Arizona republican., 1915-05-02
While Complying With Some Demands, Definite ly Refuses to Accede to Others, Especially Those Embraced in Group Five
WILLING TO MAKE
 MORE CONCESSIONS
Japanese Minister After Perusing List Declares is Far from Complying With TWenty-four Demands at First Presented
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1spArcHI


 PEKING, Sunday, May 2.-China l has replied to the Japanese demands 1 in note which. while complying with some demands, definitely refuses to accede to others, including the most important embodied in what is i known sh group five. China also 1 furnished the Japanese minister, 2ki 1 I1ioki. with a list of further con sessions she is willing to grant, but after perusing the note and list, Ki~ old declared it was far from comply ing with the twenty -four demands as presented by his government This action was taken after Presi- dent Yuan Shi Kai had thoroughly discussed the entire situation with members of his cabinet, and advisers since Monday. The conference ter minated with neither the Japanese or Chinese asking another meeting. Should the Japanese government now present an ultimatum or occupy further territory in China, it is in- timated the Chinese probably will appeal to the four powers pledged to Chinas independence.
 The Chinese plenipotentiaries met the Japanese plenipotentiaries by ar rangement on Saturday at the foreign office and presented China's reply which, in substance, refused the su- called demands of Japan. NJ. 1ioId asked whether these were China $ maximum concessions. and then whether he should cable his gov ernment. Lu Cheng Hsiang, the Chinese foreign minister. replied that these were Chinas maximum con- sessions and that the Japanese min ister could So inform his government.
 On perceiving that the Chinese re- ply failed to agree with the demands of his government, the Japanese min ister declared the withdrawal of Ja- pans proposal to return to China Tsing Tau, which was conditioned on China's deferring no longer the ac- ceptance of Japan's demands
 The Chinese note briefly TeciteI the history of the negotiations It denies Japan's charge that China has displayed procrastination and delayed conferences by disputing various points and also charges the Chinese with insincerity and unfriendliness, It further denies that China is con ducting newspaper campaign abroad.
 These are the reasons the Japanese plenipotentiaries gave for presenting the latest list of twenty-four de- mands as a preliminary to an ultl- matum.
 The list of concessions is in the na- ture of counter proposals. China asks the right to participate in the inter national conference in which the alt cred status of Shan Tung will be re- arranged indemnity for losses in cured in consequence of the Tsing Tau campaign and also the restoration of its status as before the war. These three requests were repeated from Chi- mas original counter proposals.
 China offers further concessions with respect to Manchuria, almost meeting the Japanese demands. China accedes to three of the four demands regarding Mongolia. namely the opening of treaty ports. preference in railway loans and the non -pledging of local taxes. The agricultural demands are rejected
 Respecting the Hanyehping company. China agrees that pending the eventual formation of the China Japanese com- panY, the government cannot make the company state owned. or borrow foreign capital for the repayment of the Jap anese loan. The Chinese understand this is acceptable to Japan.
 China rejects the fifth group with the exception of the modified Fukien demand, offering in this connection a separate note, intended to meet Japan's wishes, by pledging that no foreigners
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