The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-28
GROUP FIVE DECLARED BY CHI NEsE REPRESENTATIVE MORE
 MENAClNG THAN FORMER.
MAKES CHINA SUBSERVENT
China Will Have Little Left in the Way of Government If the Demands of Japan Are Acoeded To-Religion May Even Be Prescribed.

Picking, April 2S.--With the new draft of the Japanese demands on China now in the hands of Chinese Foreign Minister Lu CAeng Hsiang, interest is aroused in the nature of the notifications which Japan has made in the original document. Presi dent Yuan Shi Kai and his advesers have carefully examined the demands as amended but no decision hes been reached
 Groupone of the original demands relating to Shantumg province has not been altered from the form to which the Chinese government has already agreed. The group dealing with South Manchuria, to six articles ot which China also has agreed, remains unchanged. The second article oi group 3, bearing on the property rights and interests of the llanyeh- ping company is eliminated, but the first article of that group is made stronger from the Japanese viewpoint by requiring that China shall prompt ly compel the shareholders of the Hayehping company to accept the for nation of a joint company which shall include the two natonc
 The Japanese had already accepted the Chinese proposal regarding group i, which provides that the Chinese government shall not cede or lease to any third power any island, port or harbor along the coast.
 The Chinese governments 9roposa, was that while it was willing to make a public declaration China should never cede or lease a port, harhor or island to another power, It would decline so to pledge itself to Japan.
 The new draft entirely reconstructs group in a manner which the Chi nese representatives declare is more menacing, because they say the amendments are based on statements which lu Cheng Hsang made in the conferences with the Japanese min ister, Ed Hioki. and M Obata, and which it is alleged the Japanese are attempting to designate as pledges from China. It is further deciared that the Chinese foreign minister per mitted himself to be drawn into a dis cussion of these demands, which Yuan Shi Kai had instructed him to refuse 10 discuss.
 Group comprises seven articles re- lating 10 the employment by the Chi nese government of Japanese as ad- visers in political, financial and mili- tary affairs; supervision of the Chi nese police; the right of Japanese ownership of land for the building of hospitals. churches and schools; the purchase of munitions of war from Japan, various railway and mining rights as well as the right by the Jap anese to propagate Buddhism in China.
 At the beginning of the conferences the Chinese proposed the taking of joint minutes but to this the Japan csc representatives declined to ac- cede. As a result both JaIpanese and Chinese kept records of the sittings. Nevertheless, from time to time the Japanese plenipotentiarles it is as serted insisted that the Chinese ini- tial certain statements, which was done
 With reference to article 1 of group s. Japan requires note from China declaring that when any important crisis arises China shall ask Japan to appoint many Japanese advisers" {" This peculiar wording is the under taking to which, the Japanese state, IM CAeng Hsiang committed himseh. In article of group Japan now re- oudres the right either to rent or lease lands. The Chinese express them selves as being far from satisfied with this because this article, which is a separate clause from that relat- ing to Buddhism, would have the ef- feet of opening the entire country to the Japanese individually, as we'll as
 under religious societies.
 Article 3 of group 3. relating to the police administration, has been with ! drawn, but Japan now requires tho appointment of police advisers anC also joint Chno-JaNanese tribunals for Ian ddisputeR in Manchuria be
 sides extra territpriality. to which tn