firm iii Macao. were entirely
legal 4 representative Of the firm at
Macao boarded the vessel. accompanied
by the Portuguese authorities, before hnr
seizure by Chinese vessel She was
undoubtedly then in Portuguese terri
torial waters. The claim Of japan that
this Is clear case Of violation of her
national rights and an insult Ia the
flag was proved BY the Chinese them
selves in offering to restore the ship,
together with further promise re-
ceived Yesterday to reprimand the Off
cials who lowered the Japanese flag
Notwithstanding this. while we are de-
termined not to coneede what we believe
Is proper, but to ultimately enforce
our demands should China refuse 70
listen to reason, the world may rest as
sured that Japan will not act hastily.
but will weigh her future actions with
the utmost deliberation" This inter
view was given after a cabinet meeting
and conference
Foreign Minister Hayashi said 10 the
Associated Press correspondent that he
had reason to believe that it was then
determined not to Immediately rein
force the cruiser Idznmi, now at Can
ton, bit that til ldnlmi, which was used
as a training vessel, would remain there
a few DAYS longer Saturdays adYiees !
from Pekin contain an offer to punish |
the officials connected with the seizure. |
anu aiHt a NAtttSHAtAt rum L udf-E-tti- {
kai that he desired further time for
Of the Japanese demands.
This will be granted by the Japanese
government and il is confidently be-
lieycd that an agreement viii finally be
reached between the vicerov Of Canton
and the central government. The Shin
ese minister at Toxic held long Ter.
ence with Baron Chinds, vice. minister
Of the foreign Office, at Toxic Satur-
day
During the cabinet meeting the Chin
nse minister first contended that because
Portugal held Macao waters under the
treaty. therefore the waters remained
actually under Chinese sovereignty He
later. however, withdrew this eonten
ion. when instances were quoted Of 9th.
IF leases, those Of Wei Hai-Wei and
Siao-Chow elsewhere cited The foreign
ltice does not expect any further deyel-
,pmeuts for a few days the only points
-emsining undecided being the restora
ion Of the arms, which Japan contin-
les to demand, also raising the Japan
sc Gag on the Talsu with appropriate
ceremony.