The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-10
CHINA UNABLE
TO STAND OFF
LITTLE JAPAN
Latter Country viii Alter the
Antung-M ukden Railway
to Suit Herself.
GREAT BRITAIN BACKS
HER ALLY IN ORIENT
sssslMIsM IN PEKING-sTATEs-
MEN OF FLoWERY KINGDOM
FoREsEE STRUGGLE.
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Toxic. Aug. "a request that =
: Japan suspend work on the Antung- =
4 Wukden railway in Mdnchuria Is the =
: substance of China's reply TO Japan's >
recent note announcing immediate :
! announcement of reconstruction >
work on the road. The reply, is =
s1=d bv the foreign office today, =
: states that China wishes TO continue :
} the negotiations. China adds that she =
wishes for an amicable settlement Of 4
all outstanding difficulties. :
: Japan's reply 10 this request was =
= polite but firm. II was made plain y
That the negotiations concerning the =
! Antung-Mugden railroad had been =
4 closed forever, except in so far as they y
! related to that section of the road be =
; tween Muzden and Che-Siang-Tun, =
: and that it would not be necessary TO .
: suspend work to reach an agreement =
. Regarding all other matters, the re =
= py continues, Japan VIII proceed e
: with pleasure.
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Picking. Aug. 9.-The Chinese foreign
board and the grand council have been in
executive conference with President
Chuen, the regent. on the japanese sit
ustion since the issuance of Japan's no
ice announcing her intention of proceed
Ing Immediately with the reconstruction
Of the Antung-Mukden railroad, without
Chins's cooperation.
Laing Tuu Yen, the president of the
board of foreign affairs, was received
IN audience by the prince regent yester-
day and today. The regent showed great
anxiety at Japan's attitude IN coercing
China, which was supported by Great
Britain. and he urged the foreign board to
accelerate a settlement of the question in
order not to provoke Japan.
China Reasonable.
The Associated Press today learns that
China has virtually conceded Japan's de-
mand that the railroad be made of stand
ard gauge. and Is willing to accept any
reasonable compromise, but is debarTed
from giving a treaty consent on account
OF Japan's suspicious attitude in forcing
the gauge question in claiming for the
Antung- Mukden line advantages existing
on the Southern Manchurian railroad and
through her refusal TO negotiate the lat
Ter question. Japan insisted on pOstpOn-
ing consideration Of the South ManChuT-
fan question when the Antung- Mukden
railroad was reconstructed.
China does not ,-sect to the expansion
Of the. Antung- Vol den railway com
mercially, but sn y ,es oppose a Japan
csc military strategic enterprise ending
in another foreign military and COM
mercial barrier across Manchuria.
Extreme PessimIsm.
Great Britain's support of Japan has
made a deep impression on Chinese
statesmen, who point out that Great
Britains attituJ e developed simUltane Ous-
ly with the war scare i'm Europe. Extreme
pessimism prevails in government circles
High officials say that as Japan has Brit
ish support she supposes she can do what
she likes
China, In her formal reply 20 Japan's
note announcing the latters intention of
reCOnstructing the Antung- Mukden rail-
road. offered TO waive her objection TO
The road being made Of standard gauge.
provided Japan waived her claim to the
policing Of the railway as well s her
mining and other privileges in the region.
However, the note said. If Japan was de
termined 20 go ahead with the reconstruc-
ton OF the road, China was defenseless.