The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-04-13

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destroyed, even though the Japanese
do not come to rob US"
Another influential Chinese paper,
| the Picking Ia Chu Yu Pao, protests
against the mystery with which the
negotiations have been surrounded,
but sees the ultimate defeat Of jap
anese aims:
THE public has been alarmed at the
unreasonable demands presented by
the Japanese minister, and as the con-
tents of the demands have been kent
secret, the air has been full of specu-
lation. But irrespective of the truth
Iors otherwise of the rumors, the ulti-
mate success of the negotiations will
| depend on the fact whether our diplo-
matte officials remain firm or weak
kneed at the very outset. The jap
anese minister may employ all kinds
of threats, but he can not force us to
give in"
Public opinion is being inflamed
against Japanese by stories of wanton
aggression, and these tales, true or
false, are having powerful influence
upon the Chinese mind, and the public
Is determined to support the govern
ment to the end AS an example we
quote one such story found in the
pages of the Pc Ching Ching Pao, an
influential native Picking paper:
We learn that some days ago jap
anese warship touched at Mamol, a
seaport in Fukien, and its crew COM
mitted not few outrages upon the ma
yves. In purchasing articles from the
natives, the Japanese refused to pay
the, legal price, and sometimes force
was employed to obtain articles from
their lawful owners"
The English press in China mako
common cause with the native papers
III urging a firm stand against what
they term Japanese aggression"
Thus the Picking Daily News saws.
AL the present rate of progress I'M
der President Yuan, China will and
must secure position due to her
among the family of nations. The am
oltious dream of placing fifty-fiye mil
hons of Japanese over four hundred
millions of Chinese can never be real
ized, however aggressive the methods
adopted China is for the Chinese and
she can never be ruled by an alien
race again. Japan is a poor country
without Chinese markets and west
ern financial aid she can never be in
a position to maintain an army and
navy, and we advise our Japanese
helghbors in all sincerity not to take
advantage of our present weakness in
point OF brute force to humiliate us
unduly lest swift retribution follow
when the scale of fortune should turn
in our favor but to pay their attention
to their own internal affairs, such as
finances, etc."
On the Japanese side it is urged that I
China has taken up perfectly unrea-
sonable attitude with regard to jap
ans moderate and necessary" re-
quests and that this stand is due to .
5erman intrigue. Thus the Tokyo
remarks: {
If Germany had not existed, the
Negotiations between Picking and
Tokyo would very likely have been
concluded long ago in favor of japan,
VINO, by securing settlement of all
complicated and important questions
pending between the two countries. is
'olicitious of promoting relations with
china and maintaining peace in the
'ast. With the progress of the nego-
iations over the counter-demands. the
between the two countries
las Unexpectedly assumed a rather
lisquieting aspect, and under existing I
conditions none can tell how things
Will develop = We President Yuan
'hi kai and the Chinese people not to
'e victimized by German intriguers. /,
md not to share a fate similar to that !,
which has befallen Turkey, which has
'een yictimized by the Kaiser and his
In Chinese quarters this suggestion
S Indignantly repudiated, and the Pc
ing Gazette, which has recently pass
d into German hands, and is there
ore in a position to speak with au-
hority, says:
in this connection we have to regis
er the most emphatic contradiction
hat the action and decision of the
Chinese authorities en-
rusted with the conduct of the nego-
lations are in any sense whatsoever