The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-17
CHINO JAPANESE
 TREATIES PUSHED
 BIZ B0Tn NATIONS

Reking, Sept 17Mr Hioki, the Japanese Minister, is in daily confer ence with Foreign Office officials ar
 ranging details growing out of the Chino-Ja Japanese treaties It was agreed by Japan and China on May E25 that part of the sections Of the new treaty relating to South Man churia were suspended for three months to make necessary prepafa- lItions for putting them into effect The suspended sections are desig- mated as Article 2, 8, 4 and of Group 2. These sections pfovide that Jap
 anese may lease land in South Man
 churia for agricuituraI or commercial
 purposess maw reside. travel and en- gage in business there; may cooper ate with Chinese in agricultural and industrial enterprises. but must sub-
 init to the police laws and taxation of EChina.
 While the conference will doabt- less result in an agreement between China and a pan as to the regulations under which these articles are to be put into force Chinese newspapers
 are slsepticaI as to whether other na- tiqns interested in the Far East will aceept the new. conditions in South Manchurias uncompIainingly
 In discussing the sections of the treaty affecting Eastern Inner Mon
 goIia and South Manchuria, the Pek- ing Daily Gazette says: s'The regula- i lions in connection with the treaty lrespecting South Manchuria and Eas- tern Inner Monogolia may give more fdifffculty The object that the Jap- anese have in view, as is clearly evi- denced by the wording of the treaty Its to secure for Japanese exclusively the right to lease land, travel and re-
 side and carry on any kind. of business in South Manchuria as we'll as spe- -cial privileges. in Inner Eastern MonL golfa. This will be difficult of attain rnent as the most favored nation clause is a Formidable obstacle to Ja-
 pans arnbitfons.''
 Much interest is manifested in China in the Japanese promise last May. before the completion of the
 new treaties, that Japan would not ! ask for any Tights in Shantung prov ince which Germany did not enjoy The new treaties provide that China l is to open certain ports in that prov ince for foreign trade after consult ing with the Japanese Minister. The two governments are now discussing the ports which are to be opened and
 an announcement of the decision is expected this month.
 Germany never claimed any right
 t6 demand that she should be con lsu1ted concerning China's general
 policy in Ja pan, according to the Pek- ling Gazette, which says: The object that Japan had in making this de-
 nand was obvious She sought an ad- mission from Chinatha her policy as
 regards Shantung, as in the case of South Mancauria, was to be dictated by Japana. Under a threat of war China made this admission and thus,
 under duress, assisted Japan to alter
 materially the status quo that she had soIenlnly pledged herself to main tain by the Root-TaAa ahiraS agreement. 'tIn fact, the open door has prac-
 tically ceased to exist as far as South Manchurias Eastern Inner Mongolia,
 Shantung and Fukien are concerned. Whether it will be left in any meas
 ure ajar so that those who do not
 possess the Japanese password may enter depends upon the interpretation ! given to the Most Favored Nation Clause of the treaties. By this clause i any general privileges or rights grant,
 ed to the citizens or subjects of any one nation are automatically extended to the other treaty -powers.,'